Greek News

Starting 2016, passengers will need only three hours and 10 minutes (from four hours and 40 minutes now) to travel from Athens to Volos in central Greece and two hours and 10 minutes to travel from Thessaloniki to Volos,...

The Greek government's plans to allow people who built unlawful homes, including on protected property, to keep them if they paid a penalty has been undermined by a ruling from the country's highest court, the Council of State, that...

Envoys from Greece's international lenders, the Troika of the European Union-International Monetary Fund-European Central Bank (EU-IMF-ECB) will stay in Athens until the end of September to take more time in a review of the books and to determine if...

According to the Guardian, European academics, university workers, students and others, are calling on the EU and the Greek government to protect the status and staff of Greek universities, in order to ensure that they remain able to engage...

Before heading to the United States on Sept. 28, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said in the wake of the roundup of members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party - including its leader, spokesmen and lawmakers - that the...

What if Golden Dawn has pinned its hopes on "half a million supporters” stressed Nikolaos Michaloliakos. The supporters of the neo-fascist party gathered outside the police headquarters today after the arrests, are no more than a few dozen. They came...

Three illegal guns (a pistol, a revolver and a shotgun) were found in Nikolaos Michaloliakos' home, and are to undergo ballistics tests, the media reported. Reportedly, the Golden Dawn leader does not possess a firearms license. Moreover, bullets and cartridges,...

Using the sun's rays at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics, organizers carried out a successful rehearsal Saturday to light the flame for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Under clear skies, actresses dressed as ancient priestesses took part in the...

Greece named an engineer with long experience in public service to head its struggling privatization agency Saturday, more than a month after the previous chairman was removed for conflict of interest. In a statement, the finance ministry said it would...

Greek-American Anargyros Karabourniotis, 62, known in gambling circles as Archie Karas, has been arrested on suspicion of winning more than $8,000 from the Barona Casino in eastern San Diego County by cheating in blackjack, Los Angeles Times reported. According to...

News of the arrest of the far-right Golden Dawn party, Nikolaos Michaloliakos and other party MP's is traveling around the world. According to the BBC, “The Greek police arrested the leader of the far-right Golden Dawn party, Nikolaos Michaloliakos, on...

Nikolaos Michaloliakos, 55, the leader of the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party that the government is trying to break through legal means, has dominated political attention since the extremists won 18 seats in Parliament in 2012 on the back...

Greek police have arrested Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party that is under fire in the killing of an anti-fascist for which one of its members was charged, was arrested on the morning of Sept....

Greek police have arrested Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party that is under fire in the killing of an anti-fascist for which one of its members was charged, was arrested on the morning of Sept....

Fearing violence, the Greek government said it will not allow a protest march on Sept. 28 by Special Forces reservists who had called for the government to fall and be replaced by a unity administration under the protection of...