The domesticated versions of wild Mediterranean shrubs are the world’s sole source of gum mastic — a clear resin that has ...

Firefighters battled for a third day to contain wildfires on the Greek island of Chios that have torn through swathes of forest and farmland and forced hundreds of villagers to evacuate, after it ...

A state of emergency is declared and an arson investigation launched after five separate fires were sparked within hours.

VRONDADOS, Greece – It's pure rocket science, and residents of this Greek island village love it. While church bells ring in Orthodox Easter, thousands of homemade rockets streak across the ...

Chios, with 50,000 residents and famous for its leading role in Greece’s huge shipping industry, inhabits a distinctly different Covid-19 universe from Brussels, the headquarters of the European ...

About 85 percent of Chios mastic is exported abroad, with the Middle East and North Africa as the top destinations. Despite being the sole place in the world where mastic is cultivated, Chiotes ...

Roula is originally from Athens. In 2006, she and her husband Vassilis quit their IT jobs in the capital and moved to Chios to become mastiha producers.Mastiha, or mastic gum, is very much the ...

CHIOS, Greece — Over my 54 years, I’ve pinned my hopes on my parents, my teachers, my romantic partners, God. I’m pinning them now on a shrub.