Greece

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew inaugurated the Saints  Constantine and Eleni Church on Imbros on Tuesday in the presence of New Democracy Chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The conservative party leader arrived on the island on Monday evening for the ceremony. On Tuesday morning...

The case of former head of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) Andreas Georgiou over misrepresentation of Greek financial data will be up for review by the Appeals Council for a third time, following a Supreme Court decision on Monday. The...

A suspected burglar was left unconscious on the street after angry residents tackled him in central Athens. The man had been accused of trying to break into at least seven apartments. In Monday's incident, residents of an apartment block in the...

More than 600 migrants living in abandoned factories and warehouses around the western port of Patras have been removed by the Greek police on Tuesday. A police spokesperson said the operation launched early in the morning, went "smoothly" with "no...

Hundreds of pensioners have taken to the streets of Athens to demonstrate against cuts to their pensions and health benefits. The protesters' march reached the Ministry of Finance, where a delegation presented their demands to officials. Greece’s three bailouts since 2010...

A Greek court has handed down a six-month sentence to a man for using a Facebook laughing emoticon underneath a post advertising a business in the city of Volos. The court ruled last week that the emoticon was offensive and...

Greece has called for restraint after dozens of Palestinian protesters were killed and over 2,000 were injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers along the border of Gaza, following the move by the U.S. to transfer its embassy to Jerusalem. "We...

New Democracy MEP Manolis Kefaloyiannis on Monday visited the two Greek soldiers who have been jailed in Edirne since March 1 and conveyed a message of comfort and hope for their unlawful detention. "I conveyed to the two Greek army...

Greece has turned down the installation of a Cancer Tumor Radiation Unit developed in the CERN laboratories, as stated by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, according to a Kathimerini report. Professor of Particle Physics at the National Technical University...

A Greek government appeal against a independent committee decision to grant asylum to a Turkish soldier in Greece has been dismissed. Athens Administrative Appeals Court on Monday turned down the appeal from the Migration Policy Ministry. The former Turkish soldier will...