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Instagramers Highlight Beauty of Greece’s Andros (photos)
Instagram enthusiasts descended to Greece’s Andros in a joint effort to highlight the beauty of this island situated only two hours away from Athens. The amateur photographers participating in the...
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FYROM Proposes ‘Republic of Ilinden Macedonia’ in Naming Dispute
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has apparently put a new name for the country on the negotiating table with Greece. Media in Skopje quoting government sources claim that during...
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Terrified Office Workers Plead with Greek Anarchists (video)
Video has emerged of frightened office workers pleading with masked anarchists who smashed up their Athens notary business on Friday. A group of men belonging to the Rouvikonas anarchist group...
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Greece Marks World Museum Day by Offering Free Admission
Friday is International Museum Day and people across Greece are being offered free admission to them all. The day will also be marked by guided tours, exhibitions, art workshops, educational programs,...
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Aegean Airlines Founder Theodoros Vassilakis Dies at 78
Greek entrepreneur Theodoros Vassilakis, the founder of Aegean Airlines, who has died, aged 78. Greek entrepreneur Theodoros Vassilakis, the founder of Aegean Airlines, has died at the age of 78....
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Greek Parliament Drops Novartis Probe Against Prominent Politicians
Greece’s parliament decided it was not competent to probe the allegations against 10 prominent politicians, including two former prime ministers, over the alleged scandal involving bribes by Swiss...
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What Was the Ilinden Uprising FYROM Wants in its Name?
It includes parts of Greece’s Macedonia Most Greeks turned to the history books to learn about the Ilinden uprising of 1903 when news emerged that Athens and Skopje are discussing the name “Republic of...
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Greek Opposition Rejects ‘Republic of Ilinden Macedonia’ Proposal
Tsipras meets Pavlopoulos on Saturday Greece’s opposition parties have unanimously rejected the proposal tabled by Skopje to adopt the name “Republic of Ilinden Macedonia” as a compromise solution to...
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Tsipras Vows to Give Some Greeks Abroad the Vote
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras signaled that he is partly prepared to heed to opposition calls to allow Greeks residing abroad to vote in parliamentary elections. Speaking in parliament on...
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Speedboat Crash in Crete Leaves Three Dead, One Injured
File photo Three people died and one was seriously injured after their speedboat crashed on rocks at the coast of Sfakia, southern Crete, in the early hours of Saturday. According to reports, the dead...
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Mayor of Thessaloniki Lynched by Mob at Pontian Genocide Ceremony (video)
A mob, believed they were right-wing extremists, attacked and injured the mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris, during a ceremony to commemorate the Pontian genocide on Saturday. The 75-year-old...
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Greece Reaches Deal with EU Creditors on Reforms
Greece’s creditors have agreed with Athens a program of reforms as the country’s third and final bailout comes to an end, the European Commission has said. With a meeting of eurozone finance ministers...
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Pontian Greeks Honor Genocide Victims in Athens Ceremony (video)
Hundreds of people gathered in Athens’ Syntagma Square on Saturday to honor the hundreds of thousands of Greeks died or displaced from their homes by the Turks in early 20th century at the annual...
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Greece Rejects ‘Republic of Ilinden Macedonia’ Proposal
The Greek government rejected the proposal tabled by Skopje to adopt the name “Republic of Ilinden Macedonia” as a compromise solution to the decades-old naming dispute. Following a round of talks on...
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Turkey’s Top General Urges Greece Not to Make ‘Miscalculations’ in Aegean
Turkey’s Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar has indirectly urged Greece not to make “miscalculations” amid a rise in tension between Turkey and Greece over the Aegean. “We can conduct operations in...
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Battle of Crete’s Nazi Shelter Turned to a Museum (photos)
As the Greek island marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Crete a hidden gem of a museum in the town of Platanias, west of Chania, remains o poignant reminder of the...
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Greek Police Arrest 4 Over Violent Attack on Thessaloniki Mayor
Police in Greece have arrested four people as suspects in a violent mob attack that left the mayor of Thessaloniki hospitalized. About a dozen people set upon Mayor Yiannis Boutaris at a Saturday...
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Greek Stand-Up Comedian Harry Klynn Dies at 78
Vasilis Triantafillidis, one of the most popular stand-up comedians in Greece, best known by his artistic nickname Harry Klynn died in Thessaloniki on Sunday at the age of 78. The artist’s health had...
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Greek Police Bust Huge Cocaine Ring
Greek police dismantled a drug ring which was importing and distributing huge quantities of cocaine in the country. A 43-year-old foreign national and two Greeks were arrested in the Athens district...
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US Ship Made of Twin Towers Steel Docks in Greece’s Corfu (video)
A unique U.S. Navy vessel party made out of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center destroyed in the Sept. 11 2001 attacks has docked in Greece. The USS New York, a San Antonio-class amphibious...
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