Greek News

Finding traces of life outside Earth will take a long time, stated noted astrophysicist and planetologist and researcher Athena Coustenis to ANA-MPBA at the Paris-Meudon Astrological Observatory. However, Coustenis did not exclude important discoveries in the future on the satellites...

The countdown till summer has begun and Greece becomes the glowing oasis for anyone demanding only the best for his exodus from everyday life. Because while at work, you daydream about exotic scents and bright colors by the sea,...

A 40% decrease was recorded in the sale of Russian vacation packages to Greece for this summer, according to a recent interfax.ru article. Furthermore, high decrease was also recorded in vacation trips to Italy and France. In particular, European countries have...

Turkish businessmen have taken the lead in controlling the maritime transportation of eastern Aegean tourists, threatening the financial survival of Greek shipowners operating in the islands of Chios, Lesvos, Samos, Kos and Rhodes. As a result, many of them...

Greek authorities announced on Friday the arrest of four people in Crete, Greece, on charges of attempting to sell a priceless 3,500-year-old statuette of a young man, dated to the mid-Minoan era for the princely sum of one...

After meeting with Greek Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Christos Spirtzis, the Federation of Associations of Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority representatives decided to suspend the 48-hour strike that was set to take place over the weekend. The two parties discussed the economic...

The Greek police counter-terrorism unit located and arrested two of the three people said to be involved in a bank robbery in Distomo last August, during a special operation held on Friday afternoon in Nea Anchialos, Volos, Central Greece. Georgios Petrakakos, Spyridon...

There has been a positive change in the Greece-Brussels Group negotiations in efforts to achieve an agreement between the Greek government and its partners, a source in Brussels told El Mundo on Friday. According to the source, there were only "very few elements...

Amid fruitless negotiations between Greece’s anti-austerity coalition government and its international creditors over the terms of the current bailout program, Greek bank deposits fell in April to 139.4 billion euros, down from 145 billion euros in March, according to data released by the European...

"The government will not sign any agreement," Greek Alternate Minister for International Economic Relations Euclid Tsakalotos on Friday said in an interview with "Agora" newspaper. Asked on the Greek government priorities (salaries and pensions or loan obligations), he said...

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras on Friday called on the government for a change of policy and consensus so that a deal is reached. In a statement to 'Agora' newspaper, Samaras blamed the government for its...

As the number of pensioners in Greece increases rapidly, pension costs reach a 16-year high at 28 billion euros per year. While creditors press for pension cuts and a stop to early retirement, the cost of pensions puts security funds...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said "the financial assistance program to Greece will expire on June 30, this is the deadline given to Greece." Schaeuble spoke on Friday in a news conference following a meeting of finance chiefs of the...

There will only be one good agreement...this negotiation has dragged on enough...it will include the pension system, labor market and the public debt," Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Friday. In a radio interview, Varoufakis said there was convergence in...

SYRIZA Parliamentary Spokesperson Nikos Filis said that Greece is seeking a deal with lenders but is also prepared for all possible outcomes in negotiations. Filis spoke to Mega television on Friday saying that the government is taking all precautions to...