Kalamata olives are a type of olive named after the city of Kalamata, Greece, where they were first grown. Like most olives, they’re rich in antioxidants and healthy fats and have been linked to ...

The Greek War of Independence started a few days earlier than the official declaration with the liberation of Kalamata on ...

Kalamata olives are a widely recognized and much-loved type of Greek olive that grow on the Kalamon tree and hail from the Peloponnese region in southern Greece. (Note: no olives grown outside this ...

Throughout its history, Greece has been conquered by the Macedonians, the Romans, Persians and, in modern times, the Ottoman Empire and Nazi Germany. But now there is a new and different battle being ...