At the heart of Greek celebratory traditions lies the vibrant and exhilarating practice of breaking plates at weddings, a custom that has intrigued and delighted observers for generations.

Protesting farmers have briefly clashed with police in Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, after attempting to breach security cordons near a venue where the country's prime minister was ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece — A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday.

Ancient statues have also been found in trash before in other parts of Europe. In 2023, a Roman-era statuette of Venus was discovered in a trash dump in Rennes, France. That same year, ancient bronze ...