Greek News

Despite bureaucracy and huge problems with the infrastructure in Cuba, tourism is thriving with cruise companies active in the region as more and more travelers choose it as a destination. Three Greek-flagged ships - specifically Attica Group, United Caribbean and...

It's been 200 years since Lord Elgin forcefully removed the Parthenon Marbles from the Acropolis. Greek MEP Manolis Kefalogiannis and MEP Thodoros Zagorakis of the European People's Party (EPP) put forth a relevant proposal for an event to be...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the direct election of the President from the people is a thought that "has matured," during an interview with Skai TV channel on Thursday evening. Regarding the powers of the President, he pointed out...

A draft tax bill clause that was submitted to Greek Parliament on Wednesday extends an invitation to tax evaders to return to the taxpaying system on beneficial terms. The new legislation had been chartered by the government in August...

The prehistoric settlement of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini was destroyed by an earthquake that preceded the volcano eruption in 1615 BC. The mixture of volcanic ash and pumice helped preserve the remains of the prosperous and...

The Greek rail operator TRAINOSE will be fully acquired by the Italian railway Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane S.p.A for 45 million euros. The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) announced that Ferrovie's binding offer for a 100 percent stake in...

International free diving competition with skandalopetra will be held on Karpathos island between July 16 and 19. A large number of Greek and foreign divers are expected to take part in the competition aiming to break the world record. The competition...

The 2nd Sterna Fringe Festival will take place at Isternia, Tinos island, on August 5-7. Sterna Fringe Festival is a three-day versatile festival with dance, music, theater, talks, performances, workshops, yoga, creative activities for children, walks and exhibitions. The initiator of...

 No bidders came forward on Wednesday for the auction of the Athens Ledra Hotel, causing the auction to be postponed until September. The hotel, a former Ledra Marriott chain hotel, is located on Syngrou Avenue in the Athens suburb of...

Better known for the unique, dramatic landscape of the Meteora district and its historic monasteries, the town of Kalambaka also has a little known but excellent natural history museum with an extensive mushroom collection (full name the Museum of...

Over the past few weeks, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has vaccinated over 5,000 refugee children from the age of six months to 15 years in camps and settlements in Greece. MSF has once again denounced the high-price that governments and non-governmental...

Greece’s largest university, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), will be occupied and turned into a camp over the next few days, despite the administration’s objections. People from Greece and abroad have organized the “No Border Camp Thessaloniki 2016,”...

Authorities announced on Thursday that the four bodies recovered off of the coast of the Greek island of Lesvos on Wednesday were members of a Syrian family from Aleppo. The family of four, two parents and their two children aged...

  A post on a Greek government website on Wednesday said that the Finance Ministry will be forming a committee to put together a team of specially trained dogs that will be trained to detect cash. The new team made of man's best...

Greece's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is finally available in comic form thanks to Patakis publishing house. An easy-to-understand (and humorous) guide to negotiations with Greece's creditors are presented by the “player” with the stakes being Greece's exit from...