Greek News

The Supreme Court prosecutor has rejected anarchist Nikos Romanos’ request for the annulment of the Judicial Council's decision regarding the prisoner’s right to educational furlough. The Greek prosecutor decided that there is no reason to set aside the Council of Piraeus...

The Greek Manpower Organization (OAED) is launching a pilot program to test a scheme created in cooperation with Microsoft and aimed at training jobless people in information technology for free, aiming to expand to all registered unemployed. Regardless of age,...

On Sunday, residents of Tinos showed their disapproval towards His Eminence Dorotheos II, Metropolitan of Syros, during a protest which took place in the courtyard of Our Lady of Tinos Church against the decision to change the Pan-Hellenic Holy...

The Olympic Airlines Workers’ Cultural Center, (POL.K.E.O.A) organized an event on December 8, aiming at promoting the historic space of Hellinikon airport, and the necessity of establishing an Aviation Museum and raising awareness on the subject. “Greece is the only...

Former EU Commissioner and former minister Stavros Dimas will be candidate for President of Hellenic Republic in all three votes, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announced on Tuesday. Stavros Dimas was born in 1941 in Corinth, Greece. He studied law...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras officially announced that Stavros Dimas is the preferred nominee for the chair of President of the Hellenic Republic. "The presidential election has become lately an instrument of blackmail for premature general elections," Samaras began. "Our...

Leftist opposition party SYRIZA leads steadily in opinion polls by 5 percent. However, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras leads by 3 percentage points as most suitable for the chair. The survey was conducted by Pulse for Action 24 television channel and...

Sources from Bank of Greece say that several wealthy businessmen have allowed their companies to lapse into over-indebtedness. According to a Kathimerini daily report, one in ten bad debtors in Greece have large bank accounts. Banks estimate that non-performing loans...

After the coalition's decision to speed up the process for election of president of the Hellenic republic, several names of possible candidates have been leaked to the Press. However, the government has not made any official announcement regarding the...

Jennifer Aniston talked about breaking out of her typecasting "box" for the indie drama "Cake" in yesterday's pre-Oscars roundtable that aired on Epix. The first of five roundtables, named "Hollywood Sessions," occurs annually and features award favorites for the Best...

Greek main opposition SYRIZA on Monday welcomed the government’s decision to expedite the process for the election of the new President of the Hellenic Republic. "The expedition of the vote for a President of the Hellenic Republic is expected and...

The know-how of cultivating mastic, which is produced solely on the northeastern Aegean island of Chios, has been inscribed by UNESCO on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (ICH). As UNESCO describes, mastic is cultivated on...

The return of the Troika's technical teams in Athens tomorrow, along with Eurogroup's decision for a two-month technical extension of the Greek program, announced at 7:30pm local Greek time from Brussels Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijssebloem and European Commissioner for Economic...

On December 17, two months ahead of schedule, will finally be held the first ballot for the election of the new President of the Hellenic Republic, government spokeswoman Sophia Voultepsi announced earlier today. According to Voultepsi's written announcement, Greek Prime...

Her optimism regarding the counterbalance of possible new taxation in the tourism industry expressed yesterday, during the budget debate in the Greek Parliament, Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni, declaring at the same time that the Ministry is in constant communication with...