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Turkey Prevents Greek Ships from Approaching Disputed Islets
A warship and two coast guard boats from Greece were intercepted by Turkey’s Coast Guard, upon approaching disputed islets in the Aegean on Wednesday. The standoff between vessels from the two...
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Compensations for Flood Damages in Attica to Reach 12.3 Million Euros
Insurance companies may be called to pay 12.3 million euros in compensations to residents of western Attica due to the damages suffered by the deadly floods that hit the area last November, the...
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Nicosia Hails ‘Historic’ Visit by Cyprus President to Saudi Arabia
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades praised the productive meeting he had with the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud, on Wednesday in Riyadh. Anastasiades met with King Salman in the...
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Greece to Table Bill Aiming to Complete Third Review by Jan. 22
The omnibus bill containing the prior actions required to compete Greece’s third program review, will be tabled in parliament next week and will likely be debated in a fast-track procedure, a...
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Greek Police ‘Concerned’ over Return of Prominent Radical Fighter from Syria
Greek police have expressed concern at the apparent return of a radical anarchist and member of the Rouvikonas (Rubicon) group from Syria, where he fought on the side of the Kurds against ISIS. The...
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Diplomacy in Overdrive over FYROM Name Dispute
Political leaders in Athens and Skopje are bracing for a diplomatic marathon over the 26-year-old dispute between Greece and FYROM over the name of the former Yugoslav republic. On both sides of the...
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Former Athens Airport Turned into a Plane Graveyard (video)
The Athens former airport, Hellinikon, has become a graveyard for many abandoned Olympic Airways planes. As the airport awaits redevelopment, these spectacular images captured by a drone video remind...
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Greek Champions Olympiakos Sack Manager Lemonis
Greek champions Olympiakos released interim coach Takis Lemonis on Thursday with media reports expected to announce the hiring of Spanish coach Oscar Garcia. “Takis Lemonis took over the team under...
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Tsipras Banks on Kammenos U-Turn on Name Dispute with FYROM
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias, piled pressure on Defence Minister Panos Kammenos to moderate his stance on the name dispute with FYROM, at Thursdays’ ministerial...
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Brazen Attack on Greek Senior Citizen by Juveniles Caught on Video
An 82-year-old senior citizen was injured, after she was attacked and robbed by two young Roma boys in her front yard. The attack took place in a village near Sparta on Wednesday and was recorded by...
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Twitter Blocks Greece’s Extremist Golden Dawn Party
Twitter has blocked the account of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party, apparently in line with the platform’s new rules against hate speech. The micro-blogging and social networking service did not...
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Northern Cyprus Election Results Point to Coalition Government
No party has bagged enough votes to emerge as the ruling party in snap parliamentary elections in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which may lead to a coalition government,...
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29 Greeks Lost their Lives in Traffic Accidents Over the Festive Season
According to data published by the Greek police, 29 people died on Greek roads between December 22 and January 7. The casualties were recorded in 25 different road accidents. Many more people were...
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Greek Refugee Council: Detention of Turkish Army Officer ‘Illegal’
The NGO Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) denounced on Monday what they described as an illegal detention of the Turkish officer who was granted asylum by an independent committee for refugees, saying...
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Mikis Theodorakis Warns of Disaster if ‘Macedonia’ is Included in Compound Name
World renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis expressed his opposition to any agreement with Skopje that would include the term ‘Macedonia’ in the compound name. Theodorakis, regarded as a guru for...
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Cruise Ship Arrivals in Greece Dropped by 20% in 2017
In 2017, Greece experienced a large drop in cruise ship arrivals and passenger visits compared to 2016, according to data released by the Hellenic Ports Union “ELIME”. Cruise ship arrivals decreased...
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Series of Minor Tremors Recorded Along Eastern Attica Coast
Eighteen minor tremors of up to 2.8 on the Richter scale have been recorded since early Tuesday morning, along the eastern Attica coastline between Rafina and Nea Makri. “It is a swarm of tremors. We...
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Protesting Workers Storm Greek Ministry of Employment (video)
Angry scenes erupted in downtown Athens on Tuesday when communist-affiliated labor unionists smashed their way into employment ministry offices. A large crowd from the All-Workers Militant Front...
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Sharia Law Becomes Optional for Greece’s Muslim Minority
Changing a century-old legacy, the Greek parliament voted overwhelmingly to make the practice of Islamic sharia law in family disputes optional for the country’s Muslim minority on Tuesday. The bill...
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Northern Cyprus Set for Coalition Government
Photograph: STR/EPA Talks for a coalition government in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) are set to begin, after the right-wing National Unity party (UBP) won recent...
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