Greece

Greek media magnate, shipping tycoon and former president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Minos Kyriakou, passed away late on Sunday night at the age of 75. Kyriakou died of a heart attack, according to the Athens Medical Center official report. Born...

The Special Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency of the Greek Parliament has called the four tenderers of the recent television licensing auction and State Minister Nikos Pappas to testify. Despite her initial refusal, the president of the committee, Tasia...

The Greek Television broadcaster Antenna Group reached an agreement with Vice Media. Vice Media is the producer of video reportage targeting the so-called Generation Y of twenty somethings who do not watch much traditional TV. Shane Smith, Chief Executive of...

Τhe ex-president of NBCUniversal and Cineflix Studios chief, Peter Smith, has been appointed managing director of the largest Greek broadcasting group Antenna. The company which is owned by billionaire Greek shipping magnate Minos Kyriakou, has brought Smith in as...

The Greek War of Independence started a few days earlier than the official declaration with the liberation of Kalamata on March 23, 1821

The Battle of Valtetsi was the first major victory of the 1821 Greek Revolution and determined the course of the War of Independence

Valtetsi, an isolated Peloponnesian village surrounded by mountains, was an ideal hiding place for rebels in the Greek War of Independence