Ikaria is known for its low rates of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Researchers have also linked the health benefits of daily Greek coffee consumption to the island’s long life expectancy, with its antioxidants supporting heart health and offering protection against type II diabetes....
Greece is poorly endowed with minerals and fuel. Although some lignite (a soft coal) is produced, no economically significant coal deposits exist. Oil has been found in north-western Greece and on the floor of the Aegean Sea. The Pinos oil field, off the island of Thαsos, has been prod...
Read our exclusive interview with Mary Ajaka, celebrity makeup artist behind some of TV’s most iconic faces. From the dazzling sets of The Voice, Love Island Australia and Married at First Sight, over the past 17 years Mary has made a name for herself as one of Australia’s most sought...
After World War I (1914–18), Britain gained formal possession of the island. People of both Greek and Turkish heritage live on Cyprus today. Cyprus's Greek community has long desired enosis, political union of Cyprus with Greece, for a long time. This demand has touched off political ...
Aglaia Kremezi --a journalist, writer, photographer and food columnist-- lives in Greece and divides her time between Athens, and Kea --an island of the Cyclades. She is an international authority on Greek food and a contributor to many US food publications, including Gourmet, Cooking Light,...
The king of Brooklyn might decide to go to war with Staten Island. Or the Bronx and Greenwich, Connecticut, might form a military alliance and invade Harlem. You can see how that would make life interesting. Anyway, one city on the Greek mainland was called Argos. It wasn’t the biggest...
withCarthageinNorth Africa, and there were internal convulsions thatCarthagewas constantly seeking to exploit. Sicily was always prone totyrannyand political instability, partly because the island was threatened by potentially hostile neighbours ready toencroachand partly because there was a large ...
(p= 0.0031) were also identified as indicators of MD adherence; however, their impact on MD adherence was considerably attenuated after adjusting for confounding factors (p> 0.05). Conclusion: High MD adherence was correlated with favorable quality of life, higher levels of physical activity, and...