Greek News

The Onassis Foundation announced the opening of the Cavafy Archive, a significant cultural site in downtown Athens, to the public. Dedicated to the renowned Greek poet Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933), the archive began welcoming visitors today on November 22, 2023...

A soda brand called Spiro Spathis, after the name of its Greek founder, has seen sales skyrocket after its support for the 'Boycott Israel" consumer movement. Spiro Spathis was founded in 1920 by one of the thousands of Greeks who...

King Charles, a staunch Philhellene, wore a Greek flag tie during the official visit of the South Korean President in London earlier in the week. The Greek flag tie is believed to have been purchased in one of King Charle's...

A video of school violence has shocked public opinion in Greece and sparked new calls for the tightening of legislation concerning violence between minors. The video from an Athens high school shows a group of female students beating their classmate....

The new Museum of Modern Greek Culture, which is expected to open its doors to the public by the end of the year, is located in the historic Athens district of Plaka. The new institution takes up the block flanked...

Greece expects its economy to grow by 2.9 percent next year from 2.4 percent in 2023, according to the final budget plan for 2024 tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. The budget plan will be discussed in the Parliamentary Economic Affairs...

The president of Cyprus said Monday he asked an unnamed “third country” to send a team of experts to help the inquiry on how Cypriot financial service providers helped Russian oligarchs skirt international sanctions. In an interview with the Associated...

Greece ranked highest among EU nations in terms of individuals with a low level of education who are also considered poor. The data was recently revealed by Eurostat. The subjective poverty rate for this group in Greece is 81.6 percent,...

Greece leads Europe in housing costs, November’s Financial Stability Report by the Bank of Greece (BoG) maintains. According to the report, 27 percent of the Greek population is spending more than 40 percent of their disposable income to cover housing...

Archaeologists uncovered signs that Alexander the Great was worshipped as a divine figure in an ancient temple in Iraq. Scientists had been puzzled by the discovery of more recent Greek inscriptions at the ancient Sumerian temple of Girsu, in the...