Russia

About 300 Russian tourists cannot fly to Greece due to visa delays that left them stranded in airports, Vladimir Kaganer, head of Russia’s Tez Tour operator, told Interfax on Monday. The problem occurred late last week, when a Greek visa...

The steadily unfolding bribery scandal of defense procurements revolving mainly around the former Greek Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos could easily rank the case as a top class scenario for a future John le Carré novel. Unknown revealing details have come...

Authorities in Hong Kong have auctioned off the Russian-flagged "Sakhalin" freighter, four weeks after impounding it on its way from eastern China to southern Russia with a cargo of sheet steel on board. The proceeds will go to pay...

The Greek Judo team celebrated its new success! Ioulieta Boukouvala got the silver medal in the European Judo Championship in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Boukouvala was born on August 28, 1983 in Ioannina (western Greece) and is a member of the local...

Russian visitors have flooded Greece over the past years. According to today's announcement of the Thessaloniki Hotels Association (THA), a further raise of 19% in Russian tourism is expected. Thessaloniki will be full of Russians this summer. This preference comes...

The Federation of Greek Communities of Russia managed to gather €70.000 to erect a monument in honor of the Greeks who lost their lives in the gulags of Siberia from 1937 to 1938. During the Stalin era, thousands of Greeks...