Greek News

Blue Flag 2013 is waving on June13 on 57 beaches in Cyprus, which fulfill the strict international criteria of quality, breaking the record of 56 beaches in 2012. The Blue Flags were awarded on June 13 by the non-profit organization...

While staying at Athens hotels has become cheaper than last year, food and taxis have actually become more expensive, citing data from a global survey across 49 cities conducted by the TripAdvisor website. This year Athens ranks 13th among the...

Despite the 24-hour strike of the Greek media, which has spread throughout Greece to protest against the  government’s decision to shut down the state public broadcaster, radio and TV stations will be able to cover the solidarity demonstrations and...

According to the Star, the Greek Community of Toronto hit by the economic crisis has put aside any charitable issues and is trying to sell church property to survive. According to statements that speak of an emergency meeting on June...

The New Democratic Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Churchill in Manitoba, Canadian-Greek, Niki Ashton,  has expressed her opposition to the decision of the Greek government and its leader, Antonis Samaras, as a member of Her Majesty's...

Fifty-year-old Dorothy Spourdalakis and 44-year-old Jolanta Agata Skrodzka, mother and godmother of 14-year-old autistic teen Alex Spourdalakis are charged with his cruel murder in Chicago. The boy was found dead in his bed, according to the newspaper Chicago Tribune. The two...

By Tom Soter - Plagued by leaks in its large underground garage, the board at 70-25 Yellowstone Boulevard, a 563-unit Forest Hills cooperative, was seeking solutions. The situation was simple but frustrating: an Olympic-size pool on the building’s ground floor...

After the Greek public broadcaster ERT's shutdown, there has been an unprecedented wave of foreign media solidarity with ERT employees and Greece in general. Following the Franco-German ARTE, which dubbed its TV news program in Greek showing great interest in...

Panathinaikos won the Greek title sweeping Olympiacos 3-0 in the Greek final. But the end of Game 3 is, again, a shame for Greek basketball. With less than two minutes left and with the Greens leading the score 72-76, the game...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has defended his decision to shut down the country’s public ERT broadcaster and ignored please from his coalition partners to change his mind, setting up a possible showdown with them unless they back...

The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch accused Greek police of violating the international human rights law and European Union regulations, regarding the policy applied for immigration control. More specifically the Greek Police is accused of racial profiling, arbitrary detention...

The first trailer for 300: Rise Of An Empire was released on Wednesday night by Warner Brothers. The official trailer is packed with shirtless Greeks, vengeful Persians, and a lot of blood. The sequel to 2006′s 300, starring Gerard Butler,...

Desperate for revenues while making deep cuts to try to recover from a crushing economic crisis, the Greek government, wants to collect taxes from players of barrel pianos, known as laternas, who walk the streets with their instruments and...

Public transportation in Athens will be staggered on June 13 as transport workers join a strike called by the country's largest labor unions representing public and private workers in the aftermath of the government's decision to shut down the...

With Lena Papaligoura, recent winner of the Melina Mercouri Award in the main role and other well-known actors such as Vicky Papadopoulou, Christos Sapountzis, Lydia Fotopoulou and Orfeas Avgoustidis , Sophocles' Antigone will be presented only for 15 performances...