Greece

A freighter crew operating under instructions from the shipping ministry's Search and Rescue Coordination Center rescued 41 migrants and refugees in a wooden boat 95 nautical miles southwest of Pylos, on the west coast of the Peloponnese, Greece. They...

A 32-year-old Indian crew member of the ship "Noor 1" has died, after he was rushed to Tzanio Hospital in Piraeus, Greece. The man was staying at the Drapetsona police station when he complained of feeling unwell on Saturday...

Olympiakos held a title fiesta for its fans at the Karaiskakis Stadium after trouncing relegated Kalloni 5-0, goals coming from the league’s top scorer Costas Fortounis and from David Fuster, Pajtim Kasami, Omar Elabdellaoui and Brown Ideye. The Reds...

Main opposition party, New Democracy has now entered the final stages for holding its 10th annual conference in a week's time, ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday. He said the conference slogan will be "Oxygen for Greece" and will make a "new start"...

Commenting on the ongoing negotiations with the creditor institutions to wrap up the review of the Greek economic program, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in an interview with the state broadcaster ERT broadcast on Saturday night, that the goal...

An earthquake of 4.2 Richter magnitude occurred right before 5pm on Sunday afternoon. According to first estimates the earthquake was 4.2 on the Richter Scale, however the Institute of Geodynamics classified the earthquake at 3.9. The earthquake occurred 25 kilometers Southwest of Athens, Greece,...

Charitos Moudoufaris, is the Starbucks barista whose design will be featured on the Starbucks cups for a limited time. Starbucks had recently run a competition, during which employees with an "artsy" side, were called to design on the cups and...

On the occasion of the Olympic Games, this year's International Monuments and Sites Day, which is celebrated every year on April 18th, is going to be dedicated to athletic heritage. The International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and UNESCO, have set...

Vima newspaper, published in its Sunday edition a recent poll by KAPA research, according to which New Democracy (ND) is ahead of SYRIZA by 4.4%. The majority of the participants in the poll (70%), see the negotiations with the creditors' negatively, three...

The finance ministers of France and Germany have voiced hope that Athens will soon reach a new bailout deal with its international lenders. Both also urged the IMF to continue its involvement with the debt issue. Creditors are hoping to...