Greek News

A new museum displaying international contemporary and modern art will soon open its doors in the heart of Athens. Opening on Wednesday, October 2, after twenty-six years of planning, the time has finally come for the long-awaited opening of the...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in New York on Monday that Greece aims to shut down all of its lignite-fired power plants by 2028. The announcement was made during the PM's speech at the UN Climate Summit, where a series...

The transportation of more than 300 refugees and illegal immigrants who arrived from Turkey to the small island of Symi began this week. All the individuals will be moved to already-established migrant camps across Greece. Following repeated complaints from Symi mayor Eleftherios...

A startling public exchange between Nikos Christodoulides and Mevlut Cavusoglu, the respective Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Cyprus and Turkey, took place in front of the press in New York on Monday. The two officials spoke together for more...

Monday's shocking announcement that the British tourism giant Thomas Cook had collapsed has sparked fears across Europe in the countries where the firm had booked thousands of accommodations and tours, among which Greece holds a prominent place. According to the...

Greek police admitted on Tuesday that the arrest of a Lebanese man on suspicion of participating in the hijacking of a TWA flight in 1985 happened as a result of mistaken identity. The 65-year-old man is now planning to return to his...

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck an area of the Mediterranean south of the island of Crete on Tuesday morning. The European Mediterranean Seismological Center calculated the strength of the tremor as 5.6 on the Richter scale,...

A series of violent thunderstorms swept across most of the Ionian islands and western parts of the Greek mainland on Tuesday morning. Two men have died so far as a result of the storms. A 35-year old Pakistani national succumbed near...

Despite the cloudy and rainy weather, thousands of people marched in central Athens on Tuesday morning, participating in the 24-hour general strike declared by the country's largest labor unions. Athens buses, trams, and the Metro line 1 (from Piraeus to...

A Greek-Australian student has amassed a tidy sum by becoming a social media influencer, making $73,461 Australian (45,276 euros) every year that she has been in high school. Tia Christofi, an 18-year-old from Melbourne, currently has more than 3,000 YouTube...

By signing the "Principles for Responsible Banking" on Monday in New York, Greece's Piraeus Bank joined a coalition of 130 banks worldwide in committing to taking on a crucial role in helping to achieve a sustainable future. Speaking with the...

Addressing the United Nations Climate Summit in New York on Monday, Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that Athens will hold an international summit at the level of heads of state and governments to address the risks posed by climate...

President of Colombia, Iván Duque Márquez spoke exclusively to Greek Reporter at the 2019 Concordia Summit in New York, a few hours after a meeting with Greece's Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis at the United Nations. The Colombian president said that...

Greece's former corruption prosecutor Eleni Raikou accused former deputy Justice Minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos on Monday of intervening in her work while she was a prosecutor. Back in 2017, Raikou was the first-ever official to accuse Papangelopoulos of trying to interfere in...

Natasha Bertaud, deputy chief spokesperson of the European Commission, said on Monday morning that the EU is ready to mobilize anything it can to assist Greece to confront the recent massive increases of illegal immigration onto its soil. All the...