Greek News

A study conducted by ARKTOUROS, a Greek wildlife conservation organization, between 2007 and 2010 found that the number of bears in Greece has increased. "At this moment, there are 360 registered bears, which indicates a population increase, compared to the last...

The Greek Men's Basketball Team made a big comeback to win Latvia 97-90 in the FIBA Eurobasket 2015 on Thursday, thus securing a place in the 2016 World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, in what proved to be Vassilis Spanoulis'...

The Bank of Greece announced on Thursday that the Governing Council of the European Central Bank decided on Wednesday to decrease the Emergency Liquidity Assistance level for Greece from 88.9 billion euros to 89.1 billion euros. “This 0.2 billion euro reduction in...

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announced on Thursday that the Greek unemployment rate fell to 24.6% in the second trimester of 2015, from 26.6% in the year's first trimester. By the end of this year's second trimester 1,180,441 people were jobless while 3,625,545...

European Council President Donald Tusk announced via his Twitter account on Thursday that he has convened an urgent European Union summit on the refugee crisis this upcoming Wednesday, September 23. The EU's Interior Ministers are scheduled to meet on September 22 to discuss how to...

Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos assumed political responsibility for the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas, but claimed there is "no criminal liability." Speaking on Real FM radio on Thursday, the extreme-rightist party chief denied all allegations that he is a...

Greek authorities arrested six people accused of human trafficking in Northern Greece, close to the border with Turkey, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency Reports. The six alleged smugglers consist of one Greek and five Syrian citizens. The report notes that the individuals were caught after smuggling 25...

As European Union lawmakers have backed a plan to distribute 120,000 refugees among member countries, Greece is in the middle receiving accusations from Hungary for not guarding European borders. The fast-track measure of distributing the refugees is aimed at relieving...

Bayern Munich proved too powerful for Olympiacos F.C. in the first UEFA Champions League fixture of Group F on Wednesday, in an encounter that was eventful before the match even began. More than an hour prior to kick-off, Bayern Munich fans clashed with Greek riot police...

A bishop in northern Greece tries to ban a series of customs that have become popular at weddings and christenings calling them "unchristian" and "incomprehensible." Bishop Damaskinos of Didymoteicho, Orestiada and Soufli created a list of terms and conditions for...

UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, is encouraged by the commitment of the two leaders to continue to work tirelessly on a complete settlement of the Cyprus problem, he told a press conference. Ban Ki-Moon said, “I am encouraged that the...

  KKE leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas speaks at the party's election rally at Syntagma Square Three days before Sunday's election, and party leaders try to fish from the pool of undecided voters while preaching to the converted. SYRIZA chief Alexis Tsipras spoke...

Greek merchandise exports are expected to fall in 2015, the Federation of Northern Greece Exporters (SEBE) said on Wednesday. In a report, SEBE said that the introduction of capital controls in the country deteriorated an already burdened situation in...

Two new opinion polls published on Thursday show that the close race between SYRIZA and New Democracy continues as one survey shows the leftist party leading by 0.6 points while another shows New Democracy ahead by 0.5 percent. A survey...

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon denounced Hungary's treatment of migrants as unacceptable Wednesday, after police fired tear gas and sprayed water cannon at hundreds of asylum-seekers on the country's border with Serbia. "I was shocked to see how these refugees and...