Greek News

Elder Paisios the Athonite (1924-1994), one of the greatest and most revered Elders of the Orthodox Church of our time, is well-known for his spiritual teachings. His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew announced that the Holy Mountain Elder will be...

The documentary "Our Islands: Through the Eyes of a Musician" by the Turkish director and musician Nedim Hazar will be presented on Saturday, May 10 at the Greek Consulate's Sismanoglio Megaro in Taksim square in Istanbul. The 82-minute documentary is described as a...

The Cannes Young Lions Competition is the biggest and most important international creativity contest for young talented artists aged 28 years old or younger. The competition takes place during the festival week of Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity in...

Environmental groups have issued an emergency warning on behalf of the endangered sea turtle species Caretta Caretta, which is about to enter its egg-laying period, with one of its main Peloponnese nesting sites, Kyparissiakos Bay, seriously at risk. Although Greece has been hauled before European...

Following a meeting with Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras, his coalition partner, PASOK chief Evangelos Venizelos, said regardless of the outcome of critical elections this month for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament that...

Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has announced his country will invest seven billion euros in the redevelopment projects at Ellinikon and Asteras Vouliagmenis, while Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos estimated that it would create...

Northern Greece has the highest rates of unemployment in continental Europe, according to a new report from Eurostat on unemployment, with university qualification making little difference to job prospects. According to Euronews website, seven out of ten young people in West Macedonia...

A schoolboy from Rhodes, Athinagoras Skiadopoulos, has won the gold metal at the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2014 in Pleven, Bulgaria with a perfect score of 40/40. The Greek team in total won two gold metals, three bronze and one honorable citation...

The Greek economy has begun to recover due to increased tourism and improved confidence, according to the bi-annual Economic Outlook report of the OECD. The economic growth rate will gradually become positive during 2014, says the report, and it is expected to rise...

Shortly before the tourist season officially begins, statistics for April support estimates by tourist agents and large tour operators that Greece will be among the most popular destinations in the Mediterranean this summer. According to the most optimistic estimates, Greece may be...

A recent article in German magazine Focus states that "the good news from Greece is misleading," and that "this exhausted country will depend for many years on the support mechanism." The article, referring to the food giveaways in Greek street markets, reports that thousands of...

The Greek-owned merchant fleet remains one of the world's biggest, ranking first in tankers, second in dry bulk carriers, second in LNG tankers and container ships. The Greek-owned fleet has managed to compete directly with big shipping countries such as China and...

Greece’s Public Power Corporation (PPC) will launch a subsidiary company in Turkey. The new company will trade in electrical energy and will have a share capital of 2 million Turkish liras (about 686,000 euros). According to a PPC announcement on...

The investigation conducted by public administration officials on the death of a 13-year-old at a fun fair in Elliniko, southern Athens, Greece has revealed serious shortfalls onthe local municipality's part,  which was found to have rented out the site illegally.  On Monday,...

The British newspaper, The Guardian, has published a series of articles promoting the Greek Islands. This week's article is about the Greek Islands of Sporades and Evia. The Guardian refers to these Greek islands as ideal holiday destinations, offering advice...