Olivia Hussey, best known for her emblematic roles as Shakespeare's Juliet, and Virgin Mary, died two days after Christmas ...

Putin apologised to the president of Azerbaijan for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines civilian plane in Kazakhstan on ...

Maps have often misrepresented the real sizes of developing nations, portraying them as smaller than more developed nations.

Bronze Age Minoan ingots with unique markings that were recently discovered show vast trading links between Cyprus and ...

Traditional Greek honey biscuits melomakarona are ranked first on this year's Taste Atlas list for European Christmas sweets.

The name Basil II is remembered throughout Byzantine history as one of its most powerful and ruthless Emperors in battle.

Ancient Greek women had their own festival, Haloa, where they honored three deities with drinking, dirty jokes, and huge phalluses.

Greece braced for adverse weather, some of Athens' northernmost suburbs covered in snow since the early hours of Saturday.

Several projects in the pipeline in Athens, from the northern suburbs to the Athenian Riviera, aim to revamp the Greek ...

Pythagoras believed in reincarnation, remembered his past lives, and saw the soul as deeply connected to the cosmos.

Pope John Paul II made history by becoming the first leader of the Vatican to visit Greece in nearly 1300 years.

Marine archaeologist Alexandre Monteiro claims that the coast of Portugal holds 8,620 shipwrecks, 250 of which may hold large ...