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Albanian Inmates Escape From Greek Detention Unit
The Greek police have launched a manhunt for three Albanian inmates who escaped from an Athens detention unit in the early hours of Monday. A fourth inmate was arrested several hours after the escape...
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Greek Economy Grows by a Meager 1.3 Percent in First Quarter of 2019
The Greek economy grew by 1.3 percent in the first quarter of the year, exactly half the rate it had grown during the same three-month period in 2018, when gains came to 2.6 percent. The figures were...
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Turkey to Dispatch Second Drillship Off Cyprus
Turkey will be dispatching a second drillship to the eastern Mediterranean in the middle of this month, the country’s energy minister said on Monday. Fatih Donmez said the drillship, called the...
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Greece’s Jewish Communities Congratulate Country’s First Jewish Mayor
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece on Monday congratulated Dr. Moses Elisaf on his election as mayor of the city of Ioannina, in northwestern Greece. “For the Greek Jewry,” the board’s...
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Greek Parliament Mulls New Penal Code
The Greek government on Monday brought forward for debate proposed legislation on the reformed penal code, which includes the reclassification of certain felonies and misdemeanors. Some of the new or...
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PM Tsipras Delays Greek General Election Campaign
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. File photo Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has reneged on his promise to initiate the process for general elections in Greece immediately...
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Greece Calls Germany to the Negotiating Table Over War Reparations
The Greek ambassador to Berlin on Tuesday presented a a so-called note verbale to the German Foreign Affairs Ministry, calling Germany to a negotiation on outstanding World Wars I and II reparations...
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PM Tsipras Officially Sets Date of Snap Elections for July 7
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaking to state broadcaster ERT on Tuesday evening Pushing the date of general elections earlier than had been planned is a matter of sensitivity towards...
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Strategic Cooperation with Greece and Cyprus in “US’ Interest”
Reinforcing strategic cooperation with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus is “in the interest of the United States,” said Yuri Kim, the US State Department official for Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, in...
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Greek Government Backs Down Over Definition Of Rape After Outcry
The Greek government announced on Thursday a “legislative improvement” of a controversial definition of rape included in a reformed penal code, after women’s organizations and Amnesty International...
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Ancient Athenian Neighborhood Opens to Public at Acropolis Museum
Athens’ Acropolis Museum will celebrate its tenth anniversary with several events, including a photography show, a lecture on ancient sculpture colors, a concert by famous Greek composer Stavros...
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Greek Plant Producing Iconic Vlachas Milk to Shut Down
The plant producing the iconic condensed Vlachas milk, which was part of the nutrition of Greek children for decades, is to shut down and its production will be moved abroad, Vivartia, the Greek food...
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Huge Praying Hands Mural Installed in Athens
An impressive mural depicting two praying hands was installed on a disused building in downtown Athens by artist Pavlos Tsakonas earlier this week. The work “Two, Hands,” a large-scale mural at the...
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Supercars Galore on Mykonos for Gumball 3000 Rally (video)
The glitzy island paradise of Mykonos serves as the starting line for the 2019 version of the Gumball 3000 Rally, an annual supercar road trip which this year will finish in Ibiza, Spain. Dozens of...
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PM Tsipras Saves Greece’s Participation in European Games After Ticket Debacle
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on Thursday saved the blushes of the country’s athletics federation (SEGAS) by offering the official government jet to fly its athletes to Belarus for the European Games....
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Greece Concerned About Turkey’s “Destabilizing Role”
Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis expressed concern over Turkey’s destabilizing role in the eastern Mediterranean at a speech in Washington on Thursday. Addressing the the eighth annual “EU...
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Greek Ministry Apologizes for Lack of Disabled Access to Acropolis
The Greek ministry of Culture apologized on Friday for problems associated with the wheelchair lift to the most famous, iconic Greek monument in the entire country, the Athens Acropolis. The ministry...
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First Mosque in Modern Greek History Opens in Athens
Greek Minister of Education Costas Gavroglou and leaders of the Muslim community at the newly-opened mosque. Photos by Helen Skopis of the Greek Reporter. The first Muslim mosque to open for worship in...
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Infamous “Syntagma Archer” Escapes Greek Prison
A man who became infamous in 2011 for using a bow and arrow against police forces during a protest in Athens’ Syntagma Square, escaped the agricultural prison of Tyrintha in the Peloponnese on Friday....
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Open-Air Cinemas in Greece Offer Movies Under the Stars
Watching a movie at Cine Thisio with a full moon and the Acropolis in the background. Source: cine-thisio.gr Open-air cinemas are a delight which very few countries can offer. While for Greeks,...
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