Greek News

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew had a meeting with the President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves. His All-Holiness is paying an official visit to Estonia where he also met with the President of the Parliament Ene Ergma, as well...

The US-based oil company Noble Energy on Sept. 5 began a drill stem test (DST) at the A-2 well in its Block 12 concession offshore Cyprus, flaring the well to check for the possibility of natural gas in the...

According to Greek media reports, known Greek athletes who were appointed in the public sector due to their success in sports, such as Olympic medalists, are to be suspended as well provided that the joint ministerial decree does not...

A billion euros party has been set on the Greek islands. The owners of luxurious villas rent their property without declaring anything to tax authorities. The Financial Crime Unit has detected over the last two years 500 cases of owners...

Greece's already-uneasy coalition government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, and his reluctant partner, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos took another shot when PASOK leaders - including Venizelos - criticized former ND leader and premier...

The perpetrators’ target was the bank branch located on the hospital’s first floor. The incident took place at about 8.10 in the morning, when two people entered the hospital and without causing suspicion, they went to the first floor, where...

Farmers in Greece name September Trygitis or Trigominas (meaning the month of harvest activities). Wine harvesting is one of the hardest and most strenuous activities, as it does not begin everywhere at the same time. The harvest depends on the...

Everything indicates that teachers will start the new school year 2013-14 with a five-day strike from September 16 to 20. According to the teacher’s union ELME website, so far 49 local unions have voted in favor of the five-day strike. The...

Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos and his Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy Thursday agreed to create a bilateral committee aimed at delineating the two countries' maritime zones despite possible objections by "third countries" and pointed to the prospect of a...

Police in Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, are bracing for protests against austerity measures and the firing of public workers during the International Trade Fair from Sept. 6-7. Authorities said they would deploy 3,500 police and re-arrange traffic patterns and that...

The Appliance Recycling launched its new TV spot on Sept. 4 trying to get Greeks, who often throw their rubbish in recycling bins, to recycle their old appliances. "Be the example. Recycle your old electrical appliance," is the campaign slogan...

Greece's main private sector workers union GSEE said in a report on Sept. 5 that three years of austerity measures have cost its members 37 billion euros ($48.5 billion) euros and will push a record unemployment rate of 27.6...

Nikos Zigras, a defendant and witness against his cousin, former Greek defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, who is being tried for money laundering and corruption charges, told him to step up and just confess and "apologize to the world." "We are...

European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi has jumped on the no-debt-cut-for-Greece bandwagon being driven by German Chancellor Angela Merkel whos said Athens will have to pay back all it owes to international lenders even though many analysts believe...

With the beginning of the academic year in Greece, demonstrations are resuming in universities nationwide to protest against the government's decision to place on temporary leave and then fire some 1,500 college administration employees. The national federation representing workers in...