Christmas 2021 Celebrations Planned Throughout Greece
Christmas celebrations in theme parks have been very popular in recent years and this holiday season will be special as they were closed last year because of the pandemic Read the full story on...
View ArticlePope Francis Visits Refugee Camp on Greek Island
Pope Francis arrived on Lesvos island on Sunday morning to visit the refugee camp, accompanied by President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Notis...
View ArticleFive Ways Christmas Affects your Brain
The Christmas season is an intense time of year. Neuroscience can shed some light on what it does to our brains. By Kira Shaw Christmas is a time of year like no other; gifts are exchanged,...
View ArticleCoffee May Decrease Chances of Alzheimer’s Disease
A new study suggests that coffee consumption may decrease your chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The study, which was published on November 19, sheds light on the mysterious disease, for which...
View ArticleResearcher Says Female Artisans May Have Created Archaic Pottery
The striking, nearly 5-foot tall Dipylon Amphora, from approximately 700 BC, is a masterpiece of the art of Ancient Greek pottery. Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
View ArticleThe Awe-Inspiring Natural Landscape of Greece’s Zagori
Zagori is an awe-inspiring natural landscape with an incredibly well-preserved network of 46 villages and features national parks, rivers and waterfalls. Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
View ArticleKilling of Alexandros Grigoropoulos Still Haunts Greece
December 6, marks the anniversary of the killing of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas in 2008, an act that stands as a landmark case of police brutality in...
View ArticleGreece Reports Two More Cases of Omicron Covid Variant
Greece reported two more cases of the Covid-19 strain Omicron on Monday, bringing the total number of the known cases in the country to three. The two new cases are related to people in Athens who...
View ArticleFemicide in Laconia Marks 15th Woman Killed In Greece in 2021
“I probably killed my wife,” were the first words heard in a call to police in the early hours of Monday morning. A 40-year-old Albanian man in Laconia made the call, allegedly committing Greece’s 15th...
View ArticleBritish Museum Gives False Hope For Return of Parthenon Marbles
The recent suggestion that the British Museum could return the Parthenon Marbles is a false hope, not a promise. By George Vardas George Osborne, the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the...
View ArticleCovid-19: Deaths, Intubations Remain High in Greece
Greece recorded a total of 4,943 cases of Covid-19 on Monday. The record for the highest number of coronavirus cases recorded in one day in Greece was broken on November 9, when 8,623 cases of Covid-19...
View ArticleMural of Greek Revolution Hero Bouboulina in Uruguay
A stunning mural of Laskarina Bouboulina, the heroic figure from the Greek War of Independence, now graces the streets of Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay. The painting of the heroine of the...
View ArticleGreek Police Officer Arrested in Turkey
A Greek police officer from the northeastern Greek region of Feres in Evros, which borders Turkey, was arrested along with a woman in the country on Monday. Turkish police arrested the 41-year-old...
View Article“The Chosen” Christmas Special Topping Box Office Has Greek Roots
A movie with a Greek cinematographer netted an extraordinary amount at the box office over the weekend, with The Chosen’s Christmas special grabbing what some reports are calling an “extraordinary” $9...
View ArticleTwitter Most Resistant to Conspiracy Theories, Study Shows
Twitter is the most resistant to conspiracy theories among all social media platforms in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study shows Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
View ArticleThe Phenomenon of the Twin Lakes of Zerelia in Greece
The twin Lakes Zerelia in Central Greece belong to the rare phenomena that mesmerize with their beauty and perplex with what could be found underneath Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
View ArticleByzantine Skeletons Found in Greece Show Signs of Complex Surgery
A proto-Byzantine-era skull which was discovered by anthropologists in the Paliokastro area of Thasos shows signs of complicated surgery. The skull, which dates from the early Byzantine period — the...
View ArticleUN Adopts Greek Proposal for the Return of Stolen Cultural Property
The General Assembly of the United Nations unanimously adopted Greece’s resolution on the return of cultural property to its rightful owners in a plenary session on Monday. The resolution that was...
View ArticleNew Video Shows Glory of Ancient Mycenae Palace
A new video shows in resplendent detail the recreated buildings and artwork of ancient Mycenae, from the throne room atop its highest hill to the lower town, including the interplay of dolphins on...
View ArticleTsitsipas, Omicron Among Hardest Words to Pronounce This Year
The last name of Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas, along with the name for the latest coronavirus variant, “Omicron,” have been deemed some of the most commonly mispronounced words this year by the...
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