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Survey Shows Two Out of Five Teenagers in Greece Unhappy With Their Lives
Two out of five teenagers in Greece are not happy with their lives, according to a new survey, published on Tuesday to coincide with “World Mental Health Day,” which is commemorated on Thursday. The...
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Greece’s Foreign Minister Calls Turkish Invasion of Syria a “Big Mistake”
Turkey’s invasion into Syria is a “big mistake,” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias declared late on Wednesday in an interview with public broadcasting network ERT1. Dendias added that Turkey has...
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EU Approves Greece’s Plan to Reduce Bad Loans
The European Commission approved on Thursday a Greek plan to reduce its bad loans at the country’s banks by up to 30 billion euros ($33.04 billion), saying that the proposal did not violate state aid...
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UN Security Council Warns Against Action Concerning Varosha in Cyprus
The Security Council on Wednesday warned against any action that would change the status quo of Varosha, a part of the Cypriot city of Famagusta which has been an uninhabited no-man’s-land since 1974....
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Three Dead as Vehicle Crammed with Migrants Crashes in Northern Greece
File photo Greek police said on Thursday that three people were killed and at least 12 were injured when a vehicle crammed with migrants crashed into an oncoming car and then tumbled off a cliff. The...
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Stefanos Tsitsipas Fights Back to Beat Novak Djokovic at Shanghai Masters...
Greek tennis champion Stefanos Tsitsipas on Friday came back from one set to love to beat defending champion Novak Djokovic 2-1 in the quarter finals of the Shanghai Masters. Having lost the first set...
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Twelve Heads of State Descend on Athens to Discuss the Future of Europe
President Prokopis Pavlopoulos as he welcomed European heads of state on Thursday evening, with the Athens Acropolis in the background The heart of Europe is now beating in Athens, where the 15th...
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Greek PM Meets Opposition Leaders On Voting Rights of Greeks Abroad
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meeting with ex-PM Alexis Tsipras earlier on Friday Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held successive meetings with political party leaders on Friday to...
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First Crematorium Opens in Greece
Thirteen years after the practice of cremation was legalized in Greece, the country’s first such facility has recently opened in Ritsona north of Athens, and has already carried out 15 cremations....
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Greek PM Requests More NATO Ships for Aegean Migration Patrols
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday called on NATO to increase its naval patrols in the Aegean after the recent threat by Turkey to allow millions of additional migrants to cross...
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Stefanos Tsitsipas Knocked Out of Shanghai Masters Final
Greek tennis champion Stefanos Tsitsipas lost to number 3 Daniil Medvedev in two sets (7-6, 7-5) at the semi finals of the Shanghai Masters on Saturday. Medvedev has now seen off the 21-year-old — who...
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Greece’s Defense Minister Says France Sending Frigate Off Cyprus
Turkish warships shadow drillships off Cyprus Greek Defence Minister, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, said on Friday that a French frigate would arrive shortly in block 7 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone...
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Thirteen Heads of State Sign Athens Declaration on the Future of Europe
The heads of state participating in the 15th Arraiolos Group Meeting on Friday adopted the ‘Athens Declaration’ on the future of Europe and European integration, following their meeting in the Greek...
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Athens to Host International Conference on Underwater Heritage
An international conference on the management of underwater cultural and natural heritage sites entitled “Dive in Blue Growth” will be held at the amphitheatre of the Acropolis Museum in Athens on...
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Athens Marks Liberation from the Nazis With Ceremony on the Acropolis
In a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary since Athens was liberated from German occupation on October 12, 1944, the Greek flag was raised on the Acropolis on Saturday. The event was addressed by the...
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Euro 2020: Spirited Greece Lose 2-0 to Italy (video)
A spirited, but limited Greek side lost to Italy 2-0 at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico on Saturday for the Euro 2020 qualifiers. The defeat has left Greece second from bottom in Group J, just above...
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Thousands Gather for Greek Pontic Celebration in Thessaloniki (video)
More than 2,500 dancers participated in a celebration of Greek Pontic culture held on Saturday in Thessaloniki. The event was organized by the Panpontian Federation of Greece to honor the hundreds of...
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France, Cyprus Joint Naval Exercises Seen as Message to Turkey
File photo France and Cyprus are conducting naval maneuvers off the coast of Cyprus as the east Mediterranean island nation is embroiled in a tense dispute with Turkey over offshore gas drilling. Two...
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Greek Holy Synod Recognizes Orthodox Church Of Ukraine
Archbishop Ieronymos meets Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv The Church of Greece decided on Saturday to recognize the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), making it the first of the Eastern...
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Greek President Warns Europe of Turkey’s “Dangerous Imperial Fantasies”
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Sunday that Turkey’s military operations in northern Syria constitute “dangerous imperial fantasies” and warned that the EU will not...
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