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EU Chief Says Greece and Cyprus Should Count on Europe’s Full Solidarity
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaking at the European Parliament. Credit: AMNA European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that the withdrawal of Turkish...
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Greek Doctor with Bruised Face Makes Passionate Plea: Please Wear a Mask!
Credit: Eleni Ischaki/Facebook A Greek doctor made a passionate appeal through social media for people to wear a mask to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. As the number of patients at...
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Thousands of Asylum Seekers Moved to New Camp on Greece’s Lesvos Island
Health workers and policewomen try to convince refugees to move to the new facility at Lesvos. Credit: Greek government Police on the Greek island of Lesvos are moving thousands of migrants and...
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Watch Ianos’ Path Live as it Hits Greece
Credit: Windy.com The weather system “Ianos,” which had reached the sea region between Sicily and the Peloponnesian Peninsula early on Thursday is beginning to intensify and taking on the...
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Bestselling Author Victoria Hislop Sworn In as Greek Citizen
Victoria Hislop proudly shows her official Greek certificate as she met PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Credit: AMNA English author Victoria Hislop was on Thursday officially sworn-in as a Greek citizen during...
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Mike Pompeo to Visit Greece Next Week
Mike Pompeo is to visit Athens. Credit: Sam Armstrong/Wikimedia Commons US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Athens next week in an effort to de-escalate tensions between Greece and Turkey, it...
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Is This What Alexander the Great Really Looked Like?
The true face of Alexander? Credit: Bas Uterwijk/Instagram Dutch photographer and digital artist Bas Uterwijk has been shining a light on what iconic figures from history might have looked like in real...
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Helicopters Evacuate Stranded Residents of Flooded Greek Village
Credit: AMNA Greek authorities used helicopters on Tuesday to evacuate six residents of a village near Karditsa, Thessaly, who had been stranded by the floods caused by the rare “Medicane” storm which...
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Cyprus Under Fire for Vetoing EU Sanctions on Belarus
Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Chistodulides gestures during the EU foreign ministers’ meeting on Monday. Credit: Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the EU Cyprus blocked the proposed EU sanctions...
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Greek Ministers Accused of Flouting Covid Rules
The Greek Parliament. Credit: Greek Reporter One more incident of a Greek minister apparently flouting the country’s coronavirus guidelines was recorded on Tuesday, as Civil Protection Deputy Minister...
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Piraeus Bank at the Forefront of UN’s Responsible Banking Initiative
Christos Megalou addressing the meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, Sept. 22, 2019. One year since Piraeus Bank joined a coalition of hundreds of banks worldwide for sustainable development,...
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Earthquake Rattles Greek Island of Lefkada
An earthquake measuring 4.1, according to preliminary estimates, hit the sea area off the Ionian island of Lefkada, early on Thursday morning. According to the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens...
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Greek Police Find Cache of Weapons in Athens; Three Suspects Arrested
File photo. Credit: Greek Reporter Greek anti-terrorist police arrested three people late on Wednesday after weapons and explosives were discovered in separate locations in the district of Koukaki,...
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Greece Hails Spirit of Philhellenism in US’ Parthenon Sculptures Initiative
The east pediment of the Parthenon marbles, as it is now in the British Museum in London. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Greece has invited the eighteen members of the US House of Representatives who have...
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Greece Announces Second Highest Number of Covid-19 Deaths in a Single Day
Nine people died in the last 24 hours in Greece. Credit: Greek Reporter As the Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis was warning on Thursday that the choice is between self-protection measures or a lockdown,...
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Pompeo’s Visit to Greece Will Mark the “Strongest Relationship in Decades”
Mike Pompeo to visit Greece. Credit: Sam Armstrong/Wikimedia commons US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Greece on September 27, his first stop in a four-nation tour of Europe, the State...
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President Anastasiades: Cyprus Committed to Peace Talks, But Not at Gunpoint
Nicos Anastasiades addresses the UN Generaal Assembly on Thursday via video. Credit: UN President Nicos Anastasiades told the UN General Assembly on Thursday that Cyprus stands ready to resume talks on...
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Mike Pompeo Calls for Peaceful Resolution of Maritime Dispute with Turkey
Mike Pompeo meets his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Thessaloniki on Monday. Credit: Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias...
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Greece Offers Timid Support for Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Credit: AMNA Greece on Sunday condemned the loss of life and said it was ready to assist efforts to ease tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), but it fell short of...
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Greece Busts Migrant Trafficking Ring; Dozens of Humanitarian Workers Accused
Migrants and asylum seekers are moved into a new camp on the Greek island of Lesvos. Credit: Greek Government The Greek police announced on Monday that they had busted a huge trafficking ring which was...
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