Prince Charles Hails Traditions of Greek Orthodox Church (video)
Prince Charles met the head of Greece’s Orthodox Church Archbishop Ieronymos on Thursday during the second day of his official visit to Greece. Ieronymos briefed the heir to the British throne about...
View ArticleCrowds Greet Prince Charles, Duchess of Cornwall in Central Athens (photos,...
Athenians and tourists gave a warm welcome to Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall as they strolled the streets of the Greek capital on the second day of their official visit. The royal couple...
View ArticleGreek Beaches Notch Up Nearly 520 Blue-Flag Awards
Greece is the second country worldwide for its number of blue-flag beaches according to the Association for Environmental Education and the Consumer (ADEAC). Almost 520 of the country’s beaches were...
View ArticleEast Med Pipeline ‘Not a Peace Route’, Turkish Cypriot Leader Warns
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has said that the pipeline project discussed between Israel, Greece and Cyprus to feed 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Europe would not contribute to...
View ArticlePrince Charles Lays Wreath at Athens War Cemetery (photos)
Prince Charles laid a wrath at the Faliro war cemetery, south of Athens, where 2,029 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War are buried. Accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall, who was holding...
View ArticleAnarchists Vandalize Athens Office of British Charity Oxfam
Members of Greece’s notorious anarchist group Rouvikonas (Rubicon) vandalized the offices of the British charity Oxfam in Athens as the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are on a three-day...
View ArticlePrince Charles Sports Special Cufflinks in Greece’s Honor (photos)
Prince Charles wore cufflinks with the flags of Greece and Great Britain as he visited Orthodox Church Archbishop Ieronymos on Thursday during the second day of his official visit to Greece....
View ArticlePrince Charles Treated to Aerobatic Display Onboard Historic Greek Battleship...
Prince Charles boarded the historic Greek warship Averof, now serving as a floating museum at Piraeus, south of Athens, on the second day of his historic visit to Greece. Accompanied by Greece’s...
View ArticleStudents Trapped in White Tower as Hailstorm Hits Thessaloniki (video)
Students and tourists were trapped inside the White Tower as hailstorm and flash flooding hit Thessaloniki, paralyzing the city on Thursday. Twenty-four students from the high school of Argalasti,...
View ArticleCrete Prepares to Host Charles and Camilla on Final Leg of Greek Tour
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will visit the island of Crete on the final day of their tour of Greece. Charles and Camilla will first go to the Knossos archaeological site where they...
View ArticleThessaloniki Suffers Water, Electricity Shortages after Hailstorm (video)
Tourists and students were trapped in the city’s White Tower Authorities in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, are struggling to repair the water and power grids following Thursday’s hailstorm...
View ArticleKing of Latin Pop, Enrique Iglesias, Flies the Flag in Greece (photos)
Thousands of music fans gathered at the Athens Olympic Stadium indoor arena on Thursday evening to hear Enrique Iglesias, dubbed the King of Latin Pop. The Spanish superstar performed most of his...
View ArticleEU Looks at ‘Enhanced Surveillance’ for Post-Bailout Greece
File photo: Mario Centeno (L) chats with Greece’s PM Alexis Tsipras The president of the Eurogroup, Mario Centeno, has revealed that the European institutions are working on an “enhanced surveillance”...
View ArticleHorrific Murder Stuns Greece
The apartment block where the murder took place in Athens Police are investigating the gruesome murder of a 64-year-old woman by one of her sons in her apartment in Nea Smyrni, Athens. The body was...
View ArticleMinisters from Central Europe, Balkans Meet in Greece
The foreign ministers of eight central European and Balkan EU countries meeting in Greece have called for a more democratic and socially-just Europe. Friday’s meetings in Sounio, south of Athens,...
View ArticleGreek Police on Heightened Alert for Saturday’s Cup Final
Greek police are on high alert for Saturday’s Cup final between league champions AEK and PAOK that will take place in Athens Olympic Stadium as thousands of PAOK fans are preparing to descend upon the...
View ArticleCharles and Camilla Visit Ancient Knossos in Crete (photos)
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have visited the ancient site of Knossos in Crete on the final day of their tour of Greece on Friday. The couple were at the site for approximately 50...
View ArticleHundreds of International Students Join ‘The Crete Trip 2018’
The highlight of the first day of #TheCreteTrip2018 was the noisy Flag Parade in the streets of Heraklion At least 850 students from 75 countries studying in Greece via the Erasmus program have...
View ArticleGreek Anarchists Target Austrian Mission in Athens
Members of Greece’s self-proclaimed anarchist group Rouvikonas (Rubicon) carried out a protest outside the residence of the Austrian ambassador in Athens on Sunday. A group of anarchists riding...
View ArticleSharpshooting Siblings Win Bronze for Greece
Brother and sister team Dionysis and Anna Korakaki with their medals Brother and sister Dionysis (19) and Anna Korakaki (22) won bronze for Greece at the final competition day the World Pistol Cup in...
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