Greek News

The athletes of the 2008 Greek weightlifting team and their coaches were on Friday acquitted of doping charges dating back to the spring of 2008. There were 25 defendants involved in the case and they were charged with administering illegal...

The European Central Bank won’t have to disclose how Greece used derivatives to hide its debt after the European Union’s top court quashed efforts to make the information public. The European Union Court of Justice, in a February 6 decision,...

A earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale jolted on Friday at 17.18 pm the island of Cephalonia, Greece. According to the Athens Geodynamics Institute the quake's epicenter was located at area of the recent tremors. The Ionian Sea island has...

The whole world is watching the developments in the Ukraine with bated breath, praying for the bloodshed to stop. The Greek Journalist Nikos Fragkakis, who has been living and working in Kiev for the past twenty years, gives us...

The Turkish State is trying to find a way to reinstate Greek nationals who were forced to leave Turkey 50 years ago as part of the population exchange between Turkey and Greece. The chairman of the Istanbul Greek Universal Federation,...

In a recent article, the British magazine “The Economist” refers to the corruption in Greece after the latest scandals involving NGOs came to light, arguing that the country has become a “political minefield.” “Scarcely a week goes by in Greece...

Greece has a sad record of the biggest rate of lung cancer cases among the male population in Europe. However, this comes as no surprise since according to recent research, 63% of Greek adults smoke. Greece is one of the...

According to the Minister of Heath, Adonis Georgiadis, the Greek government will probably stop striving for the salvation of the  Hellenic Red Cross (HRC) and the “Henry Dunant” hospital.  Georgiadis referred to the District Court ruling to reject the appointment of...

Greece's former Prime Minister, Giorgos Papandreou, in his speech during an event held by the Greek Harvard Alumni association on Thursday, February 20, commented on the country's current situation as well as his term in office. Papandreou stated that he...

The Greek Orthodox Community of New South Wales announced its intention of opening a new Advanced Greek School in an attempt to support all the Greek immigrants who have arrived in Sydney within the last years. This school will...

It appears that despite numerous measures imposed by the Greek government, the insurance system in Greece is on the edge of collapse due to the increasing unemployment, uninsured employment, reduced budget funding and an influx of retirement. Although, the Labor...

German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble seemed rather positive about “providing limited aid” to Greece, stating that this will not include a new “haircut” to the already existing debt. "What we always said was that if Greece were to need further,...

The prestigious Canadian newspaper "Globe and Mail" published an extensive article entitled "Eat like a Greek? Decoding the Mediterranean diet" praising the advantages of Greek and Mediterranean diet, especially the one followed on the island of Crete, southern Greece. According to the...

A three-day fashion event, called Fashion Exposed Melbourne, has been organized in Melbourne and will start tomorrow, Saturday February 22, until Monday February 24 at the Melbourne Exhibition Center. During this event the Fashion industry comes together to seek and...

The dramatic developments in Ukraine demonstrate the great importance of an organization which offers stability and security such as NATO, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Friday after his meeting with the secretary general of the organization Anders Fogh...