Greek News

Yanis Varoufakis was not acting behind his commander's back. Speaking in parliament on Friday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras unequivocally admitted that he knew of the former Finance Minister's now infamous Plan B. "Of course, Ms. Gennimata. Obviously, I had personally given the...

A draft law envisaging a new concession contract between the Greek state and the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) -still pending- will pave the way for the submission of binding offers in a tender to buy 51% in Piraeus' port by...

The last king of Greece, Constantine Glucksburg, is leaving his long time residency in London, UK, and is planning to return to Greece. Glucksburg was Greece's king from 1964 to 1973. Much of his reign was during the Greek military dictatorship that was...

A rare sighting will appear in the Greek sky On Friday, July 31. The Blue Moon, a full moon that surfaces almost every three yeas, will appear over Greece's sky. What is a “blue moon”? Despite its name, a “blue moon” has nothing to do with the...

The evolution of biological human history is finally recomposed and will be narrated during the "Ancient DNA: a window to the past and future" exhibition, hosted at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki through May 31, 2016. The Museum worked together with the Democritus University of Thrace not...

Greek State Minister Panagiotis Nikoloudis presented on Thursday the government’s draft legislation to suppress the cigarette and tobacco "black market." The law introduces production line inspection, as well as packaging, trade, distribution and retail sales, with the proposition to prevent illegal trade and...

"Ancient Blood" is a sensational dance theater experience about women who struggle with their own deep-seated anxiety toward love, power and death. The performance is a vivid depiction of some of the primordial passions still running our modern societies because they are, after...

Travel editor Isabel Choat of British newspaper The Guardian presents the 10 most affordable holiday destinations in Europe for the summer of 2015, with "Areti Camping & Bungalows" in Chalkidiki, Greece, ranking second in her list. 1. Fattoria Santa Vittoria Farmhouse and Winery, Italy In the rolling...

The SYRIZA Central Committee backed Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' proposal to complete the bailout agreement and then go to an emergency party congress in September. The majority of the 200-strong Committee decided after a 12-hour session that the bailout agreement...

When NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto flew past the distant, icy world on July 14, NASA space scientist and engineer Nikolaos Paschalidis was one happy man: he created a mission-enabling technology that will help uncover details about the...

SYRIZA's Central Committee decided during a meeting late on Thursday night to hold a party congress in September, a suggestion also made earlier by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during his opening remarks. "We were forced to make difficult decisions,"...

The representatives of Greece's creditors will meet at 10:00 am on Friday with Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis to continue negotiations over the country's third bailout program. The four representatives - Declan Costello from the European...

Greek Doctors’ Union (EOPYY) announced it will commit to a work stoppage until doctors get paid the money they are owed. The doctors will reconsider their strategy on August 7. "Under complete dissolution, EOPPY is unable to fulfill its duties toward the insured as well as toward...

The Court of Appeals Council in Greece announced on Wednesday that 85 people will be tried for crimes connected to Greek football match fixing. Investigations into match fixing in Greece began after UEFA had published a report that found 41 games of the 2009-2010 season...

The Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) is expected to reopen early next week, Capital Market Commission president Konstantinos Botopoulos said in a television interview. Botopoulos said the aim was to reopen the market on Monday and noted that a Ministerial decision must be...