Greek News

Greece is raising the prospect of debt relief with international lenders as Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announced a primary surplus of 1.5 billion euros as proof the country's battered economy will begin to rebound this year. Samaras said, however, he...

A destination of the southern Aegean Sea was presented to 104 Tour Operators and travel agents in the United Arab Emirates at the first Greek Deluxe Travel roadshow. This is the first tourism event organized by Greece at the...

The Museum of Santa Cruz in Toledo, Spain, is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the famous Greek painter El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) from March 13, in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of his death on April 7, 1614. The exhibition will be...

It is realistic to expect an agreement between the government and the troika of lenders by Sunday, government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos said on Thursday, after a meeting at Maximos Mansion with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras...

Greece's Central Archaeological Council (KAS) has given the “green light” to events being organized by individuals on the premises of the Panathenaic Stadium and the Stoa of Attalos archaeological sites in Athens.  KAS decided in favor of granting the permission to two private operators...

Over the years of its abandonment by the Greek state, the former Ellinikon airport has turned into a real landfill and the home of drug users, homeless and stray animals. Just before its transformation into the biggest park in Europe,...

The Economics and Business Departments of Athens University, one of Greece's leading educational institutions, have closed on the orders of the senate after the escalation of clashes between police and illegal street vendors who sell their merchandise outside the university campus....

The Ethics Committee of the Greek parliament has decided to lift the parliamentary immunity of another three members of the political party Golden Dawn’s parliamentary representatives, Eleni Zaroulia, Ilias Kasidiaris and Michalis Arvanitis. The eight MPs of New Democracy, SYRIZA,...

Data released by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) showed that new applications for asylum have increased  by 31% from December 2013 to January 2014 in the European Union and by 21% in Greece. According to the Monthly Trend Analysis...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades reshuffled his cabinet yesterday, replacing three ministers and handing one a different portfolio, at the same time unleashing the wrath of his former junior coalition partner. Three ministers appointed by the Democratic Party DIKO – health,...

Official data released on Thursday shows that unemployment in Greece reached 27.5 % in the fourth quarter of 2013, remaining the highest in the euro zone. Greece, with a population of about 10 million people, has 1.36 million unemployed. Since the outbreak...

Lately, several joint military exercises have been organized between elite units of Greek and American armed forces. The U.S. Army, recognizing the excellence and the abilities of the Greek Army, recently organized a series of various military exercises and simulations...

  The municipality of Athens has dismissed the possibility of demolishing Panathinaikos F.C.’s home ground, Apostolos Nikolaidis, before the new stadium in Votanikos is built. The Athens Municipality official announcement, as released on its website, reads as follows: “It is a positive fact that...

The first shock came after the revision of the predictions concerning the course of Greece’s economic recession during 2013 which stands at 3.9 percent instead of the initial estimation of 3.7 percent. However, this figure is still smaller than...

Five new royal tombs have come to light during excavations at the royal necropolis of Aegae, in Northern Greece. The Temenid burial cluster was found in one corner of the Aegae cemetery. Although looted and partially destroyed, the monuments are impressive...