Greek News

The Greek Coast Guard was informed early in the morning of March 24 that a fishing boat had washed ashore at the rocky area around Cape Mouzaki in Ermioni, Greece. The reasons that caused the boat to sink and then...

European Parliament President Martin Schulz said on Tuesday that he expects Greece to reach a new financing agreement with its creditors within a week. Greece is in urgent need for cash as state coffers are emptying fast and there is...

The Athens International Airport ("Eleftherios Venizelos") was named "Airport of the Year" in the 10-30 million-passenger category by internationally acclaimed web portal Air Transport News, at an event that took place in Geneva. Air Transport News is the only entity...

The government is seeking the return to the Greek state of 1.2 billion euros from the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) and, according to government sources, the money may possibly enter the Greek state's coffers in the coming days. The...

The government has positively assessed the meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel that took place on Monday. “We return from Berlin happy because Mr. Tsipras above all posed a number of issues to Ms...

Greek government anti-corruption chief Panagiotis Nikoloudis is investigating 80,000 wealthy Greeks who are suspected of having at least 200,000 euros each in undeclared funds in bank accounts abroad. The SYRIZA government has pledged to tackle tax evasion. On Monday's meeting with German...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras returned from Berlin optimistic that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will support Greece's efforts to come to an agreement with its European partners over the Greek debt. Despite the fact that on the burning issue of...

The ancient theater club at Tokyo University has organized the production of “Epitrepontes” an ancient Greek comedy by Menander which will be presented for the second year in Tokyo, Japan on March 25 and 26. The play will take place in...

Nothing new came up at the meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, the country's main opposition said, following the two leaders' joint press conference. "It is obvious that nothing new...

Alexis Tsipras became today the first Greek Prime Minister to raise the issue of World War II reparations at a top level, during his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. As the leftist Greek Premier said, the long-standing dispute...

United States Secretary of State John Kerry released a statement highlighting the "shared values" of Greece and the U.S. on the occasion of the 149th anniversary of Greek Independence. Read the full statement below: "On behalf of President Obama and...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who was welcomed in Berlin earlier today, held a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, after the second meeting the two leaders held in a period of just five days. The Greek Premier...

The European Central Bank’s expanded asset purchase program, better known as “quantitative easing” (QE), is starting to make headway across the EU, ECB President Mario Draghi told Economic and Monetary Committee MEPs on Monday. Draghi also reported on the...

The Republic of Cyprus will only resume to the negotiation table with the Turkish-Cypriot side once the reasons it withdrew cease to exist, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides explained yesterday. As he said, Turkey will be the only one held...

The Turkish Air Force has proceeded to yet another provocation earlier this morning, by repeatedly violating the Athens FIR. A formation of six Turkish F-16 fighter jets entered the Athens FIR at 11:04 a.m. The aircraft flew over Anthropophagi island...