Karelias: The Greek Who Dominated the Global Tobacco Industry
The Karelia Tobacco Company Inc factory in Kalamata, Greece ’s largest and oldest cigarette producer. Credit: Karelia Tobacco Company Inc CC...
Koufonisia Islands: The Hidden Greek Paradise
Koufonisia Islands, Greece . Credit: Carlo Pelagalli / Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 The Koufonisia islands have been described as Greece’s “...
30 Years Since the Imia Crisis: The Closest Greece and Turkey Came to War
The Imia Crisis: When Greece Faced War with Turkey in the Aegean. Image: Imia. Credit: Public Domain As unlikely as it may seem, a dispute...
The Island of Mykonos Throughout the Millennia
The island of Mykonos. Credit: Greek Reporter Mykonos is undoubtedly one of the most famous Greek islands . Known for its lively parties an...
The Transformation of the Roman Empire Into Byzantium
The Roman Empire transformed into Byzantium in the 7th century. Mural of the walls of Constantinople at the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Pho...
Milos Catacombs Mark the Rich History of the Greek Island
Catacombs of Milos Island, Greece . Credit: Zde /Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0 Milos, one of the most beautiful islands of the Cyclades, ...
Samuel Spiro: The Greek Captain Who Became Argentina’s National Hero
Pedro Samuel Spiro was the Greek naval hero in Argentina’s War of Independence. Painting of the victorious Battle of Martin Garcia. Public D...
Kumquat Liqueur, the Iconic Local Drink of Corfu
Kumquat liqueur is Corfu’s iconic drink. Credit: Phuong Tran/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0 The Greek island of Corfu is known internationally...
When Greece Was About to Swap the Greek Alphabet for Latin
Konstantinos Karamanlis proposed Latinizing the Greek alphabet: Wikipedia CC0 In the mid-1970s when Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis ...
The Legacy of Vassilis Tsitsanis in Greek Music
Vassilis Tsitsanis’ compositions and bouzouki virtuosity have never been matched. Public Domain When Vassilis Tsitsanis passed away on Janu...
Pontic Greek Still Spoken by Thousands in Northern Turkey
The Sumela Monastery. Credit: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen / Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 Pontian Greeks may have been forced out of their homelan...
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