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ExxonMobil Vessel Ready to Start Drilling Off Cyprus
A drilling vessel leased by ExxonMobil has arrived in Cyprus’ offshore block 10 and is preparing to drill into the seabed soon, the country’s energy minister announced on Monday. Giorgos Lakkotrypis...
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Disabled 14-Year-Old Girl Captures Greek Hearts at Marathon Race (video)
A wheelchair-bound 14-year old girl from Rethymno in Crete made her dream a reality by taking part in the authentic Marathon race on Sunday. Marianna Avgoustaki crossed the finishing line at the...
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Ancient City of Tenea Unearthed in Greece
Greece’s Ministry of Culture announced that archaeologists discovered residential areas at a site identified as the ancient city of Tenea in Peloponnese. It is believed that the first inhabitants were...
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Former Greek PM’s Bank Accounts Under Scrutiny
Former Prime Minister of Greece Kostas Simitis welcomed the decision by anti money-laundering authorities to open his bank accounts, saying on Wednesday that he has “nothing to hide.” Authorities have...
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Greek Public Sector Workers on Strike Over Pay, Pensions
The largest union representing public sector employees in Greece has called for a 24-hour strike on Wednesday. ADEDY, which represents about half a million public sector workers, is demanding wage and...
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Greek Fire Victim Out of Intensive Care 78 Days After Inferno
Dimitris Philippis, the last remaining victim of the deadly fire in the Greek resort of Mati, was discharged from the intensive care unit of Evangelismos hospital in central Athens on Tuesday....
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Spectacular Video of Thick Fog Rolling In Over Greece’s Ioannina
A timelapse video captured the city of Ioannina in northwestern Greece gradually being blanketed by a thick layer of fog on Monday. The city and Lake Pamvotis, the largest lake in Epirus, are seen...
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Turkish Cypriots Mark 35th Anniversary of Independence
Turkish Cypriot officials attended the ceremony at the Atatürk Monument in Nicosia on Thursday Turkish military jets flew over the the Cypriot capital of Nicosia shortly after midday on Thursday to...
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Mandra, One Year Later: Greek Town Still Awaits Anti-Flood Works
A year after deadly floods hit the town of Mandra, in western Attica, residents are still waiting for the promised anti-flood works to be completed. On 15 November, 2017, at least 23 people lost their...
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Has a Missing Piece of the Ancient Antikythera Machine Been Found?
Archaeologists believe that they may have found the missing piece of the Antikythera Mechanism, the fantastically complicated, advanced analog “computer” unearthed in 1901 from a shipwreck offshore...
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Nations League: Greece’s Win Too Little, Too Late (video)
Greece beat Finland 1-0 in Athens on Thursday, but it was not enough to avert Greece’s elimination from the Nations League, on the debut of coach Angelos Anastasiadis on the Greece bench. An own goal...
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Angry Crowd Bars SYRIZA Delegation from Athens Polytechnic (video)
A delegation from the governing SYRIZA party, including prominent ministers, was prevented by leftist groups from laying a wreath at the Athens Polytechnic Memorial on Friday, on the eve of the 45th...
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ExxonMobil Vessel Begins Drilling Off Cyprus
The Cyprus government announced Friday that ExxonMobil has started drilling at an offshore oilfield inside the island’s exclusive economic zone. Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis made the...
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Greece Sees Its First Snowfall of the Season
Parts of central Greece were covered by snow on Friday, the first of the season. The mountainous villages around Trikala in Thessaly were the first to welcome winter, and meteorologists predict that...
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Former French President Reveals 2015 Phone Call Which Prevented Grexit
Meeting President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos in Athens on Thursday, former French President Francois Hollande referred to the Pavlopoulos’ important role during the summer of 2015,...
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UEFA Nations League: Greece Beaten by Relegated Estonia (video)
An own goal by Vasilis Lampropoulos condemned Greece to its third loss in six Nations League games, as Estonia won 1-0 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens on Sunday. The Greeks struggled to create...
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Municipal Workers Storm Greek Ministry of Labor
Dozens of members of the POE-OTA union representing municipal workers stormed the Labor Ministry headquarters in central Athens on Monday morning. They demanded a meeting with Minister Effie...
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Brave Driver Tackles Snow-Covered Mt. Olympus (video)
The mountain of the ancient Greek gods, Mt. Olympus, is now covered in fresh blanket of snow, creating a majestic landscape. A Greek driver defied the wintry conditions this weekend, daring to drive...
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Greek Ferries Mull Fare Increase
An increase in fuel prices has significantly burdened shipping companies, creating pressures to increase ferry ticket prices, according to Mihalis Sakellis, chairman of the Association of Passenger...
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EU To Launch “Spy School” in Greece
The European Union is considering establishing an intelligence school which will be led by Greece and Cyprus, the journal Politico reported on Monday. “Eyebrows will be raised by the proposal to have...
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