Athens

The earthquake that hit Athens on Friday afternoon brought back memories of the terrifying moments of the deadly quake that shook the Greek capital twenty years ago. Fortunately, this time, the 5.1-magnitude tremor was not as strong as the 1999...

According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, an earthquake hit near the Greek capital of Athens, at 14:13 local time on Friday. The magnitude of the quake was 5.1 on the Richter scale (previously reported to...

The Republic of Cyprus will establish full diplomatic relations with the newly-named Republic of North Macedonia, it was made public on Wednesday. The news was released by officials of the two countries in Lagonissi, Greece, during the annual conference hosted...

There is no evidence to suggest that the death of a 17-year-old Italian girl was caused by the Ebola virus, the National Public Health Organisation (NPHO) said on Wednesday. Experts on infectious diseases noted that the incident had nothing to...

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Monday with Dimitris Avramopoulos, the European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, at Maximos Mansion in Athens. The meeting set forth a six-point plan to improve the conditions under which refugees and...

Greece's Public Debt Management Organization issued an announcement on Monday notifying the Athens Stock Exchange that the country will soon be ready to launch a new seven-year bond. For this reason, the new leadership of the Finance ministry has already...

The French Ambassador to Greece offered famous Greek singer Nana Mouskouri the highest honor the French State can give a foreign citizen. At a ceremony that was held on Wednesday in the spectacular building of the Embassy of France in...

Greece's President, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, met with a group of Greek American students in the Presidential Mansion of Athens on Monday. The group of students from the American-Hellenic Institute was headed by Nick Larigakis, the Chairman and Executive Director of the...

Greece signed a formal agreement on Thursday with the companies ExxonMobil, Total and Hellenic Petroleum (ELPE) to research and exploit the natural resources located south and west of the island of Crete, in the Mediterranean Sea. Many high-ranking officials, including Greek...

The remains of an ancient neighborhood visible under the feet of visitors approaching the entrance of the Acropolis Museum is now fully open to the public for the first time. The new ''walk-through'' exhibits of the neighborhood were inaugurated on...