Greek News

The annual Patras Carnival, the largest in Greece, will open on Saturday with a ceremony at the main square of Aghios Georgios. This year's theme is "Be Unplugged!" and the events began on Wednesday, with the town crier riding on...

A centaur head and two more marble fragments taken from the Parthenon in the 17th century are among the most popular exhibits of the National Museum in Denmark. The head originally belonged to a centaur figure and was part of...

President Biden has been urged to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Cyprus invasion this year by inviting the Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides to the White House. The Congressional Hellenic Caucus sent a letter to President Biden, urging him to...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday said he hoped Greece would become an exporter of green energy “in the medium-term.” The Greek PM was speaking on the topic "European Green Deal, Anyone?" at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “We hope...

Three suspects arrested in connection with the assassinations of two prominent members of the so-called Greek Mafia were led before a public prosecutor on Thursday. The three were allegedly involved in the murder of Yiannis Skaftouros in May 2022 in...

The online Greek-language platform teaching Greek to foreigners abroad is now available for French and German speakers as well, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Monday. The staellinika.com platform, which provides language and culture lessons, is now available in English,...

Reports say a Greek-owned ship flying with the flag of Malta was hit by a missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels while sailing off the coast of Yemen. The ship was reported to be a dry bulk vessel, Zografia,...

A strong magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred under the sea near the coast of Peloponnese, Greece on the morning of Tuesday at 7:20 am local time. According to the Geodynamic Institute, the quake had a very shallow depth of 14.5 kilometers...

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos‘ film The Favourite, which had ten Academy Award nominations, will make its Netflix debut on January 23rd. The Favourite is a 2018 historical black comedy film co-produced and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos from a screenplay by...

Greece is heading for a new record year in tourism in 2024, industry officials say, pointing to early bookings. The current trajectory of airline reservations, encompassing both sold tickets and seats allocated by airlines for the upcoming season, indicates a...