Greece

Torrential rainfall and hailstorms hit parts of Greece on Tuesday and Wednesday, as a frontal system over the central Mediterranean gradually moved eastward. The system coming across the sea from Italy will move across to the eastern Peloponnese and then...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Greece on Tuesday to cooperate in the repatriation of eight soldiers who fled to Greece following a 2016 coup attempt. Erdogan made the remarks in a joint news conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras...

  Manolo Jimenez, the Spanish coach who led AEK to its first championship title in 24 years last season, has signed a contract to return for a third stint at the Athenian football club. Jimenez, who is expected to sign an...

A low-pressure system with strong winds and rainfall began to blow into Greece on Tuesday and will continue into the day on Wednesday, according to the Athens National Observatory's meteorological service. The system is expected to bring large quantities of...

The Greek parliament will vote on Friday the protocol which paves the way for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (FYROM) accession to NATO, it was announced on Tuesday. The ratification of the protocol will signal that Greece concurs with...

Dramatic footage has emerged from a video of a Greek ferry fighting gale-force winds on its way from Venice, Italy to Patras, Greece. Christophoros Skamangas, the captain of the ferry ''Asterion II'' who is from the island of Syros, bravely battled the...

Pericles Panagopoulos, the 83-year old Greek shipping magnate, died in the early hours of Tuesday, according to a social media post made by a member of his family. Panagopoulos was born in 1935 and is considered one of the most...

EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety launched a verbal attack on Monday against  Greek deputy health minister Pavlos Polakis for smoking in public. Vytenis Andrikaitis, who is visiting Athens, held up a 2016 photo of Polakis smoking during a press conference in...

The Turkish Interior Ministry on Tuesday included the eight servicemen who fled to Greece the day after the 2016 uprising to their list of "wanted" suspects. The move is seen as highly provocative, especially as it coincides with the official...

A magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale earthquake hit west Preveza in western Greece at 04:26 local time (02:26 GMT) on Tuesday. The epicenter was 14 kilometers (8.5 miles) northwest of Preveza in the Ionian sea, 294 kilometers (183 miles)...