Society

Syntagma Square was covered in foam within minutes Sunday night, when someone threw soap into the fountain that stands in the middle. Dozens of firemen showed up to stop the bubble bath, but foam kept springing from the fountain. The square had...

The New York Times has published a slideshow on its website about the abandonment of children in Greece entitled “Greece’s Austerity Orphans”

Monks in Meteora had to rock-climb in order to reach the Skete of St. Gregory, to perform the ceremony of Divine Liturgy. This was a historical moment for the monastic community of Meteora, since this is the first ceremony...

The European Commission has approved the Greek program for 2014-2020, according to Greece's Development Minister Kostis Chatzidakis. The National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) plans on launching programs this year to tackle unemployment and poverty while boosting the establishment of new businesses. The NSRF...

The Greek Deputy Minister for Education and Religious Affairs Symeon Kedikoglou and the President of the Association of Friends of Children with Cancer “Elpida” along with the Association “Orama Elpidas” Marianna V. Vardinogiannis signed a cooperation agreement. “Every country needs...

In a letter recently published by the U.K. newspaper The Independent, a Greek immigrant having studied and finally moved to Britain refers to the recent political upheaval in Britain, the euroscepticism, the radical political hate rhetoric and the skyrocketing...

A symbolic occupation of the Greek Finance Ministry has been underway since this morning, by suspended cleaners. They are situated at the entrance of the building and have locked the door with chains. According to Greek news, authorities have...

Several campaigns have been organized in Greece to help the victims of the catastrophic floods that hit Serbia and Bosnia. More than 20 tons of humanitarian aid have already been collected in the northern Greek municipality of Katerini for Thursday delivered to...

Austria's branch of the international organization Reporters Without Borders announced that only journalists covering Greece will be eligible for this year's “Press Freedom Prize 2014.” “With this award we want to support journalists in Greece, men and women, who have risked...

The village of Mesi, in the region of Rethimno, Crete, Greece has a long medical tradition. Despite its small populatio, many of its residents work as doctors in hospital and clinics of Crete and Attica, while many young people...

Late on Monday, May 19 Greek coast guard officers located and arrested undocumented migrants at the beach of Psalidi in the remote island of Kos. According to the coast guard report, some locals called the coast guard authorities Monday evening...

An all-night vote count local elections in the Aristotelis municipality of Chalkidiki ended on Monday morning with Giannis Michos getting a slim majority over Christos Pachtas. A member of the Skouries Movement, Michos collected 8,031 votes with 51.79% over mayor Pachtas,...

An overwhelming majority in Thessaloniki rejects the planned privatization of the local water and sewage company, EYATH, according to an unofficial referendum on the subject held alongside Sunday's municipal and regional elections in Greece. Ninety eight percent of Thessaloniki residents are against the Greek government's water...

Research presented on May 18 at the Heart Failure Congress 2014, held May 17-20 in Athens, Greece, showed that the financial crisis has caused an increase in cardiovascular diseases. The Congress is the main annual meeting of the Heart Failure...

The Greek Ministry of Labor announced that it will offer free vacations to 100,000 employees, unemployed and pensioners. The Greek state will cover their accommodation costs for up to five nights. According to the Labor Minister, Yiannis Vroutsis, the Social...