North Macedonia’s right-wing opposition has won big in parliamentary and presidential elections, on a night that saw the Balkan country also elect its first female head of state. Hundreds of …

In a historic ceremony on May 2, 2024, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all of Africa named Angelic Molen as the first deaconess in the global Eastern Orthodox Church. …

Turkey on Monday reopened a mosque converted from an ancient Orthodox church in Istanbul for Muslim worship, four years after the president ordered its transformation. The Kariye Mosque was formerly …

Many of the world’s wealthiest nations are surprisingly small, with their prosperity largely unaffected by recent global challenges like the pandemic, economic slowdown, and geopolitical tensions. According to a research …

A European court has upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J Paul Getty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was right to try to reclaim …

Greece is prepared to contribute to security at the Paris Olympics, the government said on Thursday, after media reported that France requested surface-to-air missiles. “Should our allies request a specific …

The British Royal Navy has turned to Ancient Greece as they named their latest submarine over the famous Greek king known widely from Homer’s ‘The Iliad’, Agamemnon. The Navy, as …

European Union leaders have decided to step up sanctions against Iran after Tehran’s missile and drone attack on Israel left world powers scrambling to prevent a wider conflict in the …

Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh says. The university, where Higgs was emeritus …

Christina Kitsos, born to Greek parents in Geneva, Switzerland, is set to become the first Greek woman to hold the office of Mayor of Geneva. Kitsos, who will assume office …