Europe

Some 6,000 workers made redundant in France, Greece, Italy and Poland will receive EU aid worth €35.5 million to help them find or create jobs, Parliament decided on Tuesday. The four applications (Odyssefs Fokas: €6.44 million for 600 workers,...

Greek entrepreneur Pavlos Georgiadis, co-founder of the startup company “We Deliver Taste,” is one of the 15 winners of this year's “Smart Living Challenge” innovation competition that was held at the Swedish Institute in Stockholm. "Smart Living Challenge" is an open,...

Former commander of Nato in Europe, James Stavridis has called for the alliance to help Ukraine fight Moscow-backed separatists by providing arms and military advisers to the country. “I think we should provide significant military assistance to the Ukrainian military," said...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Thursday leveled harsh criticism against main opposition SYRIZA, while speaking to New Democracy's Parliamentary group. "SYRIZA makes foreigners talk again about a Grexit," Samaras said. "We managed to pull the country out of...

Planes will be flying from London City airport to Greece for the first time in the airport's history when British Airways (BA) begins two new routes next summer. From June 29 until September 6, BA will be flying to the...

Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou, a woman of Greek origin who grew up in London, has been working for many years as the creative director for Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Her parents had an arranged marriage after only knowing each other for a...

The British Museum is discussing to loan more Parthenon sculptures to foreign museums, after loaning the statue of god Ilissos to Russia's State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. British Museum director Neil MacGregor told "The Telegraph" that several museums from across the...

Greece is the second EU country after Sweden which has responded to an appeal by Christos Stylianides, EU Ebola Coordinator and Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, for mobilization of qualified, trained and experienced health workers, and is...

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Kyriakos Gerontopoulos responded immediately to the Greek community of Mariupol's request for financial support of the local Medical Center “Hippocrates.” More than 100,000 Greek Diaspora members are currently living in war-hit Ukraine and medical care availability...

A public Austrian Radio Broadcaster presented a beautiful tribute to various historical sites in Greece, entitled “The Navel of the Earth.” The “Atmosphere” radio show recognized the importance of Greek culture through an educational journey around classical Greece. Austria’s public radio...