Beginning in the 14th century, when Greece was wracked by political and social struggles, monks began building a series of ...

Two days after Turkish Cypriots had travelled to the village of Kokkina to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the Battle of Tillyria, a Greek Cypriot memorial service for the same battle was held in ...

Philopoemen was the most skilled general of the Achaean League. He defeated Sparta and propelled the league to prominence in ...

Helicopters were dropping water in the area where factories with flammable material are located, and 65 firefighters battled the flames, assisted with 26 vehicles and two aircraft. Smoke billowed ...

A little over 200 years ago, the Greeks began their war of independence from the Ottoman Empire, which had conquered most of ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Gale force wind gusts complicated efforts on Friday to contain wildfires on Crete that have razed forests and olive groves and forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate.

Smoke and flame rise as firefighting teams respond from the air and on the ground to a forest fire that broke out in Krioneri near Athens, Greece on July 26, 2025. Credit - Costas Baltas—2025 Anadolu ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress.

MADRID (AP) — Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece battled ongoing wildfires Friday, an important religious holiday in all three countries, as persistent hot, dry conditions challenged efforts ...