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The iconic Yeni Mosque in Thessaloniki, Greece, will be open for the first time in more than 100 years for Muslim prayers during Eid al-Fitr on April 10, Greek authorities announced. The Ottoman monument was built by Italian architect Vitaliano...

The Olympic flame-lighting ceremony at Ancient Olympia next month, starting the Olympic Torch Relay that will usher in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, is to feature several changes, including a new High Priestess, redesigned costumes and a new composer. The...

One in five alcoholic beverages consumed in Greece is adulterated and contraband, which is twice the world average, the Association of Alcoholic Beverage Companies (ENEAP) said on Wednesday. Adulterated alcoholic beverages are legal alcoholic products that have been illicitly tampered...

Modern chefs have been recreating bread from ancient Greece that has been intricately woven into human history for thousands of years. Bread, one of the oldest foods, started being prepared as a dish in ancient Egypt, coinciding with the rise...

The European Commission is taking Greece to the EU’s top court for failing to revise its flood risk management plans, a key tool for EU countries to prepare themselves against floods. The action comes five months after the worst rains...

A team of scientists has discovered several shipwrecks and other important ancient finds in the underwater, archaeological research near Greece's island of Kasos. The multi-year exploration in the seabed was completed at the end of last October, and the Ministry...

A cancer patient in Heraklion, Greece took his own his life earlier this week, as he was unable to bear the pain while waiting for a chemotherapy drug. Ioannis (Petros) Tournas, a 72-year-old cancer patient, suffered terribly while waiting for...

Scientists have pushed back the foundation of the port at Ancient Corinth, called Lechaion, by at least five centuries in a study published recently in the academic journal Marine Geology. Lechaion was the largest port in ancient Greece and was...

Archaeologists have recently uncovered an ancient city in Palaiokastro, Serres, Greece. The ancient city appears to have been founded at the end of the 6th century BC and remained in existence into the 6th century AD. Archaeologists who have been...

Nomad jellyfish, a large species that can cause painful injuries to humans, have been found in waters around Greece's Rhodes. “The Rhopilema nomadica, also known as the nomadic jellyfish, is bell-shaped, has a transparent-bluish color, whose diameter can reach up...