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A 62-year-old man from Germany has, against medical advice, been vaccinated 217 times against Covid, doctors report. Researchers from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg said they encountered the case through media reports and asked the man to undergo some testing. The...

President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have swept the state primaries that were held on Super Tuesday making a White House rematch between them even more likely. With voting now closed across the US, Biden is believed to have won...

The family of late Greek American actor Telly Savalas, best known for portraying Lt. Theo Kojak on the crime drama series Kojak (1973–1978), were awarded Greek citizenship at the Consulate of Greece in Los Angeles, USA. The recipients were the...

Researchers have uncovered an ancient lord's tomb filled with gold treasure —and sacrificial victims— at an archaeological park in Panama, officials revealed last week. The tomb, estimated to be about 1,200 years old, marks the area where an elite chief...

Greece’s Interior Ministry said it will conduct an internal inquiry on the suspected data leak of the Diaspora voter e-mail addresses by a Greek MEP. It will seek to determine whether privacy laws were breached that let Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou send...

Greece is considering the introduction of the voluntary enlistment of women in the armed forces, according to the defense reorganization that is currently being drafted. Defense Minister Nikos Dendias recently called for the "use of all the forces of society...

Archaeologists uncovered the upper part of a large statue of Ramesses II during excavations in Egypt’s Minya. Ramesses II, commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty during the New Kingdom period. He is widely...

The Greek Ministry of Culture wants to impose quotas of Greek music in the common areas of hotels, malls, casinos, airports, and ports, according to a bill that will be voted upon in Parliament. "The bill of the Ministry of...

An ancient Greek inscription was recently discovered by archeologists in the resort town of Hisarya, Southern Bulgaria which reveals who ruled the finances of the province of Thrace. The marble slab, is dedicated to the Emperor Antonius Pius and Marcus...

Greece announced on Monday that it is selling its entire 27 percent stake in Piraeus Bank. The announcement was met with strong demand by investors. The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF)—a bank recapitalization tool established at the start of Greece’s...