Greece

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees awarded the Greek author and police officer Foteini Konstantopoulou for her book “Mia Zacharenia Syntagi” (A Sugary Recipe) which focuses on the issues of refugee children. The young police officer is the...

The number of refugees and migrants arriving on the Greek island of Chios has not stopped increasing despite Greece's agreement with the European Union. Between Saturday and Monday morning more than 200 people arrived on the island. Specifically, on Saturday morning...

In accordance to its last bailout package, Greece has had to put laws in place that make it easier to restructure or reclaim assets to get rid of defaulted financial loans more quickly; something in which foreign investors are...

The trial of wanted terrorist Kostas Sakkas and bank robber Marios Seisidis has been postponed until Wednesday, August 17, 2016. The trial was postponed due to the absence of three police officers -witnesses in the case- who failed to...

The prices of luxury holiday villas on popular Greek islands can be six times higher than on other property on the same islands, a new study done by property valuation firm Geotaxis reveals. The prices are thought to be driven...

Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron will be spending her vacation in Elounda, on the Greek island of Crete, along with her two children. The 41-year-old actress was spotted on Sunday, August 8, dining at the Porto Elounda Hotel restaurant, where she...

On Monday a 68-year-old man, Constantinos Loizidis, and his 44-year-old daughter, Eleni, were found dead after initially being reported missing while on a family holiday along with Loizidis' wife on July 15. According to police sources, the suspicious circumstances in...

A total of 13 athletes of Greek descent who were forced to emigrate for different reasons are competing under their new, adopted flags in the Rio Olympics, according to a Kathimerini newspaper report. Some of them were born in their...

A fire broke out in Lefkada's old town on Monday, destroying eight traditional wooden homes and forcing the evacuation of a nearby church, before firefighters and volunteers managed to contain it. Fifteen vehicles, 35 firefighters and several volunteers operated in...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras looks to make changes to the constitution as well as initiate a hiring spree of some 20,000 civil servants over the coming year. As the Greek PM tries to revive the spirit and atmosphere of Greece's public...