Greek News

Bonhams Greek Sale, taking place in London on November 25th, will feature paintings by well-known Greek artists from the 1930's whose work inspired the artistic wave of the 20th century in Greece. “Studio with Large Window” (1984) by Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika,...

The Greek Embassy in Berlin was among the list of services and diplomatic missions systematically monitored by the German secret services. The revelation came through Spiegel, according to which BND was closely monitoring the Interior Ministries of the U.S.,...

The capital of Greece is preparing for Sunday's 33rd Athens Marathon, as athletes from around the world are set to take over the streets of Athens. This year 43,000 people have signed up to run in the various races that take...

The Onassis Cultural Centre, in collaboration with the Europeana Space Network, invites designers, artists, publishers, programmers, authors, poets, hackers and entrepreneurs to a marathon which will redefine the book. The book is redefined by focusing on four different parameter-challenges. Each...

The "Choco Factory and Museum" will open its doors on November 7 and will run until February 21, 2016. The theme park with educational and recreational content is located at the premises of HELEXPO, in Maroussi, which is in Attica,...

Complete Innovations co-founder and CEO Tony Lourakis is among the 116 nominees for the 2015 Premier’s Awards that will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, November 16, at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel in Ontario, Canada. During this year's ceremony, exceptional graduates...

The Greek island of Lesvos, located in the East Aegean Sea, has become well known over the past few months for the thousands of migrants and refugees that arrive at the island each day. Among those arriving everyday are children who are...

Greek police have arrested one person who was allegedly involved in Thursday's physical attack on New Democracy MP Giorgos Koumoutsakos. Koumoutsakos had been attacked by a group of protesters, during the Pontic anti-government protest that took place on Thursday in front of...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held a meeting with the authorities of Greek areas with a high concentration of refugees to increase cooperation and information sharing among the various sides. During the meeting, Tsipras noted that the situation that has developed is beyond...

United States Secretary of State John Kerry postponed a visit to Athens, scheduled to take place on November 14, as well as a visit to Cyprus. The visit has been postponed for a later uknown date, most likely in December, due to...

CNN has officially launched the Greek edition of their website, via a collaboration with DPG Digital Media, a Greek company that develops media brands. CNN.gr includes news and video footage about Greece and the world. The webpage is in the Greek language. “The...

The head of public prosecutors' Ilias Zagoraios on Friday ordered a preliminary investigation for the attack against New Democracy lawmaker Giorgos Koumoutsakos. Koumoutsakos has filed a suit against persons unknown. Meanwhile Greek Police has called for questioning eight people who...

Greece's delay in negotiations over reforms required by the bailout program has left many issues still open, rendering the disbursement of the 2-billion-euro subtranche highly unlikely, according to European Commission sources. The cancellation of the Euro Working Group teleconference scheduled between...

Design Delta Architects (DDA) owned by Greek-Australian Demetrios Stavropoulos has undertaken the task of constructing Australia’s first Byzantine-style Greek Orthodox monastery on Mangrove Mountain near Sydney. Pantanassa Monastery was first established under the initiative of Archbishop Stylianos back in 1976....

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reiterated his request that Greece and Turkey should conduct joint patrols in the Aegean, a proposal that Athens has rejected. Juncker spoke in Frankfurt on the occasion of his one-year anniversary in the Commission presidency. The...