Greece

The Greek government arranged the first journalists’ briefing for first time in three years. Greek government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis stood on the podium on May 4, before Greek and foreign political journalists in order to inform them about the...

The shortage of space in graveyards along with burial costs bring back the controversial issue of cremation in Greece. At the moment, graveyards in Greece's capital and second largest city, Thessaloniki, are overcrowded to the point where a burial is...

Greece intends to make due payments to lenders and reach an agreement, but the International Monetary Fund insists on tough labor reforms, said Labor Minister Panos Skourletis. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the finance ministry negotiating team are trying...

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake occurred at about 7:07 a.m. on Monday morning, in the maritime area south of Crete, Greece , and was felt in Mesara and the southern coast of the island. The Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has decided that an intermediate deal will not benefit Greece at the moment and is now changing course in negotiations aiming at a final deal that would secure financial support for 2015 and 2016. According to...

Two people were killed and more than eighteen injured at Korydallos prison in Athens as inmates started fighting over control of Wing C, Greek authorities said. The violence broke out when a group of Albanian and Arab inmates attacked a Pakistani...

Costas Mitroglou scored the final two goals in Olympiakos' 5-0 win over Kalloni in the Greek league Sunday, (video), in the already-crowned champion's final home game of the season. Javier Benitez opened the scoring in the 13th minute and Costas...

Most shops in central Athens, Greece , were open on Sunday, under laws allowing Sunday opening during the mid-season sales, despite reactions on the part of the Federation of Private Employees of Greece against the measure and demonstrations organized...

Greece's culture ministry has announced that work will begin on Monday to restore damage caused by illegal digging carried out by looters at the Zominthos archaeological site, on Mount Psiloritis on Crete. According to experts, there are signs that...

Panathinaikos announced the dismissal of Dusko Ivanovic, the basketball team’s coach through an official statement. The team’s poor performance against Olympiakos which Panathinaikos lost its advantage, as well as the team’s exclusion from the Euroleague Final 4 lead to...