These people say worshiping ancient Greek gods is a route to modern happiness

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” hits theaters this month, but these believers have never stopped worshiping gods like Zeus ...
NPR

Young people in Greece are protesting in large numbers after last month's train crash

Young people throughout Greece have staged huge protests following last month's train crash near the city of Larissa which killed 57 people, many of them students. In Greece, protests over the country ...
International Rescue Committee

IRC calls on Greece to uphold the right to asylum for people arriving by sea

Athens, Greece, July 9, 2025 — As Greece announces a three-month pause on accepting asylum applications from people arriving by sea from North Africa, and plans to immediately detain those reaching ...
CNN

Opinion: Greek resistance during WWII remains a model for confronting evil

Editor’s note: Christopher Cosmos is a Black List screenwriter and best-selling author from Grand Rapids, Michigan, whose debut novel “Once We Were Here” is a multi-generational love story set in ...
balkaninsight

In Greece, People Fleeing Sudan’s War Struggle to Win Asylum

The civil war raging in Sudan has driven increasing numbers of people to seek sanctuary in Europe. Many of them arrive in Greece. For several months, Greece has seen a growing number of people ...
UNHCR

Boat people risk all to reach Greece

SAMOS, Greece, October 22 (UNHCR) - On a late September evening earlier this year, five-year-old Hodan boarded a dinghy and set out with her Somalian mother on the journey of a lifetime; hours later ...
PBS

People saved from houses in Greece as river bursts its banks and floodwaters rise

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The death toll from severe flooding in central Greece rose to 10 people Friday, while another four remained missing, the country's civil protection minister said. Rescue crews in ...