Its global reputation may be as the birthplace of democracy but standards in modern Greek politics are slipping, critics say, ...

Greece has received its first advanced frigate, Kimon, from France, marking a key step in the country’s €25 billion military ...

The Xenia hotels, initiated as part of Greece's post-war tourism strategy, aimed to showcase the country's beauty and attract ...

The Acropolis Museum opened in Athens last weekend amid controversy that Greek officials did everything possible to stir up. It wasn't enough that, after years of delays, Greece finally had a gleaming ...

Greek Christmas food finds its roots in many ancient myths with pomegranates, breads, honey sweets, and olive oil as its main ...

Greece is the cradle of democracy, but, as the world saw this past week, a financial crisis is no time to put important questions to the people. Prime Minister George Papandreou's proposed referendum ...

For millions of tourists who flock to Athens every year, the city at the foot of the Acropolis represents the cradle of democracy and the sublime art of antiquity. But to crime writer Petros Markaris, ...

With an uncanny frequency, one can find traces of classic events being repeated in our current era. Plato wrote in “Timaeus” of the events surrounding Phaethon, son of Helios who stole away with his ...

The fascination with Greek culture can be traced to the early modern period, from the Renaissance until the eighteenth century. During this era, European scholars – and later educated elites and a ...

WHO are the modern Greeks? What is their origin? How did their national character come to be formed? Greeks today speak a language which, though not the ancient Attic tongue, is nevertheless, in a ...