Stefanos Kasselakis, a businessman who burst into Greek politics over a year ago, says he's leaving left-wing Syriza, the ...

The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey say that recent efforts to smooth the frequently volatile ties between the neighboring countries and regional rivals are bearing fruit, although significant ...

This peninsular region has beaches, mountains and luxury homes at much lower prices than in the popular Cyclades islands ...

Christos Tsirogiannis has made repatriating stolen antiquities his life’s work, he tells BIRN – but it’s often been a ...

Ancient Greek laws against tyrants permitted the killing of authoritarians who attacked democracy. Still, popular sovereignty ...

POLITICS, in the broad sense, is the "art or science of government and the processes involved in making decisions that apply to members of a group or society." From the ancient Greek word "politika," ...

Mongolian leaders say they want to build a new city close to the ancient ruins of Kharkhorum and make it their new seat of government.

As Americans go to the polls Tuesday, the U.S. presidential standard bearers describe a nation whose very soul hangs in the ...

President Theodore Roosevelt was inspired by the artistic merit of ancient coins and sought to change the look of American coinage. In 1905 he asked famous sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create ...

The principles of the Athenian democracy, including citizen participation, equality and free speech, are still what we need ...

Title and tags and excerpt for this The Greek government is taking significant steps to boost the resilience of border radio stations against interference from Turkish broadcasts, as announced by ...

ROME, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have ... called the House of Phaedra after the mythological queen of Athens who features in one of its wall paintings ...