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Victim of Armed Robbery Dies in Greek Hospital
A Greek businessman who was attacked and shot in his home by robbers in early April died of his injuries in an Athens hospital on Friday. Fifty-two-year-old Alexandros Stamatiadis was receiving...
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Greek Power Union Launches Strikes Against Privatizations
The union representing workers at the state-run Public Power Corporation (PPC) has started what it says will be rolling 48-hour strikes against government plans for the privatization of lignite...
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Athens Keeps Schools Open for Locals and Refugees
Greeks and refugees are provided free equipment and guided by experienced film makers to produce their own films about the refugee crisis. An initiative by the City of Athens to keep schools open after...
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Greece Outperforms Primary Surplus Target for Third Year in a Row
Greece has recorded a primary surplus of 4.0 percent of GDP, or 7.080 billion euros, in 2017, according to data released on Monday by country’s independent statistics agency (ELSTAT). This is the...
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Greek PM Tsipras Vows ‘Clean Exit’ from Bailout; Dismisses Trade-Off with Turkey
Greece’s PM Alexis Tsipras reiterated Monday that the country will make a “clean exit” from the bailout era and the strict supervision of its creditors by August. Speaking at SYRIZA’s parliamentary...
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Aerial Acrobats Red Arrow Land in Greece
The Red Arrows, the aerobatics display team of the UK’s Royal Air Force, has arrived in the Greek base of Tanagra , about 35 miles north of Athens for five-week exercise. This is the fourth...
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Dozens Injured, Scores Arrested in Lesvos Migrant Clashes
Greek authorities say that up to 30 people were injured during overnight clashes between migrants and angry locals, identified my some reports as being right-wing extremists, in the capital of Lesvos,...
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PAOK Lose Appeal, AEK Take Greek Title (video)
AEK head coach Manolo Jimenez was thrown into the air by his players on Sunday AEK are Greek champions after PAOK lost an appeal over a points deduction which came after their president stormed onto...
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Unholy Brawl Over St. George’s Icon at Greek Church (video)
A fight broke out at a church of a small village of Messinia, southern Peloponnese, over the rights of an icon of St. George. As the village of Dorion celebrated its patron St. George on Monday with a...
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‘Science Without Borders’ Festival Opens in Athens
The 2018 Athens Science Festival opens its doors on Tuesday, with five days of events that explore the frontiers of knowledge from the quantum level to that of planets, stars and galaxies, as well as...
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Greece Ranked Top in Europe for Raising Family
A new report reveals the best and worst places to raise a family in Europe – with Greece topping the table, and Switzerland taking last place. The We Are Family Index from Wren Kitchens is based on...
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Greek Lady Claims Oldest Woman on Planet Title
Ekaterini Kornarou, Greece’s oldest living person 113-year-old Ekaterini Kornarou from the town of Krestena in Peloponnese is about to claim the title for the oldest woman in the world. According to...
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Greek Company Offers Incentive to Reverse Brain Drain
Dimitris Glezos A Greek start-up company is offering a repatriation bonus of €5,000 to €10,000 for Greeks wishing to return to their home country to work at its headquarters. Transifex’s Chief...
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Flight Recorder from Fallen Greek Jet Recovered
The flight recorder or “black box” from the fallen Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet, which crashed into the sea nine miles northeast of the Aegean island of Skyros, has been located and recovered, Hellenic...
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Solution to FYROM Name Dispute in ‘Two Weeks’, EU Commissioner Says
FYROM premier Zoran Zaev (right) accepts the European Commission report from EU commissioner Johannes Hahn, last week. Photograph: Nake Batev/EPA A solution to the name dispute that might unlock EU...
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Dreamer of Greek Timelessness Angelos Delivorias Dies at 81
Angelos Delivorias, one of the most prominent archaeologists of his era and former director of one of Greece’s most prestigious museums, the Benaki, passed away at the age of 81, it was announced on...
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Greece ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Increased Migrant Flow
File photo Greece’ minister for Migration has expressed his “deep concern” over the increasing trend of refugee and migrant flows to the country in recent weeks. Speaking in parliament, Dimitris Vitsas...
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Turkish Court Rejects New Appeal for Greek Soldiers’ Release
A Turkish court has rejected for a third time the appeal launched by the defense team of the two Greek soldiers held in Edirne for their release on bail. According to Turkish media, the judge...
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Greece’s Population Ageing ‘Faster than Expected’
Τhe ageing of Greece’s population is progressing faster than forecasts predicted, according to a briefing given by experts to a committee in Parliament on Wednesday. According to figures released by...
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Greece Approves Power Plant Sales Despite Angry Protests
Greek lawmakers on Wednesday approved the sale of power stations by Greece’s dominant power utility Public Power Corp. (PPC) in spite of workers demonstrating by placing emptying sacks of coal outside...
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