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May 3: International Eat a Pitogyro Day

This year a different kind of event was organized in Greece. An event with no distinctions between gender, religion or nationality, with no relation to religious holidays. An event that was created to commemorate the great discovery of pitogyro, a Greek food...

Anonymous Hate-Filled Letter To Greek Restaurateur In Germany

With Greece and its shaky future on the European table and the German press “embellishing” almost all of its top headlines with indirect comments about Greece’s controversial bailout program, an anonymous writer took the initiative to target the Greek family business “Restaurant...

Greek Police Crack Down Facebook Child Pornography Ring

The Cyber Crime Unit of the Greek Police cracked down a child pornography ring in Greece after receiving complaints by a 12-year-old girl. The perpetrators acted through Facebook. Investigation began after the girl filed a complaint stating that people she didn't know...

Greek Cyber Crime Unit Hires Two Young Hackers

The Greek Cyber Crime Unit recently managed to capture two hackers messing with Facebook, receiving a thank you note from the social network’s representatives. It appears, however, that this unit has made several innovative decisions without holding back as other...

Facebook Thanks Greek Cyber Crime Unit

With a long announcement, Facebook thanked the Greek Police and especially the Cyber Crime Unit for the arrest of two Greek hackers, 31 and 27 years old, who created the virus "Lecpetex" that damaged thousands of computers around the world. Facebook administration stated that...

Man Arrested for Blackmailing School Girls Through Facebook

The Greek police arrested on Wednesday, a 29-year-old Greek man in Volos, who was posing as an adolescent school boy and blackmailing young girls with naked pictures they had previously provided him with. According to initial police reports, during the...

Man Accused of Selling University-Grade Papers on Facebook

Greek police's electronic crime squad has arrested a 47 year-old man on suspicion of running an illegal business selling essays to university students via Facebook. Police also found the man to be collaborating with 108 'authors'.  An announcement on the Greek police's...

Independent Greeks Search Euro Candidates via Facebook

The leader of the Independent Greeks party (ANEL), Panos Kammenos, is searching for Euro elections candidates via Facebook. Kammenos decided to complete Independent Greeks’ candidate list for the 2014 Euro elections in a new and unexpected way. He posted on...

Vote for Greece!

Support Greece by voting for it in the Best Destination Award The online polls have begun and your active participation in Greece coming top in the Best Destination Award is just a click away. The poll is organized by the travel...

Greek Internet Personality Sentenced

A 10-month suspended sentence was imposed by the court on 27-year-old Filippos Loizos, who became known in Greece through his humorous Facebook page “Geron Pastitsios.” He was convicted for habitual blasphemy and offense of religion. Loizos appealed, while the...