Turkey: We Will Protect Our Rights in The Aegean
Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Sunday stressed the importance of protecting Turkey’s rights in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean. Speaking at an...
View ArticleChios’ Historic Villa Boasts Greece’s Most Extravagant Xmas Decorations (video)
A historic villa, turned luxury hotel, on the island of Chios has amazed locals and visitors alike with its extravagant Christmas decorations. Thousands of lights, ornaments, a huge imposing tree, an...
View ArticleMusical Road Show Surprises Locals in Chania, Crete (video)
Residents of Chania, Crete’s second largest city, received the ultimate musical surprise as dozens of singers dressed in black performed a famous Greek song on Saturday. The musical roadshow was to...
View ArticleBomb Blasts Skai TV Headquarters in Athens (video)
Police arrives at the scene, photo courtesy of Skai.tv A bomb exploded outside the main building of Greece’s Skai TV station at 2:30 AM (0030 GMT) local time on Monday morning. There were no injuries...
View ArticleTsipras Says Attack Against Skai TV Targets Democracy
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras condemned the bombing of Skai TV headquarters in the early hours of Monday, saying that it was an a attack against democracy. “It was an attack by cowardly and...
View ArticleEuropa League: Olympiacos Face Dynamo Kiev
Olympiacos, the only surviving Greek team in Europe, has been drawn to play against Ukrainian side Dynamo Kiev for the last 32 of Europa League. The first game will be played in Piraeus on February...
View ArticleCyprus-Greece-Israel Partnership is “Open” to Other Countries
Pictured, L to R: Nicos Anastasiades, Cyprus PM; Alexis Tsipras, Greek PM; Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli PM, speaking together at their last summit. The partnership between Cyprus, Greece and Israel is...
View ArticleOne-Armed Greek Boxer Returns to the Ring With Win (video)
Vaggelis Chatzis, the world’s only one-armed boxer, returned to the ring on Sunday and battled to a victory after spending three difficult years recovering from an injury. Chatzis beat Serbo-Bosnian...
View ArticleBombed Skai TV Says Greek Government Ignored Warnings (video)
While Greece’s PM Alexis Tsipras condemned the bombing outside the offices of the Skai TV headquarters in the early hours of Monday, station officials said the government has made it a target by...
View ArticleCavusoglu Says Zero Turkish Troops on Cyprus a “Dream”
Anyone who dreams of zero Turkish troops in Cyprus needs to wake up because it will never happen, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying on Tuesday. According to CNA, Cavusoglu...
View ArticleGreek, FYROM PM’s to be Nominated for Nobel Prize
The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Tunisian economist Wided Bouchamaoui, has announced that she will nominate the two prime ministers of Greece and FYROM, Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev, to receive the...
View ArticleSearch for Imam Begins as Athens Mosque Nears Completion
As Athens prepares to welcome the first government-funded mosque in the city in March, 2019, the search for an imam has begun. The Education Ministry’s committee for the new mosque announced on Monday...
View ArticleThessaloniki Introduces Electric Scooters For Rent
The citizens of Thessaloniki will be the first residents of a Mediterranean city to have the opportunity to travel around the city on rented electric scooters from the Lime company. Commuters and...
View ArticleExarcheia District Residents Plead for Help
Residents of the infamous Athens district of Exarcheia published an angry open letter on Wednesday which describes the climate of lawlessness which prevails in their neighborhood. The letter says that...
View ArticleGreek Coast Guard Rescues Migrants Off Samos
The Greek Coast Guard rescued at least 44 migrants off the eastern Aegean island of Samos on Wednesday who had come over the sea by dinghy from the Turkish coast. The migrants, whose nationalities...
View ArticleGreek Referee Beaten Outside His Home
The International Football Federation (FIFA) has asked Greek authorities to provide details of the brutal beating of referee Thanassis Tzilos outside his home in Larisa on Wednesday. According to...
View ArticleGreece Accused of Violence at Turkish Border (video)
The group “Human Rights Watch” accused Greek authorities on Tuesday of violently forcing back migrants who tried to illegally enter Greece from neighboring Turkey. The organization issued a statement...
View ArticleTurkish Jets Violate Greek Airspace Over Kastelorizo
Two Turkish F-16 jets flew over the island of Kastelorizo in the eastern Aegean on Thursday, minutes after the helicopter carrying Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos was departed the island for...
View ArticleGreek Referees on Strike Following Brutal Attack
Greek referees announced on Thursday that they will refuse to officiate at the Super League games scheduled for this coming weekend after the attack against one of their colleagues. Thanassis Tzilos...
View ArticleAthens Airport Launches App for Chinese Visitors
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos (AIA) announced on Wednesday the launch of a new, groundbreaking service through which Chinese visitors will be given access to airport and other...
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