Society

The National Technological University of Athens (NTUA) has reopened after its administrative employees ended their long-standing strikes asking for the reinstatement of their suspended colleagues. This development allows students to return back to their classes and finish the academic semester. On Tuesday University represantives stated that...

Former Attica Bishop Panteleimon Bezenitis was found dead at Vgethi beach, Keratea, in northeastern Attica, on Wednesday, July 2. According to Greek news, the former Bishop lost his life while swimming in the region, where his summer-house is located. The body was...

The employees of Greece's state-controlled power utility PPC have announced that they will proceed with rolling strikes starting from Wednesday, July 2 in response of the Greek government’s controversial privatisation plans.  Stamatis Relias, the head of PPC's biggest trade union GENOP-DEH, reported that the union...

Two premature babies of German origin who were born in Greece, gave the chance to Greek doctors to once again prove their professionalism. About one month ago, when a German neonatologist, who was pregnant, came to Greece for holidays with her ​​husband, no...

The 6th Primary School of Thessaloniki was transformed into an artistic masterpiece after the school teachers and pupils decided to paint it all over, with representations of works by famous artists. Dimitra Djani, the school's art teacher stated: “Many...

Greek prison guards decided to continue their strike action until July 1, in an effort to make the State deal with the serious problems in the Greek  prisons. According to Union figures, the overcrowded Greek correctional institutions have to deal with...

The Greek Civil Aviation Authority suspended its already announced 48-hour strike, for Monday and Tuesday, June 30 and July 1. Their representatives stated  that “Our goal is not to create problems in the local society.” According to the Federation of Hellenic...

Omikron Project - a volunteer group from Greece working to tackle the country’s international image crisis - has released a new map of all the grassroots groups in the country. The map, which can be found on Omikron Project’s website,...

A gynecologist working in Filiates hospital was sentenced to a two years in prison for accepting a 300 euro bribery, or “fakelaki” (envelope) as the Greeks call it, in order to perform an unnecessary surgery to a 83-year old...

Greek electricity power company's GENOP-DEH Board of Directors has decided to go on rotating 48-hour strikes to protest against the draft legislation for the creation of “minor DEH,” which is expected to be presented to the relevant Parliamentary Committee...

Just weeks before gearing up to prepare for the World Cup, USA team player Kyle Beckerman was getting ready for another important moment in his life: marrying the lovely Greek-American Kate Pappas. The couple, who met in 2009 on a...

The 85 year-old Christos Chnaris from the Greek island of Crete, is considered a respected man as he has helped dozens of blood feuds (or so-called vendettas) to come to an end, as he has helped many rival families...

Approximately 15,000 applications were submitted electronically in just 18 days in regards to ASEP’s recent notification of 149 job openings. The Greek Finance Ministry, has 149 staff positions which will be filled by candidates that hold a higher, technical, or secondary...

Crete is a place where people are accustomed to celebrating weddings by firing a gun into the air, and although this isn't the safest way to celebrate, a discussion on banning weapon possession and use is out of the...

Shocking data released by the General Confederation of Greek Workers Union GSEE reveals that the exploitation of unemployed Greeks is on the rise.  Working conditions for hundreds of thousands of workers in Greece can be characterized as unprecedented and resemble...