Calabria

The Greek villages of Southern Italy - Travelling in Apulia and Calabria

It is no secret that southern Italy was a Greek colony in ancient times, just as it is no secret…

2 months ago

Italy Reinforces Border Security, Cracks Down on Human Trafficking Rings

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has reaffirmed the government's commitment to securing Italy's borders, following a successful police operation in Calabria…

3 months ago

Italy Falls in World Ranking of Olive-Producing Countries - Turkey Rises to Second Place

The Italian olive sector faces challenges due to recent negative climate impacts, causing below-average harvests and a drop in global…

4 months ago

Walking through Bova - A majestic Griko speaking-village in Calabria, Italy

Bova is a charming village in Bovesia, one of the two Griko-speaking areas of southern Italy, and is recognized as…

4 months ago

New DNA study confirms the modern populations of southern Italy, Sicily, Greece and Cyprus are similar!

A brand new DNA study found that the modern populations of southern Italy, Sicily, Greece and Cyprus have very close…

5 months ago

At Least 11 Dead, 64 Missing After Shipwrecks in Mediterranean

At least 11 people died and 64 are missing after two shipwrecks off southern Italy. RESQSHIP rescued 51 survivors from…

7 months ago

January 22, 1956: Death of Italiote-Greek Giuseppe Musolino, the "King of Aspromonte "

On this day, we remember the life of the Italiote-Greek Giuseppe Musolino, the “King of Aspromonte.” An infamous folk hero…

1 year ago

Greeks of Italy's Magna Graecia: "We don't feel Greek, we are Greek because no one can change our DNA"

Something great is happening on the other side of the Ionian. We are talking about Southern Italy and Sicily, or…

1 year ago

The Grecanico Villages of Italy – Delianuova

Delianuova [Greko: Δέλια] is a Grecanico town of 3,200 inhabitants, in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria. Unfortunately, its inhabitants…

1 year ago

New DNA study confirms the modern populations of southern Italy, Sicily, Greece and Cyprus are similar!

A brand new DNA study found that the modern populations of southern Italy, Sicily, Greece and Cyprus have very close…

2 years ago

Galitsiano: The Sunday of Orthodoxy was celebrated in the Calabrian Greek village

The Sunday of Orthodoxy was celebrated on March 5 by the Christian Orthodox population of the Italiot Greek village of…

2 years ago

Grecanico, the Greek dialect of Calabria - "A fire is burning under the ashes"

A handful of young people have decided to put themselves at the forefront to preserve the age-old language of the…

2 years ago

Film Debut: Magna Graecia - the Greko of Calabria

'Magna Graecia: The Greko of Calabria' looks at the Greko communities of Calabria in the southernmost part of the Italian…

2 years ago

Walking through Bova - A majestic Griko speaking-village in Calabria, Italy

Bova is one of the Greek-Bovesian speaking villages of Bovesia, one of the two Griko-speaking areas of southern Italy. The…

2 years ago

Grecìa Salentina: The nine villages of Southern Italy where Greek identity survives

With a history spanning well over two centuries, it Greek influence across southern Italy (Magna Graecia) and Sicily is known,…

3 years ago

January 22, 1956: Death of Italiote-Greek Giuseppe Musolino, the "King of Aspromonte"

On this day, we remember the life of the Italiote-Greek Giuseppe Musolino, the “King of Aspromonte.” An infamous folk hero…

3 years ago

The Grecanico Villages of Italy – Delianuova

Delianuova [Greko: Δέλια] is a Grecanico town of 3,200 inhabitants, in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria. Unfortunately, its inhabitants…

3 years ago

Conference: “Magna Graecia and Greco-Byzantine Calabria 200 years after Greece's struggle for freedom”

On the occasion of the bicentenary of Greece's struggle to conquer its independence, the Bova Life Association, with the Greek…

3 years ago

Francesco Siviglia: The luthier keeping the Calabrian lyra and Italiote-Greek music traditions alive

“If I had stayed in Germany, I'd be rich by now. But here in Calabria I have billions in my…

3 years ago

ITALY: 4 million students return to school, vaccine 'passports' for teachers

An estimated four million students return to school in Italy today as classes reopen, in nine out of a total…

3 years ago