Society

Internationally acclaimed Brazilian-Arab cartoonist Carlos Latuff has yet again turned his pen on Greece and the country’s ongoing financial thriller. Today, Latuff portrayed Greece being rather mad with the newly elected leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsirpas. In Latuff’s eyes, Tsipras...

The memorial of anti-fascist activist and rapper Pavlos Fyssas, who has been assassinated by extreme right, xenophobic Golden Dawn member Giorgos Roupakias in September 2013, has been defaced by unknown individuals on Wednesday night. The local memorial, erected on the...

"America has often put discreet pressure on its European allies to avoid a rift with Greece, as much because of geopolitics as economics," says an Economist report. In view of the recent agreement for the extension of Greece's bailout program,...

One of Alexis Tsipras' first moves when he became prime minister was to cut state expenses by selling government vehicles used by politicians and cutting down on personal security for members of parliament. In general, he urged his cabinet...

Eurogroup finance ministers agreed to vague terminology in Greek bailout extension deal so that they can convince their respective parliaments to accept it, said Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Greek television. Speaking in an ANT1 television interview, Varoufakis defended the...

Greece is about to take out a new 30-billion-euro loan for two years and sign a third bailout agreement by June, according to German news agency MNI. The report cites a European Union official who revealed that discussions for a...

Mikis Theodorakis criticized the new government of Alexis Tsipras on the new bailout agreement saying that it is a continuation of austerity. The internationally-known composer is an emblematic figure of the Greek Left and had criticized the new government debt...

A group of antiestablishment individuals, who had earlier marched in downtown Athens, Greece, were involved in violent incidents around the National Polytechnic University late on Thursday, police said. Around 300 people, who had rallied in downtown Athens around 6:00 p.m., marched...

The official statements after each occurrence of football violence remind one of Groundhog Day: The same condemnations of violence, the same vague threats against vague recipients, the same proclaimed good intentions, the same pledges to stop violence here and...

A Nigerian doctor who has been living and working in Greece for the last 14 years was the victim of a verbal and racist attack from a patient in Kozani, northern Greece. Dr Solace Akpevwe Godwin was on call when...

The first official gathering and pro-cannabis legalization celebration has been organized by collectives and citizens in Greece. The festival called Athens Cannabis Protestival will take place on Saturday, May 9, at Syntagma Square in Athens. According to the organizers’ Facebook...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces dissent from her coalition ranks as she prepares to extend Greece’s bailout. Although the German Parliament is set to vote in favor of the Greek bailout extension, there will be a lot of internal growling...

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on Wednesday defended the ECB against criticism that it acted harshly toward Greece, but said the central bank is ready to reinstate a waiver on Greek bonds if Athens completes the bailout program. The ECB lifted...

The real tragedy in Greece is that an estimated 160,000 to 180,000 university graduates have left the country since the start of the economic crisis five years ago, says an CNBC report. The figures are based on a study by...

The 12-hour meeting of the SYRIZA parliamentary group was marked by serious disagreements over the Eurogroup deal on Tuesday that extends the bailout program for another four months. The loudest disagreements came from Minister of Productive Reconstruction Panagiotis Lafazanis and...