Greece

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon looks forward to offering his personal support to both Turkish leader of Cyprus; Mustafa Akinci and President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus. The two are set to enter into a crucial phase of negotiations, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in New York....

Facebook has added ancient Greek as one of the languages users can choose. Those who want to choose ancient Greek as their main language can do so by following these steps: "Settings" -> "Language" ---> Select your language  "Ancient Greek"...

Three Greek pupils with visual impairment won first prize in an international map painting competition. The international competition is titled the "Barbara Petchenik Competition" and the theme was "My place in today's world." Three pupils of the Special Elementary School for...

Political party presidents will not meet on Monday to discuss the establishment of the board of Greece' National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) as scheduled. The meeting is postponed and will take place on Thursday at 15:00, according to the...

"People's every day life is our top priority," stated Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday, addressing his new cabinet after Friday's reshuffle. Tsipras gave the signal for the completion of the second bailout program review saying that the aim...

More than 50,000 athletes will participate in the 34th Athens Marathon which will be held on November 13, following the historic route of Pheidippides, the dispatch-runner who brought Athens news of the Greek victory against the Persians at Marathon...

The island of Zakynthos, western Greece, is drowning in piles of garbage as garbage trucks have stopped collecting them for the past two weeks, after residents of Kalamaki blocked the entrance to the landfill in Skopos. The volumes of rubbish...

The emigration of Greek doctors abroad continues for the sixth consecutive year, despite the fact that public hospitals show alarming shortages. The majority of doctors who leave Greece for work prefer Europe. Most of them choose the United Kingdom, but...

The government reshuffle was done so that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras could find government jobs for his friends, New Democracy vice-president Adonis Georgiadis said on Saturday, noting that it mainly recycled old faces. “Yesterday’s government reshuffle confirmed all of ND’s...

Leftist groups on Saturday evening attacked police and vandalized banks and shops, demonstrating against the opening of Golden Dawn offices in Xanthi, northeastern Greece. Hundreds of demonstrators had gathered on Saturday evening in the center of Xanthi to protest the...