Greek News

Hundreds of Shia Muslims gathered in Piraeus, Saturday, October 24, to commemorate the holy day of Ashura, mourning the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (the founder of Islam). The ritual is special and different from the cult...

Greek Health Minister Andreas Xanthos addressed the poor condition of the Greek National Health System (ESY) during an interview with Greek newspaper Kathimerini. “A large number of clinics have barely enough staff, so the smallest loss could upset the balance,” Kathimerini quotes...

The Greek parliament legislated on Saturday evening a new bill that reforms rules and regulations for the operation of the media in Greece. Among the bill's prescriptions are the conditions for the provision of broadcasting licenses to interested television stations. The MP's for the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government were the...

Greek pharmacists across the country are planning to protest outside Greece's Ministry of Health on Monday at 1pm in a 24-hour strike, reacting to the government's measures that aim to enable non-pharmacists to open pharmacies. The General Assembly of the Panhellenic Pharmaceutical Association,...

By Catherine Tsounis Catherine Tsounis is a published author of Greek descent and a travel enthusiast who gives us insight into the Byzantine influence in Russia through her recent travels there. From late September to early October, I saw the masterpieces...

An infant, a six-year old child, and a woman drowned on Sunday in their attempt to reach the coast of Lesvos. 13 are missing as well when a plastic boat overturned around 6:00 AM. 50 people were on the boat, which sunk...

The economic depression in the Mediterranean – and especially Greece – has dominated Europe’s headlines in the last several years, leading many businesses to bankruptcy and people to unemployment. Two years ago, Greek London-based lawyer; Joanne Skoulikas quit her successful...

The troika has requested corrections and new measures that need to be implemented before the upcoming Eurogroup of November 9, where the Eurozone finance ministers will assess Greece’s overall performance during the first months of the bailout program.  Five specific areas...

A report by Crashonline.gr has compiled data that sheds light into the extent of human trafficking within Greece and the Europe. There are 20,000 women who are currently being trafficked in Greece, including 1,000 minors aged between 13 and 15, the report notes....

The European Commission is planning to create a huge refugee reception center in Athens, Greece, to address the great influx of migrants in the country, according to German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel. The center is designed to host 40,000 - 50,000 people...

A huge inflow of migrants and refugees to Athens continued on Saturday as more than 2,500 people arrived to Greece's capital from the Greek island of Lesvos. Despite the extremely bad weather conditions last week - and ignoring the high drowning risk- smuggling boats...

A 43-year-old mother of two children was found dead on Saturday morning in the area of Freattyda in Piraeus, after her car was swept away in a flash flood on Thursday in Kamatero, a suburb northwest of Athens, Greece. The woman is said to...

Fitch Ratings upgraded on Friday Cyprus` long term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings (IDRs) to `B+` up from `B-` with a positive outlook. The international rating agency says in a press release that the issue ratings on Cyprus`...

The New York marathon is right around the corner. People from around the world will flock the streets of the United States' biggest city in ten days. Among those who will attempt to reach the finish line are two Greeks running...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Greek Yogurt Market in the US: Trends, Size, and Forecast 2015-2019" report to their offering. The Greek yogurt market in the US to grow at a CAGR of 5.01% over the...