World
News –
Breaking the waves, ancient Greek-style
In ancient Greek mythology, Olympian god Poseidon used his trident to master the sea; thousands of years later, the need to master the sea remains as pressing as ever and …
News –
Ancient Greek medical text uncovered beneath religious psalms on parchment
An international multidisciplinary team in California has made an exciting discovery, unveiling a translation of an ancient Greek medical text that until now had been covered with religious writing. Uncovered …
News –
Stephen Hawking dies at 76
Professor Stephen Hawking, possibly the greatest man modern science has known has passed away aged 76. Hawking’s family confirmed releasing a statement from the family home in Cambridge, UK in …
News –
FYROM removes Alexander the Great statue from Skopje airport
The act of goodwill, which saw the statue removed on Thursday, follows FYROM’s promise to rename the airport and highway.
News –
New exhibition features coins used in ancient Greece
‘Change: The Story of Coins’ will open on 4 March at the National Hellenic Museum in Chicago, and will also explore Alexander the Great’s role in spreading Hellenism.
News –
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux calling it quits
The Hollywood couple announced that they are on a break
News –
Tourist returns stones from Acropolis “stolen many years ago”
Apologetic sender mails bag of rocks to the Greek National Tourism Organization in New York.
News –
John Stamos is off the market
The Greek American has tied the knot and has a baby on the way.
News –
Paraskevi Michou is the new EU Migration and Home Affairs Secretary General
The first woman to hold that post.
News –
Freedom Party of Austria member under-fire after pro-Nazi songbook praises the massacre on Crete
Far-right party member Udo Landbauer denies the FPO is anti-semitic.