Greek News

A big explosion occurred at 4:05 a.m. on July 20 in a 50-unit apartment building in the central Greek city of Larissa which includes the residence of a prosecutor who had been overseeing the case of Panagiotis Vlastos' attempted...

Just in case the Greek government didn't get the message delivered in person by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble during an 11-hour visit to Athens that there would be no imposing losses on the country's lenders - Germany being...

Greek parliament ratified on Friday a bill on the establishment of a new public television and radio broadcaster to replace former broadcasting agency ERT. The move came a month after the withdrawal of a junior party from the coalition government...

Australia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr, repeated that the country’s position on the issue of the naming of FYROM remains unchanged. The Australian minister made this statement to the newspaper Neos Kosmos, after the distinction he was awarded...

Olivia Hadjiioannou (OH.), a Greek-American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, is among the first ever BEAT100 World Music Chart winners from the July 8  chart compilation on BEAT100, along with UK-based singer and songwriter Niki Tyler, and Dan &...

The difference between Greek-American billionaire businessman, John A. Catsimatidis and  Joseph J. Lhota over the Republican nomination in the mayoral elections of New York, was within the margin of sampling error, as stated by NYT. Presenting the results of a...

In an interview with the Greek Service of Voice of America, the multimedia international broadcasting service, William Antholis, the Greek-American director of Brookings, which is considered one of the major think tanks in Washington, said that President Obama has...

For one more year, the Greek island of Santorini is included among the top ten islands in the world. Last year Santorini was in the sixth place, while this year in the fourth, so it moved up two places...

A seminar entitled "Eradicating the past: Turkey’s assault on the cultural heritage of Cyprus” on the destruction of cultural heritage in the occupied part of Cyprus took place in London on July 17. The seminar was organized by the...

Rhinos, giraffes, gazelles, ponies and antelopes were living in the plain of Drama nine million years ago, as was revealed by the fossils found in the region Platania of the Municipality of Paranesti in the Regional Unit of Drama,...

Two marble female heads, dating from the 3rd Century AD, were discovered during the works of the German Archaeological Institute at Kerameikos. The findings were revealed during the cleaning of a well, which belongs to a bath of the...

A World to Experience is the title of the new spot about Naxos featuring the actor Lefteris Eleftheriou and with a remarkable script. The Municipality of Naxos and Lesser Cyclades is behind the creation of the new spot. Deputy Mayor...

Permission given to neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party to hold a youth rally at the park of the Port Fund in Kalamata, Greece, on August 2-5 has been withdrawn by authorities. The permission had initially been given Manolis Aggelakas, General Secretary...

Tourists and city residents who found themselves at the pedestrian walkway of Dionysiou Areopagitou street in Athens on the afternoon of July 18, were pleasantly surprised. The Orchestra of the National Opera was having an open rehearsal of Puccini's...

A 23-year-old woman arrested in Rethymno had set up an incredible online fraud with dozens of victims across the country. The young woman made more than 4,180 euros by selling non-existent latest technology cell phones to unsuspecting citizens. She was...