In southern Greece, 28 Bangladeshi migrant workers were shot by farmers who had refused to pay six months' wages.

Special forces operators can learn lessons learned by the ancient Greeks, from nearly 4,000 years ago.

Just 200 years after the heroic and fatal stand of Leonidas and his 300 Spartans against an onslaught from Persia, Greece would again face down invaders bent on destruction.

It was at the island of Salamis that the marine forces of the Greek city-states met their Persian oppressors in battle. It was thus that the West won its very right to exist.

Tel Aviv University researcher sheds light on Homer's reception in the Western, Jewish and Arabic worlds.

At the Battle of Milvian Bridge, Constantine had his victory and so began a long-standing relationship between Church and state.

The Greek parliament has approved a bond swap that would wipe 107 billion euros ($142 billion) off the country's privately held debt.

Representatives of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have agreed to a fresh round of United Nations-mediated talks to resolve their long-running dispute over the official name of the latter country.

The precious relic of the Virgin Mary left the monastic enclosure of Mount Athos in northern Greece for first time and arrived in St. Petersburg for a tour of Russia. One of the most prized relics for Orthodox.

Some 20,000 demonstrators gathered in front of the Greek parliament as legislators prepared to hold a vote on a new austerity plan later in the day.

Tens of thousands of people have been marching in cities throughout Greece to protest against new austerity measures that parliament is preparing to vote through this week.