Greek News

The Greek mobile operator Play, of Panos Germanos, earned “Retailer of the Year” in the Polish market. The Play network boasting 1,000 stores, was distinguished for the strategic development of the brand and its commercial network, including the number...

  On Tuesday, animal rights activists found a female brown bear and her cub shot, in a wooded area in Kastoria near the Greek-Albanian border. Arcturos the northern Greece-based bear conservation group, was informed by police after the discovery of the...

Michalis Liapis, former New Democracy MP as well as former Minister of Transport and nephew of Constantine Karamanlis, was arrested today, in Loutsa. The traffic police stopped him when he violated a stop sign. It was later found that...

All the defendants in the 13 year-old case of the Athens Stock Exchange share bubble were acquitted on grounds that fraud could not be established. The three-member court of appeals acquitted the 42 defendants after an eight month procedure that...

Bank of Greece Governor George Provopoulos, presenting an interim monetary policy program report to Parliament on Dec. 17, forecast a recovery but warned it could be undermined by political in-fighting and if the government raises taxes again on the...

Italian shipping company Grimaldi Group has launched a new direct service to expand its coverage in the Adriatic routes between Italy and Greece. As of 19 December 2013 the new maritime service, dedicated to the transport of rolling freight...

The Eurozone working group of finance chiefs has ok'd release of a delayed one billion euro ($1.37 billion) installment from international lenders after a deal was reportedly reached on a modified plan to pare down the money-bleeding Hellenic Defense...

  On Christmas day, the Greek community of Montreal will offer a free meal to all the families and elderly people who find it hard to make ends meet. The meal will be served on Christmas day once the Divine...

If you spend an evening on Pittaki Street in Athens city center (a small street perpendicular to Ermou), your eyes will most definitely be drawn toward the sky. The old lamps of the real city's traditional houses hang from...

The members of a small Australian far-right party, Australian First, participated in a solidarity rally in favor of Golden Dawn. The protesters were gathered outside the Greek Embassy in Sidney. The head-protester was the president of the Australia First party,...

A special event in honor of Greece, "Greek Day at the NYSE," was organized by the New York Stock Exchange in cooperation with Capital Link. As stated in the announcement on Monday the 16th of December 2013, representatives from...

Greece's political leaders remained about the crushing economic crisis critics said they helped create, showing substantial incomes even while the had to reach into their savings accounts, according to their declarations of wealth posted on the Parliament website to...

Two Greek dance groups were awarded recently after participating in festivals, proving that Greek dance fascinates people abroad. The first group, named Prosxima was awarded in Algeria. Their show entitled 21-mneme was presented in the 5th International Festival of...

Snow at ski resorts in northern Greece remains at marginal levels, while those at Vassilitsa, 3-5 Pigadia and Pisoderi have enough to open. Three lifts are in operation at Vassilitsa in the Grevena area (with 70cm of snow), while at...

The Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras along with his associates, were expected to fly to Baku, Azerbaijan, this evening. However his plane showed mechanical problems and was forced to land at the Elefsina airport. After engineers performed a check on...