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Crete Polytechnic Offers New Course in Chinese Language
The Polytechnic of Crete announced on Wednesday it is offering a course on the Chinese Language this academic year, following an agreement with the Hanban Organization of China. Hanban, also known as...
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Greece Plans to Transport 20,000 Migrants From Islands to the Mainland
The Greek government is planning to transfer at least 20,000 migrants and refugees from the islands to the mainland by the end of this year, Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis was...
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Outraged Air Passenger Berates Former PM Tsipras Over Macedonia (video)
A Greek lawyer launched a verbal attack against former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras over the Macedonia issue during a flight from Brussels to Athens on Thursday. In a video uploaded on Facebook,...
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Highlights of Round Seven in Greek Super League (video)
PAOK players celebrate win against Lamia on Sunday Super League leaders Olympiacos completed a hard-earned 2-1 win over this season’s surprise package OFI Crete at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on...
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Greek Police Remove Minors From “Joker” Screenings at Athens Cinemas
Greek police removed minors from two cinemas screening the blockbuster movie “Joker” over the weekend. The newly-released film has an “R,” or Restricted, rating for its violence and disturbing...
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Greece’s Samos at Boiling Point as Mayor Calls for Demonstration Against...
Greek authorities on Monday transported approximately 700 migrants from the island of Samos to Piraeus, while Samos’ mayor appealed to islanders to join a demonstration calling on the central...
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Ancient Bath Complex Discovered in Greece’s Lost City of Tenea
Excavations at the ancient city of Tenea in the Peloponnese, which was built by Trojan prisoners of war, have unearthed significant new finds,the Greek Culture Ministry announced on Tuesday. The...
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CEO of The Home Project Greece Receives International Award for Helping Refugees
Sofia Kouvelaki, the CEO of The HOME Project Greece, an initiative that provides accommodation and integration services for hundreds of refugee children, has received one of ten annual awards bestowed...
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Oldest Lighthouse in the World Once Stood off Greece’s Pelion Peninsula
The straits between Greece’s south Pelion Peninsula and the island of Skiathos in the Northern Sporades conceal many secrets in their treacherous waters — including one little-known fact known mostly...
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At Least Four Injured After Greek Hooligans Attack Bayern Munich Fans in Athens
At least four people were injured when a group of hooligans attacked visiting German football fans during a game between the youth clubs of Olympiacos and Bayern Munich on Tuesday. Greek police say...
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Agreement Reached on Plan for Greeks Abroad Vote; Postal Vote Shelved
The inter-party committee agrees to a plan for Greeks abroad vote Political parties reached consensus on Tuesday on a draft new law that will allow Greek expatriates to vote from their country of...
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Brave Olympiacos Succumbs to Bayern in Champions League Thriller
Olympiacos battled hard but lost 3-2 to Bayern Munich in a thrilling encounter at the Georgios Karaiskakis stadium on Tuesday in the group stage of the Champions League. The Greek side took the lead...
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Three-Year Old Boy Dead After Greek Coast Guard Vessel Rams into Migrant Dinghy
Rescuers recovered the body of 3-year-old boy in the sea just east of the island of Kos after a Greek Coast Guard vessel accidentally rammed into a dinghy carrying 34 refugees and migrants early on...
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Residents Block Resettlement of 400 Migrants in Northern Greece (video)
File photo Residents of the small village of Vrasna, northeast of Thessaloniki, forced Greek authorities on Tuesday to abandon plans to house approximately 400 migrants and refugees in local hotels....
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Bureaucratic Obstacles Make Voting Plan for Greeks Abroad a Meaningless Gesture
Greek political parties seemingly reached a consensus on Tuesday regarding the parameters of proposed legislation which will allow Greek expatriates to vote from their country of residence. However,...
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Thessaloniki Metro Will be Ready in 2023, Says PM Mitsotakis
The metro system in Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki, which is currently under construction, will be ready for public use in its entirety by April of 2023, said Prime Minister Kyriakos...
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New Athens Metro Line Given the Go-Ahead
The Council of State, Greece’s highest administrative court, on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for Line 4 of the Athens metro, which will start in the Alsos Veikou district and run to Goudi. There are two...
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Albania Bans Nationalist Rally on the Anniversary of Katsifas Killing
The late Konstantinos Katsifas, who was shot in Albania in October of 2018 Albanian police announced on Wednesday that it has banned nationalist groups from staging a rally on the Greek border to...
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Greek Philotimo Could Save the Life of Toddler With Deadly Disease
Greeks throughout the world have rallied to the cause of 18-month-old Panagiotis-Rafael Glossiotis, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). His parents announced on Wednesday that they had...
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Mountains of Garbage Grow in Athens as Sanitation Workers Stage Strike
Tons of garbage have been left uncollected in Athens and other major Greek cities as municipal sanitation workers have joined in a series of strikes protesting a development bill currently debated in...
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