Panagiota Diamanti, who inspired the "New Life in the Village" program, bids farewell to the family of eight leaving Fourna for Naxos with a heartfelt message

Greece’s countryside holds a triple reserve of agricultural, residential and cultural wealth — but abandonment puts it at risk

In Chrysomilia, near Trikala, young couples are staying in the village and raising large families, with local officials saying 70% of couples have three or more children

"When the school, pharmacy, and café close, there is no longer a village," locals say, as traditional Greek cafés close around rural Greece