The devastation of the 7.1 magnitude earthquake was absolute. Twenty lives were lost. Thirty-nine people were injured. The first reports painted a grim picture: Agios Efstratios had been flattened

From a young age, George Papanicolaou was driven by one purpose: to serve science

The run-up to the Greek Revolution had begun years before March 25, 1821; Prince Alexandros Ypsilantis’ ill-fated incursion into the Danubian principalities was the uprising's precursor

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said, “This year, we pay tribute to the many ways in which radio helps societies adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate disruption in our rapidly changing world.”

The Culture Ministry’s recognition of the Spathario Museum collection ensures the treasured Greek craft and art form will be handed over to the next generations.

At its helm was the journalist Dimitrios Lambrakis, a close associate of Eleftherios Venizelos, who, alongside a circle of intellectuals, artists, and political figures, set out to create a newspaper that would champion progressive ideas in a nation deeply divided

Its impact stretched far beyond Mexico’s borders, influencing landmark documents such as the Weimar Constitution of 1919 in Germany and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Constitution of 1918

"Even after granting women the right to vote, the sun will still rise in the east, and the moon from the same place. Nothing in this world will collapse," Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos jokingly remarked

The most harrowing chapter of this tragedy would be revealed three years after the disaster.

On January 31, 1996, Greece and Turkey came close to war over two uninhabited islets in the eastern Aegean. The incident, known as the Imia crisis, remains a landmark in often tense relations

The Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Three Hierarchs—Basil the Great, John Chrysostom, and Gregory the Theologian—every January 30. Known as the religion's "Three Holy Fathers," they are also the patrons of Greek letters and education.

Upon its debut, the Benz Patent-Motorwagon was priced at 600 German marks, roughly 150 US dollars.

Mr. Arnold was eventually fined 10 shillings spread across count one of pursuing a horseless journey and count three of speeding.

The Civil War began in 1991, when the Revolutionary United Front (a rebel group headed by Foday Sankoh) attempted to overthrow Major General Joseph Saidu Momoh, the second president of Sierra Leone

How a British explorer's dream to be the first to reach the Antarctic were crushed when he saw that somebody had beat him to it

The mumbling, bumbling, hysterically resilient sailor stepped into the limelight 96 years ago today in a New York comic strip named Thimble Theater.

The Prohibition’s success hinged on the advocacy of several lobbies, including American women, who were disproportionately harmed by alcohol induced domestic abuse and child abandonment

Melina never minced her words. And she wouldn’t do so now, if she were still alive, because it was part of her quintessence: it made her who she was.

The heinous crime committed by Nazi troops in Kalavryta and surrounding areas in December 1943

50 years since the referendum that definitively abolished the monarchy in Greece.