Greece
Archaeology
Greece's Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities Celebrates 40 Years
Greece's Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities on Friday celebrated 40 years of documenting and protecting the country's rich underwater heritage.
The ephorate presented the latest impressive findings of archaeological research of the 2015-2016 period in a conference at the Acropolis Museum....
Greece
Digging for Clues of Missing British Toddler Ends in Greece
British police have officially ended the excavation of the site on Kos island where toddler Ben Needham went missing on July 24, 1991.
The search was declared over on Sunday morning, exactly three weeks after it began. Digging on another...
Cyprus
Cyprus Issue: Convergences Achieved on Most Issues Discussed on Sunday, President Anastasiades Says
President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades said that on most of the issues discussed during Sunday's talks, the two sides achieved convergences. At the same time, issues that require clarification were forwarded to the negotiators for further...
Greece
Gov't Can't Give Solutions to the Country's Economic Problems, Says ND Vice President Hatzidakis
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) vice president Costis Hatzidakis accused the government of arrogance, deadlock manipulations and confusion over the TV licences in an interview with Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Sunday.
Hatzidakis went further to say that when the ND...
Economy
German FinMin Rejects Greek Debt Relief Talks Before 2018
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble acknowledged that Greece has made progress in reforms but, again, he rejected any talk on debt relief before 2018.
Despite the Greek government's belief that creditors will negotiate debt easing measures before the end of the...
Greece
International Arrivals to Greek Airports Soar in Sept
International arrivals to Greek airports “soared” from January to September, according to data released by the Greek Tourist Organisation (SETE). More specifically, arrivals to the main airports of the country rose 7.6 percent in the 9-month period compared to...
Greece
Greek Migration Minister Defends Government's Handling of Refugees
Greece's Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas defended the government's handling of the refugee crisis, although he admitted that some mistakes were made.
Mouzalas spoke at the SYRIZA Conference on Saturday giving an unofficial report of the administration's handling of the...
Greece
Continuing Tremors Force Ioannina Citizens to Spend Night Outdoors
Several aftershocks that followed the 5.3 magnitude earthquake that shook Ioannina on Saturday night forced most citizens to spend the night on the streets and city squares.
The main earthquake was followed by 4 more powerful aftershocks, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5...
Greece
5.5 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Ioannina in Northern Greece
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit northern Greece, near the city of Ioannina at 11:14pm local time according to the Athens Institute of Geodynamics. The epicenter was located 10km deep in the village of Pogoni, north west...
Economy
French President: IMF Chief was in Favor of Grexit
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde was in favor of Greece exiting the euro zone because its debt is unsustainable, wrote French President Francois Hollande in his new book entitled, 'A President Shouldn't Say That'.
"Lagarde is in favor...