A late Hellenistic-era bust purportedly showing Alexander the Great has been "rediscovered" in the warehouses of the archaeological museum of Veria, in northern Greece.

Unlike the world-famous flowering cherry trees of Japan, the carpets of pink blossoms that transform the rolling hills of Veria and their peach orchards each spring are perhaps among Greece's best kept "secrets".

Yesterday, Iowa State University announced the signing of Hellenic national team center Georgios Tsalmpouris.