Greece

In a grim reminder of the challenges faced on the Greek island of Lesvos, the Justice ministry announced on Wednesday that it will set up a forensics service on the island to respond to the increasing needs that emerged due...

Privatization fund TAIPED has seen major interest in the sale of a Mykonos hotel controlled by the Greek state, a Kathimerini daily report says. The sale of the Leto Hotel in Mykonos appears to have attracted the interest of at...

Greece’s foreign ministry strongly condemned the deadly blast in the Turkish capital on Wednesday evening, describing it as a “heinous attack” in a post on the ministry’s Twitter account. “We grieve with our neighbors the victims of Ankara blast....

The final solution to the refugee and migrant crisis facing Europe lies in Turkey and cooperation between the EU and the neighboring country is crucial in resolving the issue, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday after a...

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Panagiotis Sgouridis submitted his resignation after comments he made about Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the radio. The deputy, who belongs to junior coalition partner ANEL, said that the prime minister misled farmers...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to start on Thursday a series of bilateral meetings with European Union state leaders on the refugee crisis on the sidelines of the summit in Brussels. European leaders were to discuss the refugee issue...

Pantelis Pantelidis, one of Greece's most popular young singers, was killed in a car crash on Thursday morning. The 32-year-old was driving on Vouliagmenis avenue in Glyfada when he lost control of his car at 8:20 am. Pantelidis was driving an SUV...

Last week, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis launched in Berlin with much fanfare his new political movement, DIEM25, a pan-European movement with the aim of democratizing Europe within one decade. However, Varoufakis' new undertaking has a lot of people...

In light of the Syriza-led government’s plans to restructure the country’s media landscape, New Democracy’s newly elected president Kyriakos Mitsotakis made an announcement today to the Greek website liberal.gr in which he says that “one of the most precious...

The refugee issue dominated a meeting between main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the president of the European Parliament Martin Schulz on Wednesday in Brussels. Mitsotakis underlined that Greece's northern borders should not close and Schulz shared the...