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Greece’s Main Opposition Boycotts State TV
Main opposition New Democracy announced on Tuesday that is boycotting state broadcaster ERT, preventing its officials and members of parliament from appearing on the television station. According to...
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Athens University Medical School Among Top 150 Worldwide
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has been given an overall ranking of 228 in the National Taiwan University Rankings of world universities for 2018, based on the performance ranking...
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AEK Bows to Superior Ajax in Champions League Opener (video)
AEK were outclassed in their Champions League opener against Ajax on Wednesday as the SuperLeague champions were beaten soundly 3-0 at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam. After dominating possession...
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Record Number of Foreign Investors Use ‘Golden Visa’ Scheme in Greece
Record numbers of non-EU investors are granted the “Golden Visa” scheme that entitles them to a Greek residence permit in return for major investments, new data show. Chinese top the list with 1,395...
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Dozens of Traditional Boats Celebrate Greece’s Seafaring Heritage (photos)
Dozens of traditional wooden boats of different sizes gathered at the Aegean island of Paros last weekend in celebration of traditional sailing vessels. Caïques for fishing, transport, even for...
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Greece’s Main Opposition Ahead of SYRIZA in Latest Poll
Greece’s main opposition New Democracy (ND) is leading governing SYRIZA by 8.8 percent in a poll released on Wednesday by Star TV. The MRB poll shows ND at 30.9 percent followed by SYRIZA at 22.1...
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Greek Archaeologists Claim Government Plans Selling Historical Sites
The Firkas fortress at Chania, Crete The Greek Ministry of Culture dismissed on Thursday allegations by archaeologists that a series of archaeological sites are to be privatized. In a statement it said...
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PAOK Lose, Olympiacos Draws in Europe League Openers (video)
PAOK and Olympiacos opened their Europa League campaigns in disappointing fashion against superior opponents. In Thessaloniki, PAOK was outclassed by Chelsea losing 1-0, while in Piraeus Olympiacos...
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Philoxenia: The Ancient Roots of Greek Hospitality
The Greek word Philoxenia, literally translated as a “friend to a stranger”, is widely perceived to be synonymous to hospitality. For Greeks it is much deeper than that. It is an unspoken cultural law...
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New Poll Confirms Greece’s Opposition Lead
Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets Alexis Tsipras (file photo) A new poll released on Thursday gives opposition New Democracy a 9.5 percent lead over governing SYRIZA. The poll was conducted...
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Trial on Bakari Henderson’s Murder Starts in Greece
The suspects are led to the court in Patra The trial of nine men accused of fatally beating a U.S. tourist while vacationing in Greece has started on Friday in the city of Patra — a proceeding his...
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40 Years of Greek Popular Music at Margaritis’ Concert
A host of Greek singers and composers will gather on Monday September 28 at Athens’s Theatro Vraxon to pay tribute to Giogros Margaritis, one of the few remaining authentic voices of Greek popular...
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Ashura Festival in Athens Climaxes with Bloody Self-Flagellation
Hundreds of Shia Muslims gathered in Piraeus, south of Athens, to mark the day of Ashura, the tenth day of in the Islamic calendar. The ritual involved self-flagellation, hitting oneself with a whip...
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Turkish Forces Detain Cypriot Fishing Vessel and Crew
The Cypriot Government has had filed a protest to the United Nations over the detention of a Cypriot fishing vessel and its crew by the Turkish occupation forces. “The Government has made strong...
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Greek Jeweler Arrested for Beating Suspected Robber to Death (video)
Greek police arrested the owner of a jewelry store in central Athens and one more person on suspicion of killing a man who tried to rob the store. The incident occurred during daylight hours on Friday...
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Greece’s Defense Minister Asks for the Arrest of Journalists
Greece’s Defense Minister Panos Kammenos has filed a criminal lawsuit and asked for the arrest of the owner, editor, and five journalists of the Phileleftheros daily. The paper says that police...
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More Than 37 Thousand Greeks Study Abroad
More than 37 thousand Greeks opted to study in foreign universities in 2017, making the country seventh in the world in proportion to its total population, according to a recent report. According to...
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Iconic Greek Beach Reopens After Landslide
The Navagio beach in the Greek island of Zakynthos reopened on Saturday to visitors after a landslide earlier in the month that caused light injuries to three tourists. Local authority officials say...
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Huge Fire Engulfs University Campus in Crete (photos)
A huge fire has engulfed the University of Crete campus in the capital Heraklio. Dozens of fire fighters are at the scene while thick smoke has covered the area. There are no reports of injuries. The...
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Greek Journalists Walk Free Following Minister’s Lawsuit
The journalists walk free after appearing at the prosecutor’s office The publisher and two journalists of a Greek newspaper that were detained on Saturday after Defense Minister Panos Kammenos filed a...
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