Greece

Christian Greek Cypriots and Muslim Turkish Cypriots are about to complete a joint restoration project which aims at restoring and preserving a historic Christian monastery which is respected by both Christians and Muslims. The Apostolos Andreas monastery is to be...

The Cyprus Tourism Organisation came up with the unique and innovative idea of releasing a video with instructions on how to make the Greek frappe coffee. The frappe coffee is an instant cold coffee with ice and water, mixed to...

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) authorities have sent more than 11,803 refugees back to Greece since the country closed its borders to migrants in early March. Nataliya Spirova, director of the FYROM Interior Ministry of Strategic Affairs, told...

Most people who come to the Greek islands on an unforgettable vacation leave saying they can't wait to return. It appears that nowadays people are actually buying their own Greek island, making their Mediterranean vacation never-ending. There are an estimated...

The First Misdemeanor Court of Veria convicted a website owner for spreading false news on the internet, making this the first court conviction regarding an internet hoax. The perpetrator received a six-month jail sentence, a three-year suspension and a 500-euro...

The fourth annual Athens Democracy Forum, hosted and moderated by New York Times editors, will be held in the City of Athens on September 14-18 this year on the theme "Religion, Migration, Power + Money." According to the NYT organizers,...

Former director of the Greek Red Cross and affiliated Henry Dunant Hospital and his wife were arrested on Monday on a warrant issued by a corruption prosecutor. Andreas Martinis, 75, and his wife Georgia are accused of bribery. Specifically, Martinis...

The government is discussing a road map on loosening capital controls, Economy Minister George Stathakis said in an interview with Star TV late on Monday. Stathakis underlined that the participation of the Greek banks in ECB quantitative easing programme, the...

Despite the ongoing migrant and refugee crisis, Greece expects to welcome a record 27 million tourists this year. “I think it’s an achievement given the fact that we have capital controls, we still have the refugee and migration crisis --...

The International Monetary Fund has proposed that Greece should not make any loan repayments to the euro zone until 2040, a Wall Street Journal report says. The Fund proposes that Athens should be excused from paying interest and principal for...