Greece

A Cyprus government spokesman said on Monday that Turkey’s activities within Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) are tantamount to an attack on the island. Speaking to Skai TV, Prodromos Prodromou said that although it could not be confirmed that Turkey...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday that Greece and Cyprus will push their EU partners to penalize Turkey, including the possible option of sanctions, if Ankara is verified to have started drilling for gas west of Cyprus. Addressing the...

Greeks, along with other southern Europeans, feel lonelier and are more socially isolated than Western and Northern Europeans, according to a recent study by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. These surprising results came to light as...

The island of Ikaria is famous throughout Greece for her "Panagiria", a series of traditional feast days that celebrate the Saints' name days and other religious holidays. People come to Ikaria from far and wide during the summer months to...

Mykonos is mostly known to international tourists as the Greek island of glitzy parties. Thousands of visitors arrive during the summer months knowing that they are going to get little to no sleep while there. The island’s small town has grown over the...

Greek chef Akis Petretzkis broke a Guinness World Record Thursday in Thessaloniki when he cooked up 3,378 burgers in the space of a single hour. Petretzkis and his team assembled the 3,378 burgers, the last stop of the Coca-Cola &...

Residents in the western Greek city of Patras were left scratching their heads in amazement on Friday as dozens of Ferraris roared around the streets of the port town. Around 40 vehicles, universally seen as a symbol of speed, luxury...

Marine biologists in Greece have recently launched a program to control a highly toxic fish that has been spotted in the Aegean in the last few years. The Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), a governmental research organization, has expressed...

Panathinaikos eased past Promitheas at the OAKA Indoor Hall on Friday, thrashing their visitors 111-77 to win the Basket League title with a 3-0 score in the best-of-five finals. For the Athens giants this was the 38th time in history...

Heads of European Union Mediterranean states offered full support on Friday for fellow EU member Cyprus as Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the country's natural gas exploration vessel Fatih has started “drilling right in the west of...