Greece delays school reopening plans after COVID-19 infections rise

Greece on Friday postponed plans to reopen all high schools next month following a fresh rise in COVID-19 infections, saying schools in critical "red zones" would continue with distance learning.

Locked down Greece quietly marks 1973 revolt anniversary as marches banned

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou laid a wreath at the empty Athens Polytechnic University on Tuesday to honour the dozens killed during a bloody 1973 student uprising against the then military ...

Ancient Greeks and Romans knew harming the environment could change the climate

Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...
Greek Reporter

The Chilean Retiree Who Returned an Acropolis Fragment to Greece

The 1.2kg piece of marble—a trapezoidal fragment carved with lotus flowers- was repatriated to Greece last summer. Credit: ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Man Brought His Father’s ‘Piece of the Parthenon’ to Greek Officials. They Said It Was From an Even Older Temple in the Acropolis of Athens

The engraved marble fragment likely came from an archaic temple called the Hekatompedon, making it around 2,600 years old ...