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Greek Court Vacates Eight-Year Jail Term for Hospital Cleaner
A Greek appeals court on Monday commuted a hospital cleaner's eight-year prison sentence to a three-year suspended sentence. She had originally been given the draconian...
Greek PM Tsipras Vows 'Clean Exit' from Bailout; Dismisses Trade-Off with Turkey
Greece's PM Alexis Tsipras reiterated Monday that the country will make a "clean exit" from the bailout era and the strict supervision of its...
Rehired Cleaners Celebrate With Greek Cabinet Members
The decision to rehire the finance ministry cleaners was celebrated today with several cabinet members and other state officials who joined the cleaners offering...
Continuous Meetings Within Greek Gov't for Monday's Eurogroup
The Greek government is in a series of feverish meetings ahead of Monday's Eurogroup and after technical discussions with lenders' representatives resulted with Athens...
Money For Military, Cops, Officers, Not Cleaning Ladies
Greece's highest court, which said firing cleaning ladies was in the national interest, is forwarding the government an order that it must restore the...
Seafood features prominently on Shrove Monday
Seafood will figure prominently on dinner tables on “Shrove Monday”, better known in Greece as “Clean Monday”, March 7, 2011. The religious...
Kite Making: An Old Tradition Resisting Time (video)
Kite flying on Clean Monday is a tradition in Greece. After the last Sunday[...]
When Is Greek Orthodox Easter and Dates Leading Up to It
The period leading up to the Greek Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, the most important religious feast of the year, is called Sarakosti, signifying 40...
Apokries: Greek Carnival Season Reaches Peak this Weekend
Carnival celebrations in Greece, or "Apokries," are some of the most beloved traditions in the country, and are reaching their climax this weekend.
Celebrated before...
Greece Adds 10 More Traditions to Its Intangible Cultural Heritage
The Greek Ministry of Culture has listed ten new cultural expressions in the national inventory for Intangible Cultural Heritage.