Greek News

On Monday a 68-year-old man, Constantinos Loizidis, and his 44-year-old daughter, Eleni, were found dead after initially being reported missing while on a family holiday along with Loizidis' wife on July 15. According to police sources, the suspicious circumstances in...

A total of 13 athletes of Greek descent who were forced to emigrate for different reasons are competing under their new, adopted flags in the Rio Olympics, according to a Kathimerini newspaper report. Some of them were born in their...

After a thirty-two-year losing streak, the USA has won an Olympic medal in fencing at Rio. At the Rio 2016 games the silver medal went to Greek-American Alexander Massialas, who took a year off from his studies at Stanford to...

There has been much speculation that the relationship between actress Lindsay Lohan and her Fiance Egor Tarabasov has been tainted by physical abuse. A newly circulating video of the two in a physical altercation on a beach on the Greek...

A fire broke out in Lefkada's old town on Monday, destroying eight traditional wooden homes and forcing the evacuation of a nearby church, before firefighters and volunteers managed to contain it. Fifteen vehicles, 35 firefighters and several volunteers operated in...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras looks to make changes to the constitution as well as initiate a hiring spree of some 20,000 civil servants over the coming year. As the Greek PM tries to revive the spirit and atmosphere of Greece's public...

There is a notable decrease in exported goods from Greece, thought to be influenced by financial restraints the economic crisis is putting on Greek companies, according to the Panhellenic Exporters Association. “Greek exporters continue to pay a heavy price for...

The Embassy of Greece in Canberra sent a letter of complaint to the Seven Network regarding the historical inaccuracies its commentators made about Philip the Second and Alexander the Great during the Rio Olympics opening ceremony. Andrew Gaze, the host...

The undeclared labor rate in Greece stands at 25% of the official gross domestic product, as 30% of Greeks have bought undeclared goods and services, says an International Labor Organization report. Greeks spend an average of 750 euros each per year...

The Mantzaros Philharmonic Society of Corfu was awarded the gold prize at the World Orchestra Festival 2016, held in Vienna, while the orchestra’s renowned conductor and trumpeter, Socratis Anthis was awarded the prize of “excellent conductor.” The Corfiot orchestra...

CRETAquarium, one of Europe’s largest and most contemporary aquaria, near Heraklion, Crete, has opened its doors to the “Healthy Seas Fashion Project”, an exhibition of clothing made with yarn reclaimed from the sea, organized by MEDASSET (the Mediterranean Association...

Houdetsi, a well-known village in Crete, will fill with music in the coming days, thanks to the 7th Houdetsi Music Festival. World music will flood the village Houdetsi in Heraklion for the 7th Houdetsi Music Festival. Around 140 musicians from...

Greek Energy Minister Panos Skourletis stated clearly that he is against the selling of 17 percent of the PPC (Public Power Corporation) adding that this is also the government's position, in an interview with Real News Sunday newspaper. Referring to the amendment...

A recent report, brought together by the deputy commander of the Greek Fire Service, Adrianos Gourbatsis, revealed that 1.6 million hectares of land was burned in Greece between 1981 and 2014. The average expanse of land burned annually is...

If the Cyprus negotiations fail, Turkey will bear the whole responsibility, if it insists on anachronistic solutions in regards to the security issue, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has stressed. Speaking at an anti-occupation event on Saturday evening, organized by the Famagusta...