Greece

On Monday, Greece announced that suspensions on some confidence building activities with Turkey are to be lifted, according to the country's Defense Minister and the head of the Armed Forces. The decision to lift the suspension on activities such as...

On Monday, two French climbers were rescued from a ravine where they were trapped, at some 1,950 meters on Mount Taygetus. Mount Taygetus is also known as Prophet Elias. The name of this mountain appears in the Odyssey and the...

Entrance to archaeological sites and museums will be free throughout Greece to the public on the evening of Sunday, August 26 in celebration of the full moon. From August 24 through 27, 95 sites will also be holding free concerts,...

According to police reports on Monday, last week there were 45 people who were arrested in Crete for attempting to board an aircraft with fake documents. The individuals in possession of the forged documents were arrested during checks in Iraklio, Hania...

A village in the western Peloponnese has been evacuated after a fire that broke out in a nearby forest approached houses. 90 firefighters are battling the blaze at Dafniotissa, near Amaliada, with the help of three aircraft and a helicopter. Local...

It is official: Greece is exiting the third bailout program and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is calling on all citizens to celebrate the end of borrowing and applaud the country's ability to stand on its own feet after eight...

Greece officially concludes its third bailout program with a successful exit, the euro zone’s ESM rescue fund said on Monday. “Today we can safely conclude the ESM programme with no more follow-up rescue programmes as, for the first time since early...

A Greek island is leading the way in environmentally-friendly energy as it prepares to roll out a network of advanced wind and solar power charging a network of advanced batteries. Tilos, a Cycladic island, is testing a molten-salt battery energy-storage system...

Greece's youth water polo team climbed at the top of the world after winning Spain 9-8 in the 2018 World Championship final in Hungary on Sunday. The team of coach Dimitris Kravaritis stunned Spain in Szombathely, Hungary, after beating Serbia...

Greece not only interrupted but also reversed reforms in the first half of 2015, resulting in a cost to the economy between € 86 and 200 billion, head of the European Stability Mechanism Κlaus Regling told Kathimerini newspaper. The EU...