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Greece Opens to the World on June 15: Here Is How
Naxos, Greece – Photo Credit: Elizabeth Ioannidis In a major change in policy, Greece announced that it will open to all tourists, regardless of nationality, beginning on June 15. However, Greek...
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Greece’s Hotels, Primary Schools, Summer Cinemas Open on Monday
Aqua Vista Hotel, Santorini Greece takes another major step towards normalcy as hotels, summer cinemas, swimming pools, schools reopen on Monday. Starting June 1, hotels operating 12 months out of the...
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Coronavirus, Policing Have Reduced Migrant Flow Into Greece to a Trickle
The number of migrants crossing into Greece from Turkey was greatly reduced in the months of April and May due to the coronavirus scare and the increased police measures imposed along the country’s...
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Greece Reports Two Coronavirus Deaths After Three Days of Zero Fatalities
Greek health authorities reported the death of two patients from the coronavirus on Sunday night following nearly three days without any fatalities at all. Sunday’s first victim was a 66-year-old woman...
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Turkey Defies Warning, Insists on Drilling in Greece’s Waters
File photo Turkey has defied Greece’s warning to cancel planned drilling for hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean and close to Greek islands claiming that exploration will take place in it’s own...
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Former First Lady of Greece Amalia Megapanou Dies at 91
Amalia Megapanou and her husband Konstantinos Karamanlis meet with JFK and Jackie Onassis at the White House in April 1961 Amalia Megapanou, the former wife of the late Greek statesman Konstantinos...
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Six Out of Ten Greek Businesses in Liquidity Crisis After Lockdown
Six out of 10 businesses face liquidity issues, with only enough cash reserves to continue operating for less than six months — while three in ten have zero cash reserves and only 15 percent sufficient...
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Bear Family Gobbles Fruit, Washes it Down with Ouzo on Greek Farm
A mother bear and her three cubs broke into a farm in Metsovo, northern Greece, and after they gobbled up all the fruit they could find they washed it down with the ouzo and tsipouro that was being...
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The Island of Sifnos, Unassuming Gem of the Western Cyclades
The church of Taxiarches, in the village of Vathy on Sifnos. Photo Credit: Zde/Wikimedia Commons Sifnos, one of the islands of the Western Cyclades, is a balance of beautiful beaches, nightlife,...
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Protesters Clash With Police at Black Lives Matter March in Athens
Photo Credit: AMNA Greek police threw tear gas to disperse a crowd of demonstrators who hurled firebombs in a march toward the U.S. Embassy compound in Athens on Wednesday in a protest over the death...
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Greece Seeks EU Support Over Turkish Claims on its Sovereignty
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Photo Credit: AMNA Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has sent letters to top European Union officials in protest over...
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Popular Greek Performer Haris Alexiou Ends Singing Odyssey
Haris Alexiou, who has been one of the most popular singers in Greece since the 1970s, announced on Thursday that she will no longer sing publicly. “I cannot sing as well as I used to,” she explained...
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Greece Conducts Mass Coronavirus Tests in 30 Regions
Credit: AMNA Greece’s health authorities reported 15 new cases of coronavirus and one death on Thursday as mobile units completed 1,000 sample-collection missions in 30 Greek regions. The total number...
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Coronavirus Infected Passengers “Tested Negative” Before Flying to Athens
Qatar Airways claimed on Thursday that 12 passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 after landing in Athens on Monday were healthy when they left Doha five hours earlier. In a statement Qatar Airways...
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Greece Vows 30 Percent of Cars Will be Electric by 2030
The Greek government announced ambitious plans on Friday to subsidize the purchase of new electric cars, vowing that by 2030, thirty percent of all vehicles on Greek roads would be electric. The...
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British-French Couple Stuck on Crete for More than Three Months
Chris Wallace and Juillet Lamotte in Crete. Photo courtesy of Chris Wallace. A British national and his French wife have been stuck on the Greek island of Crete since late February after ferry services...
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Does a Spoon Constitute a Spiritual and Ecclesiastical Crisis?
By Archon Elias Damianakis* Have we lost our minds or simply succumbed to the idolatry of sentimentalism? “I’m an old woman; all I had was going to the church,” said Dimitra, a 79-year-old in Greece,...
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Olympiacos All But Secure Greek Soccer Title
Olympiacos closed in on a 45th Greek league title on Sunday with a 1-0 win at closest rivals PAOK Salonika. As the Greek Super League emerged from a three-month coronavirus shutdown, Olympiacos opened...
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British Hotelier in Greece: This is Why I Will Keep My Hotel Closed This Summer
Benjamin Wylie-Black faces an uncertain future on the Greek island of Crete. Photo courtesy Wylie-Black. A British hotelier in Crete, like many other owners of small businesses up and down the country,...
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Greece Warns of New Lockdown as Mykonos Revelers Flout Coronavirus Rules
Party scene on the Greek island of Mykonos. File photo Over the weekend, Greek health authorities ordered a popular bar on Mykonos to shut down for a total of 60 days for breaking the social distancing...
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