Greek News

Greece’s state-owned subway operator, Attiko Metro, has short-listed three interested groups of contractors in a tender for a 1.5 billion euro ($1.8 billion) expansion project. The bidders are Greek contractor GEK Terna with France’s Vinci and Germany's Siemens; J&P Avax...

The Greek government says that Friday's meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross highlights the important role of Greek-American relations in the country's exit from the crisis. Tsipras and Ross will meet on Friday afternoon...

Students and teaching staff at the Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT) honored Constantinos Daskalakis for winning a prestigious international award in mathematics by trying to look like him wearing wigs. The hilarious prank on the Greek professor was made on...

Mainland Chinese purchased at least €258 million (U.S. $300 million) of Greek residential real estate in 2017, according to a report by Juwai, a Chinese international real estate company. The company estimates that in 2018 investment could be even higher...

Egypt's Minister for Diaspora and Migration Policy, Nabila Makram, on Friday expressed great satisfaction and offered her warmest congratulations for the self-sacrifice shown by the Egyptian fishermen who helped save human lives during the deadly fires in Mati, defying...

In a telegraph to the President of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov, on the occasion of the celebrations for the Country's Independence, Donald Trump said that Greece's neighbor has many reasons to celebrate this year. Trump added...

The new one-act opera "Hera" with music by Theo Abazis and a libretto by Elsa Andrianou is to be performed in the archaeological site on the island of Delos on October 6-7, bringing its ancient theater to life for...

For two years, the Greek Liquid Gold: Authentic Extra Virgin Olive Oil website has been sharing news and information about the high quality and health benefits of Greek extra virgin olive oil. Created by an American who has lived in...

A group of Greek anarchists belonging to the Rouvikonas group stormed the offices of the Federation of Industries of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki on Thursday. They threw flyers proclaiming "war to the war of the bosses" and hoisted a banner...

Hellenic Police in Loutraki on Wednesday arrested a man who was trying to sell a statue of ancient goddess Aphrodite that was stolen from the Thera Prehistoric Museum in Santorini. The 46-year-old man was arrested shortly before he sold the...

The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control has warned that the reported cases of people who were contaminated by the virus of West Nile in Europe are 3.5 times more than last year. Greece's toll of victims rose to...

Greek wine will dominate the tourist exhibitions 4th Grecka Panorama and 3rd Greek Food Show in Warsaw, from November 30 to December 2. The exhibitions will be organized by North Events with the view to highlighting and supporting the major...

A Turkish ship on Wednesday literally landed on a Greek beach on Evia called Kanatadika beach. Arslanbey, the cargo ship that belongs to a Turkish company but sails with a Panama flag, went ashore on Kanatadika beach with none of the...

The Council of State on Wednesday decided that the obligatory property tax on Church of Greece rental properties is correct. With three separate decisions (1731-1733/2018), Greece's highest administrative court rejected the Church of Greece objection to pay approximately €2.9 million in...

The National Council of Radio and Television (NCRTV) on Wednesday announced and published the names of the final holders of a nationwide general content television broadcasting licence, selected through a tender process. The five licence holders are the television channels...