Greece

The British Council is marking the 80th anniversary of its activity in Greece with a series of events, it announced at a Wednesday ceremony attended by the British ambassador to Greece, Kate Smith. The British Council is the UK's international...

Members of the Greek Rouvikonas (Rubicon) anarchist group stormed the British Council offices in central Athens on Thursday morning, the latest in a spate of such incidents in the Greek capital. The group of around 20 people entered the premises in...

Katie Quartano, an administrative employee at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, and Paul Shaw an English language teacher received by the British Council an award for their website "Disabled Access Friendly." Their website provides free teaching material for ...

Roughly 150 works by 30 artists, including Keith Arnatt, Helen Chadwick, Peter Doig, Gilbert & George, Damien Hirst, Mark Titchner, Sarah Lucas and Mark Wallinger, will be on display in the exhibition entitled "Made in Britain: Modern Art from...

The Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday that Cyprus and the European Union authorities are preparing for a "disorderly" Brexit regarding the issue of the British sovereign bases on the island. Christodoulides said that an "interim solution" would be applied for...

Members of Greece's anarchist group Rouvikonas (Rubicon) attacked the offices of the British charity Oxfam in Athens as the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are on a three-day visit to Greece. According to reports, ten masked people smashed...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the terrorist attack outside the British Parliament on Wednesday, describing it as a "cowardly act" and noted Greece's support for the people of the United Kingdom: “We express our abhorrence at the heinous...

The upcoming EU Summit in Brussels dominated a meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with his close associates and the government's ministers on Monday, following the result of the British referendum as well as the conditions in Europe. The bill...

The possible redrawing of the Schengen Treaty zone will be discussed at an emergency European Union meeting on Friday, with Greece being in danger of being placed outside the Schengen borders, according to a Daily Mail report. Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg...

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday spoke on the phone and congratulated his new Greek counterpart, Alexis Tsipras. Cameron welcomed Tsipras’ intention to fight corruption and stressed the need for joint cooperation to combat terrorism. According to an announcement by the British...

The position expressed by the British Minister of State, Baroness Joyce Anelay, regarding measures that should be taken in order to lessen the so-called "isolation" of the Turkish-Cypriot community, has caused the fierce reaction of Cypriot Parliament President Yiannakis...

According to the results of  the British Department for British tourists travelling abroad, fewer incidents having to do with British tourists in need of consular services or Greek authorities have been reported this year. The coclusions of the report were...

Committed to reforms and reducing bureaucracy in the Greek public sector, newly-elect Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has appointed several technocrats to ministries with impressive resumes. Some of the new ministers and deputies in the government are not politicians but industry...

According to the study ''The shape of global higher education: International Comparisons with Europe,'' conducted recently by The British Council, Greek universities lag behind other European universities in regard to the number of foreign students they attract. The study focused...

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have arrived in Athens for an official visit that will run through Friday. After laying a wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Syntagma Square, Charles and Camilla held meetings...