The Monument of the Unknown Soldier in Syntagma Square, Athens, stands as a solemn tribute to Greek soldiers who died in war.

On March 25th, 1821, as dawn embarked on the rugged hills of the Peloponnese, the flagof the revolution was raised at the ...

A WW2 Baltimore attack bomber aircraft wreck belonging to the Royal Australian Air Force was discovered off the coast of ...

As Greece counts 200 years from the War of independence and stands proud as a member of the EU, the mind reels to the ...

Yet, the sustained focus on the tragedy, fueled by political rhetoric and media coverage, risks obscuring the larger, more pressing issues facing Greece. The polls also reveal a disturbing trend: ...

Global City Norwich kicks off its season of flag raisings and festivals with a Greek Flag Raising on Sunday. The event commemorates both Greek Independence Day and the 115th anniversary of Holy ...

ATHENS - Greece has extended by a year a visa scheme for Turkish nationals wishing to visit 12 islands in the Aegean Sea for up to a week, diplomatic sources said, continuing a programme that ...

Greece was at the frontline of a migration crisis in 2015-2016, when more than one million people crossed into its territory by sea, looking to move further north in Europe. Flows have declined ...

A Greek consortium building a new metro line in Athens has accidentally dug a tunnel in the wrong direction, provoking a furious political reaction. The 160-metre tunnel was dug under Katehaki ...

Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six Marines photographed hoisting a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima in 1945 ... fought-with-distinction-in-world-war-ii-and-korea.” During World War II ...

Paratroopers were snapped for a newspaper early on the morning of 24 March 1945, drinking tea before getting into planes to be dropped over Germany Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended ...

The World War II unit was made up mostly of second generation Japanese-Americans. The Army website had the history of the 442nd before President Trump’s executive order ending what he called ...