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A copy of a sculpture that has has become an iconic feature of Thessaloniki's waterfront is will be gracing a cosmopolitan beach near Egypt's Alexandria. 'Umbrellas,' an iconic installation series by Greek sculptor George Zongolopoulos (1903-2004), was installed a few...

Resorts on the southern shores of the Mediterranean are seeking to attract tourists by trying to mimic the striking character and beauty of the Greek islands. As the photos suggest, some of the resorts bear an uncanny resemblance to areas...

The Greek people who lived in Alexandria, Egypt were buried in a cemetery located in nearby El Shatby. Their splendid gravestones, many of them remarkable works of art in themselves, act as monuments to the Greek diaspora. Many Greeks fled...

European markets remained flat on Tuesday after a landmark meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un. The pair held a critical nuclear summit in Singapore, with Trump having left a G7 meeting in Canada early...

The leader of Greece's largest opposition party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, met Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, raising the issue of the two Greek soldiers who have been in Turkish custody for over 100 days. Mitsotakis' New Democracy party said the...

Archaeologists in northern Egypt have discovered a 2,200-year-old coin depicting King Ptolemy III Euergetes, said to be an ancestor of Cleopatra. The coin, which bears the image of the king on one face and his name in Greek along with...

  A village in the Far East has been dubbed the 'Santorini of Korea' for its beautiful beaches, eye-catching homes and epic scenery. Gamcheon Cultural Village in Busan, South Korea's second-largest city, used to be better known as a home for...

By Fragkiska Megaloudi* UPDATE: On May 24, President Trump cancelled his planned summit with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, blaming his decision on a threatening statement from Pyongyang.The statement in question is the reaction of North Korea to Jonh...

News emerged on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump had pulled out of a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. In a letter addressed to Kim, Trump wrote that it would not be appropriate to meet in Singapore...

A Boeing 737 airliner from Cuba's state airline Cubana de Aviacion has crashed and exploded near Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuban media report. The plane came down shortly after take-off, Prensa Latina news agency said. Radio Habana Cuba said...