Greece Marks 2,500th Marathon Anniversary
(Balkan Travellers) Mar 19, 2010
2010 marks the 2,500-year anniversary of the Battle of Marathon in Ancient Greece, which gave its name to the athletic long-distance endurance race....

World's shortest man dies aged 21
(Guardian) Mar 15, 2010
The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who was just 2ft 5in (74.6cm) tall has died in Rome....

On Pi Day, number 'reeks of mystery'
(CNN) Mar 12, 2010
Sunday is Pi Day, on which math geeks celebrate the number representing the ratio of circumference to diameter of a circle. There'll be pi recitations, pie-eating contests and more....

Mexico's Carlos Slim overtakes Gates in world rich list
(BBC) Mar 10, 2010
Mexican telecom giant Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine's billionaire's list - the first time since 1994 that an American has not led the rankings....

Greek scholar Sir Kenneth Dover dies at 89
(Telegraph.co.uk) Mar 09, 2010
Sir Kenneth Dover, who died on March 7 aged 89, was considered the finest Greek scholar of his generation and seemed to have led a life of almost oppressive decorum, crowned in 1978 by his election as President of the British Academy....

Largest set of UFO files made public
(CNN) Feb 18, 2010
The British government's latest release of its files on reported UFO sightings contains more than 6,000 pages. Included are claims of a hovering "blue triangle-shaped craft"...

Frisbee inventor Walter Frederick Morrison dies aged 90
(BBC) Feb 12, 2010
The man who invented the Frisbee, one of the world's most popular toys, has died at his home in Utah aged 90....

Ancient Indian language dies out
(BBC) Feb 04, 2010
The last speaker of the Bo language in India's Andaman Islands dies at the age of about 85, a leading linguist says....

Glum Greeks top EU chart
(eKathimerini) Feb 03, 2010
Greeks are the most pessimistic European citizens when it comes to their perceptions of the social protection provided by the state, their financial situation, cost of living and the efficiency of public administration, according to the results of a Eurob...

Fraktos Forest, the only virgin forest in Greece
Jan 03, 2010
The old-growth forest of Fraktos, situated in the northeastern part of the Prefecture of Dramas in northern Greece under the highest summit of central Rhodope Mountains...

Fireworks herald New Year
(BBC) Dec 31, 2009
Countries around the world are beginning to hold celebratory events to welcome in 2010....

Greece and the Global Sixties
(Huffington Post) Dec 20, 2009
If I may say so, Melina Mercouri was as great a global figure representing a revolution in the arts as was Jane Fonda -- and Mikis Theodorakis as great as Pete Seeger, and Costa-Gavras as great as Stanley Kubrick....

Whisky hangover 'worse than vodka, a study suggests'
(BBC) Dec 19, 2009
Drinking whisky will result in a worse hangover than vodka, according to research by US scientists....

Ben Bernanke is Time's person of year
(Time) Dec 16, 2009
The story of the year was a weak economy that could have been much, much weaker. Thank the man who runs the Federal Reserve, our mild-mannered economic overlord...

Greek cuisine has a champion
(Philadelphia Inquirer) Dec 03, 2009
Michael Psilakis points out that the Mediterranean diet was born in Crete, where his father grew up, not in Italy....