Greek News

A new website created by activist group "atenistas" provides information on all sculptures that can be found in public spaces in Athens. The aim of the athenssculptures.com website is to give visitors information such as the history of the sculpture, the...

The Greek government is considering a merger between the Citizens’ Protection Ministry and the Justice Ministry in order to avoid instances where civil rights and public order conflict with each other. The issue came up after a group of anarchists...

If Greece doesn't pay the upcoming International Monetary Fund installment of 458 million euros due on April 9, a chain of unpleasant events will follow, says a Bank of America report. However, Greece will not go bankrupt in April. The IMF will...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande view Greece’s overtures toward Russia as political theater and won’t be drawn into a debate on the matter, says a Bloomberg report. The two country leaders are said to believe that...

Former Greek prime minister and now opposition leader Antonis Samaras said he is willing to be part of a national unity government if Greece's stay in the euro zone is at stake. Samaras spoke to Bloomberg on Wednesday from the...

The Consulate General of Greece in Istanbul in collaboration with Columbia University’s Global Center in Turkey will host an exhibition entitled “Blue Voyagers: The Art of Romare Bearden and Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu” at Sismanoglio Megaro from April 15 to...

The National Gallery in Athens, Greece, inaugurated a digital exhibition of El Greco attended by Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos as well as Attica Region governor Rena Dourou and Alternate Minister for Culture Nikos Xydakis. The exhibition presents the artist’s monumental works that cannot be...

Turkish research vessel "Barbaros" has reportedly departed from Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) after five months that caused Cyprus' fierce reaction. Its destination has not been confirmed yet. In October 2014, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades suspended his participation in the United...

The list of proposed reforms the Greek government submitted to the Euro Working Group in order to close the fifth review is lacking in legislative actions or technical methods that would help achieve the objectives stated, a real.gr report...

Famous Greek singer Yiannis Parios has announced a tour across the U.S. and Canada. The tour will kick off with a concert in New York’s Town Hall Theater in Manhattan on May 8. The singer will travel to Atlantic City (May...

Canadian journalist Robert Everett-Green published an article entitled “Athens isn’t pretty, but it's exciting: discover the city's cultural rebirth,” which was published in the newspaper 'Globe and Mail' referring to the Greek capita that has been redefined in the economic...

The Australian initiate ‘Speak Greek in March’ has concluded with great success. After the successful run that the campaign had among Greek-Australians, Greek communities across the globe are considering about organizing similar events. Greek children aged 13 to 16 years from the United...

Aglaia Christidou a Greek businesswomen whose grandparents used to reside in Turkey found her old family home in the city of Söke 92 years after her grandparents were forced to leave the area and move to Athens. Christidou never forgot her roots,...

Guards at Athens' psychiatric institution "Dromokaiteion," realized early Thursday morning that Vicky Stamatis, wife of also jailed former Greek Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, had escaped from the premises. The room where she was held was found empty and signs that the window latch was...

Film director Panos Koutras was the big winner on Monday’s Greek Film Academy Awards. However, Koutras did not accept any of his awards, in protest of the Greek law that doesn't grant Greek citizenship to children of migrants in Greece. After the announcement that his...