Greece

Former Greek Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis was selected on Sunday as a candidate of his party Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) for the European elections in Germany. "I accept (the nomination) because it epitomizes the new trans-national politics...

Almost 400 runners joined the 2018 Castle Run in the town of Nafplio on Sunday, considered one of the toughest races in Greece. The 5 km race includes a steep climb on the historic castle of Palamidi, overlooking the town,...

Experts meeting in the town of Plomari in Lesvos on Sunday following a landslide on the island, decided to evacuate 29 buildings, fifteen of which are private homes. The decisions affect a total of 37 people in Plomari who are currently...

Greece, Italy, and Cyprus have reached an agreement with Israel to lay a pipeline connecting the Jewish state’s gas reserves to the three countries, a report in the Times of Israel says. The paper says that the East Med Pipeline...

Greece's meteorological service issued a weather warning for a system of low pressure that will bring snow and hailstorms in many areas starting on Sunday. According to meteo.gr, the system named "Penelope" was formed south of Italy on Saturday and...

U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt,  has been visiting the alpine area of Epirus in north-western Greece highlighting the unexpected beauty of the mountains and the opportunities for skiing. Last week, the American diplomat visited Greece's "bear country" near the...

Crete has all the potential to be a great cosmonaut rehabilitation centre, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev said on Friday during a meeting with Crete Regional governor Stavros Arnaoutakis. Artemyev is the seventh cosmonaut to visit Crete since 2015 when a...

Sports ministers of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia agreed on Friday to apply to jointly host the World Cup in 2030. Meeting in Belgrade the ministers declared their country's readiness to host the 2030 World Cup while recognizing that it...

Homes and vehicles were seriously damaged on Friday evening following a landslide near the town of Plomari on the Greek island of Lesvos. Huge rocks detached from a hill overlooking the town and fell on the buildings underneath. No injuries were...

The heads of the Greek and Turkish Coast Guards met in Piraeus on Friday to strengthen cooperation in tackling the migration flows in the Aegean Sea. The meeting between Turkey's Ahmet Kendir and Greece's Stamatis Raptis took place at the Hellenic...