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Greece announced a package of measures for new parents aimed at helping families cope with the rising cost of living and tackling the demographic problem facing the country. Minister of National Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis and Minister of Social...

Keros, the small, uninhabited Cycladic island south of Naxos, Greece, had one of the most important Cycladic settlements during the Bronze Age, reaching the peak of its civilization around 2,500 BC. The islet of Daskalio, a pyramid-shaped islet located just off...

A cold weather front is hitting Greece this weekend with snow and gale-force winds throughout most of the country. According to the National Meteorological Service (EMY) temperatures are expected to drop 6 to 8 degrees (Celsius) in southern parts of...

A portable desalination unit that can remove particles and salts to turn seawater into drinking water has recently been developed by MIT researchers. The suitcase-sized device, weighing less than ten kilograms, requires less power to operate than a cell phone...

It was Hippocrates, the father of medicine, who identified and gave the name cancer to the illness that blights humanity to this day.

An estimated 4,000 ounces of gold believed to be on board a ship that sank off of the British Columbia coast in 1875 remains unclaimed 150 years after the disaster. SS Pacific was a wooden sidewheel steamer built in 1850...

Engagement customs in Greece, someone's first declaration of intention to get married to his significant other are on the decline. Still, in many places, especially in the countryside, the overall engagement procedure is almost as important as the ensuing wedding...

A Byzantium-era gold coin that was recently discovered in the mountains of southern Norway has historians and archaeologists perplexed over how it ended up there. The coin is a Byzantine histamenon nomisma. These were introduced in Byzantium around 960 AD...

A video of the Houthi strike on a Greek ship in the Red Sea earlier in the week was released by private Skai TV on Friday evening. The footage from a bridge camera shows the moment a missile hits the...

Gold and silver jewels were uncovered during excavations of the ancient temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in Evia, Greece. Greek and Swiss archaeologists also announced they discovered a significant number of structures, including another temple in addition to the...