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Greek Workers Protest Outside PM’s Office Against Labor Reforms (video)
Communist-affiliated labor unionists evaded tight security and demonstrated against employment law reforms just outside the office of the Greek prime minister in Athens on Wednesday. Associated Press...
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Neolithic Woman’s Reconstructed Face to be Revealed in Athens on Jan. 19
File photo: Facial reconstruction of “Myrtis” The reconstructed face of a woman who lived around 7000 BC will be revealed at the Acropolis Museum on January 19. “Avgi” is the newest reconstruction by a...
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Turkey ‘Concerned’ Over Greek Changes to Islamic Law in Thrace
Turkey on Thursday said it views new Greek legislation which changes the way Islamic law is implemented among the country’s Muslim minority with “concern”. In a statement Turkey’s foreign ministry...
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Police Detain 10 After Clashes Erupt at Greek Refugee Camp
At least 10 people were held by Greek police after clashes broke out at a refugee camp on the Aegean island of Chios on Wednesday evening. Local media report that groups of Arabs and Afghans clashed...
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Strikes to Bring Greece to Standstill on Friday
Banner reading ‘on strike’ displayed during earlier industrial action in Greece Greek transport workers and doctors in public hospitals will join seamen in a 24-hour strike on Friday, as labor unions...
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Greek Football Legend Takis Loukanidis Dies at 81
Takis Loukanidis one of the best Greek football players in the late 50s and 60s died on Thursday at the age of 81. Loukanidis made 23 appearances for the Greek national team and scored three goals...
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Wheelchair Dancer Wins Hearts of Greek Crowd (video)
A young disabled man stole the limelight at a recent basketball match in western Greece when he took to the court to perform a thrilling dance routine from his wheelchair. Thirty-year-old Andreas...
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Diaspora TV Show Features Greek Fashion, Cuisine
This year’s first episode of Greece in our Hearts — the popular web TV show for the Greek diaspora — has featured two prominent fashion designers speaking about their work at home and internationally....
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Greece, FYROM Meet Ahead of UN Talks
Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Kotzias and his FYROM counterpart Nikola Dimitrov met in Thessaloniki on Thursday where they discussed ways to move forward with the name dispute. The two men...
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Dijsselbloem: Greece Needs Further Reform
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who will on Friday step down as president of the Eurogroup of euro area finance ministers, told the U.K.’s Financial Times newspaper that further reform efforts are needed in...
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Crocodiles, Cobras, Giant Lizards ‘Once Inhabited Greece’
Crocodiles, cobras and giant Komodo-dragon-sized lizards called varanids once walked the banks of the Axios River and lived on the Greek island of Evia between nine and 18 million years ago, according...
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Desperate Migrants Rush to Board Ferries in Western Greece (video)
The dramatic moment when dozens of migrants make a dash to board ferries that would carry them from the Greek port of Patra to Italy has been captured on camera. The amateur video shot from a ferry’s...
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Capital Link Greek Shipping Forum to be Held in Athens
Capital Link is hosting its 9th Annual Greek Shipping Forum “Opportunities & Challenges”, on Thursday, February 8th, 2018 at the Divani Caravel Hotel in Athens, Greece. The Forum held in...
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Scuffles Follow Greek March Against Austerity, Strike Bill (video)
Greek police used tear gas on Friday to push away demonstrators that approached the main entrance of the parliament building in Athens where a bill containing new reforms is being debated. The...
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‘Theseus’ Bringing Storms, Heavy Snows to Greece
A weather front called ‘Theseus’ moving east from Italy is expected to bring a new wave of cold and wet weather to Greece starting Friday. According to meteorologists, temperatures will nosedive over...
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Two Elderly Women Die in Fire at Athens Nursing Home
Two elderly women were killed and one was injured from a fire at a nursing home in the Athenian suburb of Kallithea early on Saturday morning. Fire fighters that rushed to the scene found the two...
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Greeks Give Up Smoking in Record Numbers
Greeks are quitting smoking in record numbers, according to a survey by pollsters KAPA Research that covers the past 5 years. The nation-wide survey conducted on behalf of the Institute of Public...
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Turkey Blasts ‘Distorted’ EU Cyprus Declaration
Turkey criticized a joint statement of southern EU member states on the Cyprus issue as both distorted and unhelpful on January 12th. The joint declaration at the Fourth Summit of the Southern EU...
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Turkey Launches Investigation of Libyan-Bound Ship Seized by Greece
Turkish officials are investigating a report that a Libyan-bound vessel which departed from Turkey was seized by the Greek Coast Guard due to it allegedly carrying explosives to Libya, Turkey’s...
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Greek Musician and Stand-up Comedian Tzimis Panousis Dies at 64
Prominent Greek songwriter, musician and stand-up comedian Tzimis Panousis has died at the age of 64 from a heart attack. Panousis, known in Greece as “Tzimakos” (little Jim) has had heart problems...
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