Greek News

The number of defaulting debtors in Greece is growing, and experts are warning that the situation could blow up and smash hopes the country can finally emerge from a crippling six-year recession this year. Greece’s central bank says that non-performing...

Greek Ministry of Culture plans to cooperate with Interpol in a bid to trace some 100 Greek artifacts that have been missing since World War II and the subsequent Greek Civil War, Kathimerini newspaper reported. The initiative comes in the wake...

Summer sales start today and will run until Saturday, August 30. Moreover, retail stores throughout the country will remain open on July 20, the first Sunday of the sales period,  from 11 am to 8 pm. In addition, stores will have...

Greek public employees' union federation ADEDY and other public-sector unions announced that they will have recourse to the Council of State, Greece 's Supreme Administrative Court, to contest an extension of staff evaluation measures that they consider illegal and unconstitutional. The unions will...

The satellite L-Sat (Hellenic Satellite) created by a Greek scientific team led by Periklis Papadopoulos was  launched on Sunday from NASA facilities in Virginia, U.S.A. The Greek satellite is being transported to the International Space Station (ISS) by an Antares rocket....

Greek-American businessmanJohn Catsimatidis, one of the wealthiest Greeks of diaspora plans some important investments in Greece. According to Greek newspaper Kyriakatiki Dimokratia, Catsimatidis has expressed interest in buying the Hilton hotel, located in central Athens, offering the amount of 93 million euros. John Catsimatidis,...

The 20th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Radiation Oncology (DEGRO) which was held July 3 to 6 in Düsseldorf, Germany, was attended by the elite of German radiologists and three Greek doctors who were awarded for their contribution to...

Kronen Zeitung, Austria's largest newspaper, hosts a tribute to the Greek island of Crete. The article notes that Crete, the southernmost island of Greece, charms visitors with its natural beauty, the gorgeous beaches, the wild and romantic gorges and steep mountains. However,...

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Rhodes airport, Greece, shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday. He will be spending the night on the island before leaving for Brazil on Monday to participate in the BRICS summit (Brazil, Russia, India,...

A goal by Mario Götze at 113' made Germany the 2014 World Cup Champion during the final match against Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Brazil. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With two quick touches, Mario Götze ended Germany's...

The Hellenic Coast Guard announced earlier today it had recovered the bodies of a man and a young boy around 10 years old, part of a group of over 30 people onboard a vessel that was capsized as it was...

Stolen antiquities huntress Tasoula Hadjitofi was interviewed by the Cyprus News Agency nearly a year after she helped locate 173 artifacts found in the possession of Turkish smuggler Aydin Dikmen in Munich and returned to Cyprus. Looking at her, one...

The funeral of Yiannakis Liasis took place yesterday in the Turkish occupied church of Ayia Triada Gialousas, in the Karpas peninsula of northern Cyprus. This was the first time a Greek-Cypriot missing person was allowed to be buried in...

Stores will be open in several tourist areas across Greece on Sundays, following a controversial government decision allowing stores to remain open all 52 Sundays, especially in large cities and tourist areas, as part of a pilot program. The city centers...

"Sweet Summer In Greece" is a free puzzle game for Android developed by a group of Greek developers, Hercules Apps and Games. This game aims to portray the beauty of Greece in a different way, not just by showing beautiful pictures. The goal...