Greek News

Vangelis Giakoumakis, the Greek student who committed suicide after being bullied by his fellow students, was buried yesterday in Rethymno, Crete. Thousands of people were present at his funeral to pay their respects and say their last goodbyes. Meanwhile, Greek...

A group of anarchists who were on a sit-in for the sixth consecutive day at the Athens Law School in downtown Athens, peacefully evacuated the premises after a no-arrest order was issued by the Alternate Minister of Public Order...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in Greek Parliament on Wednesday that the government will honor the popular mandate and fulfill all election campaign pledges, starting with the bill to tackle the humanitarian crisis that was tabled late on...

The new prison bill being currently under the government's consideration will pave the way for "November 17" key figure and convicted terrorist Savvas Xeros' release, 13 years after his arrest, due to health reasons. The Greek Justice Minister Nikos...

Former Greek Orthodox priest Adam Metropoulos was convicted of four counts of child sexual abuse in Bangor, Maine. A judge delivered the verdict on Tuesday, March 17. Metropoulos’ trial began on Monday with the testimony of a former altar boy...

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and SYRIZA MP and economics professor Costas Lapavitsas continued with clever quotes on the Greek debt issue, even though the former is in favor of the euro zone while the latter insists on a...

Main opposition New Democracy party will vote the humanitarian crisis bill, its leader Antonis Samaras said on Wednesday. "It is the government's responsibility how it will make use of it within the framework of the agreement with the partners,"...

Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, spoke about the situation between Greece and the Eurozone in an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt. Greece will not remain in the Eurozone at...

The annual Greek Community of Melbourne general assembly was held on Sunday, March 15 at the multipurpose room of Alphington Grammar School. The meeting included a discussion on the historic organizations’ future plans and activities. The members mainly focused on...

Former prime minister Antonis Samaras claims there are serious indications that his cell phone is tapped. According to what Samaras told his close associates, he is suspecting that the phone tapping started a few days before the January elections but...

The British Museum will be hosting an exhibition entitled “Defining beauty: the body in ancient Greek art” from March 26 to July 5, 2015. This major exhibition will focus on the human body and the way it was portrayed...

The Government Vice-President, Yiannis Dragasakis, argued in an article in the Financial Times published on Tuesday that Greece is not asking to be treated differently but to be treated equally. "It is a common belief that the Greek government is...

New tension has been created between Athens and creditors as the draft laws aimed at tackling the humanitarian crisis and giving debtors to the state the chance to repay in 100 installments have been considered unilateral moves, contrary to the...

Parliament President Zoi Constantopoulou announced the establishment of an Audit Committee of Public Debt in a joint press conference on Tuesday, with ruling SYRIZA MEP Sofia Sakorafa and Belgian expert on odious debt Eric Toussaint, in charge of the...

The Exarcheia area in downtown Athens was once again the field of riots as hooded men burned cars, smashed shop windows and vandalized bus stops. The riots started at night after about 1,000 anarchists marched from Monastiraki to Syntagma Square...