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Director Costa-Gavras Hits Back at Critics Over Greek Government Grant
Costa-Gavras (L) and former Greek Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis Award-winning director Costa-Gavras said on Friday that he is “deeply insulted” by allegations of favoritism in receiving state...
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Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania Plan to Host the World Cup
Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania on Saturday announced a joint effort to host the 2030 World Cup and 2028 Euros. “We are starting a common course, with optimism, with a smile, seriousness,...
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Greek Weightlifter Eleni Konstantinidi Wins Two Gold Medals at the European...
Weightlifter Eleni Konstantinidi won two gold medals for Greece on Friday at the European Championships taking place in Batumi, Georgia. The Greek athlete won a top spot with her clean and jerk in the...
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US Navy Destroyer Docks in Piraeus (video)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher arrived in Piraeus, on Saturday for a scheduled port visit. U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa command says the visit serves “to enhance...
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Greece Transfers Hundreds of Migrants from Samos to the Mainland
Almost 500 undocumented migrants were transferred over the weekend from the island of Samos, in the eastern Aegean, to the mainland aboard two Greek Navy vessels. The transfer was part of a broader...
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Leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Jordan Agree to Enhanced Cooperation
Leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Jordan agreed at their summit meeting in Amman on Sunday to expand cooperation in vital sectors, including energy, water, agriculture, tourism, healthcare, education,...
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Greek Doctors Save Passenger on International Flight
Two Greek doctors saved the life of a 54-year-old woman who fell gravely ill during a flight between Lisbon and Zurich recently. Cardiologists Giorgos Angelopoulos and Nikos Spiliopoulos were...
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Greece’s Iconic Navagio Beach on Zakynthos Reopens to Visitors
Greek authorities on Sunday gave the green light to the reopening of the stunningly beautiful beach of Navagio on Zakynthos after the introduction of new security measures, following last summer’s...
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Selfless Courage of Greek Policemen Save 14-Year-Old From Suicide
Greek policemen in the town of Volos, central Greece, were praised on Sunday for their self-sacrifice in saving a young girl from jumping to her death from a pedestrian bridge. Police officers were...
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American Climber Among Two Dead in Separate Hiking Accidents in Greece
A 40-year-old climber from the US was found dead near Leonidio on the Peloponnesian Peninsula on Sunday. The man was found unconscious by firefighters at the “Crash of the Titans” climbing field at 1...
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The Tragic Story of the Four Greeks Who Perished on the Titanic
The Titanic as it departed from the port of Southampton, on April 10, 1912. Source: Wikipedia Each year on April 15, hundreds of different stories are related about the most famous maritime tragedy in...
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Greek Wildlife Sanctuary Adopts Adorable Bear Cubs (video)
The brown bear sanctuary “Arcturos” on Tuesday announced the adoption of two three-month-old orphaned bear cubs – named “Bradley” and “Cooper” – which were found by a farmer in Oinoi, Kozani near his...
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Greek Students Win Gold in Auto Engineering World Competition (video)
Greek students from Philothei High School in Athens won the global technology competition “Land Rover 4×4 in Schools” which took place in the English city of Coventry on Monday. The Land Rover 4×4 in...
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Greek Photojournalist Wins Pulitzer Prize
Reuters photojournalist Alkis Konstantinidis has just won the Pulitzer Prize in the “Breaking News Photography” category along with other photographers of the multimedia news provider. Alkis...
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Greece Renews Demand for Hundreds of Billions in War Reparations from Germany
The Greek parliament is expected on Wednesday to vote overwhelmingly in favor of a motion which demands that Germany pay more than 300 billion euros in reparations for World War I and World War II....
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PM Tsipras Afraid of Greek Diaspora Vote, Says Opposition
The main opposition New Democracy (ND) party accused Prime Minister Alexis Τsipras on Tuesday of treating the Diaspora as second-class Greeks after he revealed his plan to offer a “limited-impact”...
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UN Chief to Push for Cyprus Unification Talks, Despite “Low Expectations”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that he is pressing on with a bid to re-start negotiations on reuniting Cyprus, nearly two years after talks collapsed. In...
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Bloomberg Says Greek Economy Among “Most Miserable” in the World
The Greek economy remains among the five most difficult economies in the entire world, according to Bloomberg survey published on Thursday. Despite official declarations that Greece has exited its...
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Dead Infant Found in Garbage Bin Shocks Greek Nation
The discovery on Thursday of a dead infant in a garbage bin in the town of Aigio, in the Peloponnese, has sent shock waves around Greece. The baby’s 30-year-old mother is being questioned by police at...
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Mykonos Garbage Dump Threatens Cosmopolitan Island (video)
Shocking footage of an illegal garbage dump in the “Metallia” area of Mykonos has cast doubts on the sustainability of trash disposal on this cosmopolitan island just before the holiday season....
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