Two years after a devastating train crash in northern Greece, a general strike and hundreds of planned demonstrations are bringing the nation to standstill to mark the anniversary of a tragedy that has become a symbol of institutional failure.

Christina Louka, 16, poses for a portrait, dressed in animal skins and heavy bronze bells, as part of carnival celebrations in Distomo, a village in central Greece, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Spyros Bellos,

Lynn Roulo had a stable job and an apartment in San Francisco that she loved, but something called her to Greece. Her life hasn't been the same since.

The European Union has launched a campaign to combat the climate change-driven water crisis that it says affects 38% of the population. In parched southern Greece - there are already signs of a difficult road ahead for the initiative.

The recent blocked weather pattern that has brought prolonged cold and grey weather to the UK is finally coming to an end with some warmth on the way. Cold easterly winds will be replaced by much milder south-westerly winds that will bring an end the recent cold and gloomy weather.

She thought she would be married by 40. Still single, she chose to celebrate her birthday on a seven-night Virgin Voyages cruise with her parents.

Scientists from the University of Athens monitoring an earthquake swarm near the island of Santorini say the phenomenon is in “gradual decline” nearly a month after the multiple tremors started

Revellers dressed in animal skins and heavy bronze bells, prepare to take part in carnival celebrations in Distomo, a village in central Greece, on Monday, . Revellers dressed in animal skins and heavy bronze bells,

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a seventh-century B.C.E. bronze head of a griffin to Greece after new research revealed that it had been stolen in the 1930s. The artifact was discovered in 1914,

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