Ancient Greece's Special Forces, from the Sacred Band of Thebes to the Hetairoi of Alexander the Great's army, became legendary in history.

Panagia Vefa is a Greek Orthodox church in Istanbul, Turkey, where people of all faiths come to make a wish on the first day ...

The lake, called Dojran in Macedonian and Doirani in Greek, is a valuable nature reserve shared by both countries. North Macedonia holds 64 per cent of the lake while 36 per cent lies in Greece.

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, leader of the nationalist VMRO-DPMNE party, restated on Thursday that the “Macedonian question” remains unresolved, hinting at future intervention by global powers.

“The word aigai means ‘goats’ in ancient Greek,” says Kottaridi, as we admire the same view. The culture of the ancient Macedonian people, who originated as herding and hunting tribes ...

THE Greek people are a small nation. In allegiance to their special form of nationalism ... Substantially all Hellenes are now contributory to the protection of Greece: Greek Macedonia, so long the ...

Drinking is threaded through Balkan food culture. There’s a Macedonian semi-dry red made from vranec, an indigenous grape, ...

Lyncestis was a small kingdom that flourished in North Macedonia, which was incorporated into the Macedonian Empire during the reign of King Philip II (359 to 336 B.C.).

Greece's violations of maritime agreements, unrealistic claims and military buildup risk escalating tensions with Türkiye, ...

Greece has a long history of far-right violence, dating back to the Nazi occupation and the civil war that followed. While recognising the significance of these roots, though, this book focuses on ...

After a deadly nightclub fire took 59 lives, ordinary people, businesses and institutions are rushing to update safety protocols – but decades of neglect are hard to rectify overnight.

In the heart of Constantinople, Andreas Sarantidis, originally from Koufalia near Thessaloniki, teaches aspiring bouzouki ...