Tag: Greece news
Chinese Premier and Greek PM Growing Efforts to Promote Trade and Investment
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made a positive statement on Friday regarding ongoing efforts between China and Greece to continue to grow relations between the...
EU Approves Greek Budget, No Pension Cuts, PM says
Greece's Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, announced on Saturday that the European Union’s executive approved Greece’s first post-bailout budget without the requirement of implementing legislated...
Greece ‘Ready’ to Extend Sovereignty to 12 Miles in the Ionian Sea
Departing Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said that Greece is ready to extend its territorial waters. 6 nautical miles has now expanded to 12 in...
Ukraine Gives Iconic Saint Andrew Church To Ecumenical Patriarchate (video)
Following the decision made by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to grant independence (autocephaly) to the Ukrainian Church, ending centuries of Moscow's ecclesiastical authority...
U.S. Embassy: Release of N17 Terrorist Xiros would be ‘Disservice’ to Victims
The U.S. Embassy in Athens issued a strongly-worded reaction to the request of convicted November 17 terrorist Savvas Xiros to be released from prison...
The Anniversary of the Battle of Navarino: A Major Victory in Greece’s War of...
One of the most crucial dates in Greece's War of Independence is October 20, 1827. It was on this date that a coalition of European powers...
FYROM Accuses Greece’s Defense Minister of ‘Spreading Fake News’
The government of FYROM hit back at Panos Kammenos, Greece's defense minister and outspoken opponent of the Prespa agreement, saying that he is "spreading...
Pindos Wild Orchids at Risk of Extinction from Illegal Harvesting
Overharvesting, in response to skyrocketing demand in Turkey and elsewhere, is placing the endemic wild orchid population in Pindos mountains of northwestern Greece at...
Greek PM Tsipras Refuses to Publicize Kotzias Resignation Letter
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stated on Friday his refusal to publicize the content of the resignation letter left in his office by former...
Greek Man Attempts Suicide in Electric Company Offices due to Inability to Afford Bill
Citing an inability to pay, a man swallowed a handful of pills inside the Public Power Corporation office in the city of Patras upon...