Europe

Nikos Galis, one of the greatest Greek basketball players of all time, was announced an honorary member of the Greek team of Göteborg BC in Sweden. “As of today, I am a member of the Greek team of Sweden. I...

It appears that despite the financial crisis, Greek children have developed a close relation with the digital world. Two students from Greece, Panos Oikonomou and George-Nikiforos Avgoustidis, took first place at the Microsoft-organized European Kodu Kup competition. According to fortunegreece.com, the...

The album of famous German band Scorpions entitled MTV Unplugged "Live in Athens" went gold. The recording occurred during their live concerts on September 11, 12, 14, 2013, at the Lycabettus theatre in Athens, Greece. The awarding of the album was held in Füssen, Germany....

Areti Mastrodouka is a 38-year-old Greek boxer based in London. Last Sunday, October 12, she won the world title in GBU Women’s Lightweight in her own hometown of Athens. She defeated rival Hana Horakova with a unanimous points decision (6-11). Areti Mastrodouka,...

Greece's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos expressed deep grief over the death of six Greeks recently killed in a mortar attack in southeast Ukraine. He vowed that the Greek government will support the families of the victims. The...

The construction of the 303-million-euro ($383 million) glass diamond-shaped skyscraper in the heart of Istanbul, Turkey,  is due to be completed. The pompous building will be the headquarters of Finansbank AS and for the Turkish bank's Greek owner, National...

IRISena is a promising Greek startup that will take part in DroidCon London 2014, one of the most important European exhibitions on development and new technologies. Along with IRISena, characterized as one of the most innovative products in the...

The quarterly report of the Directorate General for Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Commission released on Tuesday, refers to an increase in household indebtedness in several member states since 2008. According to the report, in the period from 2008 to 2013,...

Over the last years, more and more Greeks have left their country for Germany and a more promising economic life. While this is reminiscent of past decades, today's Greek immigrants are not unskilled workers, but eminent scientists seeking further specialization and a...

The Mediterranean Film Festival, held in Montpellier, France between October 25 and November 4, will include the screening of several Greek films in the competition sector, as well as several tributes to Greek cinema. The Greek films presented at Montpellier include features, shorts, fiction...