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The World’s Best Still Waters Hail from Greece
Greece proved a big winner earlier in the week at the third edition of the Gourmet Waters International Contest AVPA — Paris 2019, taking gold medals in the “balanced still water” and “still water of...
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Almost 1,000 Migrants Planning to Cross to Greece Held in Turkey
The Greek-Turkish border at the Evros River Turkey’s police held 950 migrants without papers in a northwestern Turkish province as they attempted to cross over into neighboring Greece, security sources...
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Greek Court Vacates Eight-Year Jail Term for Hospital Cleaner
A Greek appeals court on Monday commuted a hospital cleaner’s eight-year prison sentence to a three-year suspended sentence. She had originally been given the draconian eight-year penalty for forging...
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Three Bodies Discovered on Rhodes Island Beaches Over the Weekend
A Greek coroner on the island of Rhodes is conducting autopsies to determine the causes of death of three men whose bodies were discovered over the weekend on two beaches on the island. The first body...
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Ancient Greek Shipwrecks to Become Underwater Museums
The site of the Peristera shipwreck. Source: Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports Greece is relaxing its strict regulations regarding its rich underwater heritage and has recently announced that it...
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Greece Planning Early Repayment of “Expensive” IMF Loans
Greece’s Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Tuesday confirmed that Greece is planning an early repayment of loans it received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Speaking to “Radio...
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Athens Unveils its First Electric Bus
An electric bus built by Chinese automobile manufacturer BYD, which is silent and boasts of having no environmental footprint whatsoever, was presented for the first time in Athens on Tuesday. The BYD...
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Turkey Posts Video of Dolphins Swimming Alongside Vessels to Refute Danger
Rescuers have found more than fifteen dead dolphins on Greek shores since the end of February. Photo by Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation The Turkish military on Tuesday denied accusations...
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82-Year-Old Greek Woman Going to Trial for Selling Wild Greens
File photo An elderly Greek woman is to due to appear in court in June charged with selling wild greens (horta) at a open market of Katerini, Macedonia in 2018. She is charged with selling the greens...
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Greek Fugitive Turned Hit Singer Arrested (video)
A Greek fugitive who had been on the lam for seventeen years was arrested earlier this week in Athens. But somehow in the intervening years he had managed to completely change his identity and lead a...
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Airbnb Strikes Off Greek Villa After Guests Discover Hidden Cameras
Airbnb has recently suspended a Greek villa from its platform after an Irish family discovered hidden surveillance cameras throughout the property, which is located on the outskirts of Athens. “We...
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Dozens of Migrants Arrested in Downtown Athens Police Sweep
More than eighty people, mostly undocumented migrants, were arrested in a large police operation targeting occupied buildings in the notorious Athenian district of Exarchia on Thursday. Police say...
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Greek Middle Class is On the Ropes, Says OECD Survey
Greek middle-class households are struggling to maintain their economic solvency and the lifestyles to which they have become accustomed, according to an OECD report published on Wednesday. The report...
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Three-Parent Baby Boy Born in Greece in Medical Breakthrough
A 32-year-old Greek woman gave birth on Tuesday to a baby boy carrying DNA from three people. The child’s birth is the result of a revolutionary technique which doctors say could help infertile...
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Greek Tourism Real Estate Outlook Positive, Piraeus Real Estate CEO Says
George Kormas, a senior manager in the Piraeus Bank Group and the CEO of Piraeus Real Estate, announced on Friday that Greek tourism, and the hotel sector in particular, have improved significantly in...
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Greek Teachers Strike Over New Education Bill
Greek teachers walked off the job on Friday to protest against a bill which would change middle and high school curricula and regulate the country’s university entrance system. Members of the Greek...
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Greece Approves Chinese Conglomerate Cosco’s Plan for Luxury Hotels in Piraeus
The Greek government gave the green light on Thursday to the Chinese conglomerate Cosco to convert three buildings at the Piraeus port into luxury hotels. The Greek Culture Ministry’s Central Council...
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Athens Museums, Archaeological Sites to Extend Opening Hours
The Greek culture ministry announced on Thursday that archaeological sites, monuments and museums in Athens can begin extended summer hours of operation times beginning on Friday. Those sites in other...
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The Akathist Hymn: A Lyric Poem of Unparalleled Beauty Echoes in Orthodox...
The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is a profound devotional poem dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Devotional hymns to the...
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Greece Set to Strike Deal to Repay IMF Early
Greece is looking to strike a deal this weekend to repay early about half of the loans it received from the International Monetary Fund, a senior official said on Friday. “The IMF repayment will be...
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