Greek News

A recent article of Turkish newspaper "Hurriyet" revealed that a historic building in the town of Marmara, Turkey, which was being used as a Greek school in the 19th century, has been turned into an imam-hatip school, a religious vocational school, after remaining closed...

Young Greek-Australian Nick Kyrgios got past Mikhail Youzhny in four sets making an incredible start at the tennis US Open in New York. The 59th world seed sent out a group message that he's not just another child star with a limited...

The wildfire that broke out on Monday at 1 p.m in Messinia, in southwestern Peloponnese, Greece, is out of control. Greek authorities have preventively evacuated the villages of Mavromati, Krontires, Danilaika and Golemi, where the fire is within walking distance from the...

Greek Organization of Football Prognostics OPAP, the country's official betting firm, announced on Monday that during the second quarter of the year it would suffer damages of 21.6 million euros (28.5 million dollars) because of retroactive taxes. OPAP said that the tax which is...

Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met today with Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis in order to discuss the reforms and dismissals, ahead of the Troika meeting in Paris next week. According to information, the two men discussed the issue of redundancies in the public...

Authorities in Cyprus have sounded the alarm after a letter warning became public. The “Armed Group for Justice” gave a last warning to several politicians and political parties in regards to their bill on home foreclosures, even threatening to...

Greece plans to reopen its recent three and five-year bond issues in the next two weeks, to top them up by as much as 1.5 billion euros, accepting T-bills as payment instead of cash, a senior government source told...

One hundred and forty five undocumented migrants were rescued by Greek Coast Guard vessels on Monday morning in several incidents in the sea region of the eastern Aegean Sea. 52 migrants were rescued north of Samos, 46 east of Chios,...

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has decided to send a letter to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow asking him to speak to the Russian government concerning the ban on imports from European Union countries. The Greek Church is hoping...

Famous Belgian composer and pianist Wim Mertens, on the occasion of his August 24 concert in ancient Nikopolis, in Preveza, expressed his admiration for Greece, saying that the country plays an important role in Europe. Mertens told Athens Macedonian News Agency...

Manchecter City owner Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, during  his recent trip to Greece bought eight chickens and brought them home to remind him of his time on the Greek island of Crete. Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan came...

An increase in the spread of malware through mobile storage devices, such as USBs, CDs and DVDs, was recorded in Greece during the first half of 2014, according to data released by Kaspersky Security Network. More than 2,615,000 cases of...

Victims of racist and homophobic violence in Athens are increasing lately as incidents become more frequent and intense. According to Greek newspaper "Ta Nea", groups of youngsters are spreading fear in neighborhoods of downtown Athens on a daily basis. The last incident...

Over 1,800 abandoned buildings in downtown Athens have come under scrutiny by the Environment Ministry, and in cooperation with the Municipality of Athens these buildings will be demolished, starting in September. Most of the buildings slated for demolition are in the...

When the financial crisis hit Greece four years ago, many Greeks decided to emigrate, leaving behind the Mediterranean climate of their country and choosing to move to places such as Winnipeg, Canada. Lia and Stefano Boukis left Greece a year ago after...