Greece

Greek swimmer Apostolos Papastamos, from Chania, Crete beat the World Junior Record and Championships Record in the final of the men’s 400 Individual Medley in Budapest on Saturday night. The 18-year old broke the Greek national record of 4:14.41, set...

Three Greek international footballers, included in the country's squad in an away draw with Hungary yesterday, were involved in a fatal car accident while on their way back home from the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Hungary and Greece produced a time-wasting...

Rigas Feraios was a Greek revolutionary who fought in the mountains and worked as a writer, merchant, and revolutionary agitator in the wide Balkan Diaspora forming in the states neighboring the Ottoman Empire. He had done it all. Like so...

Constantine Karatheodori (September 13, 1873 –  February 2, 1950) was a Greek mathematician known for his contributions to real and complex analysis, the calculus of variations, and measure theory. He is considered to be the greatest Greek mathematician since...

Warm air masses moving north from Africa are now bringing unseasonably high temperatures and sunny weather to Greece and most parts of Central and Eastern Europe. Central and southern parts of Greece have already been experiencing temperatures higher than 19 and...

The two Greek representatives in the Europa League group stage, Olympiacos and PAOK, lost away from home to Real Betis and Chelsea respectively on Thursday. Olympiacos’ hopes of reaching the last 32 of the Europa League remain delicately balanced after...

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology's (EIT) Awards promote innovation and encourage entrepreneurs from all around Europe by putting the most innovative ventures, entrepreneurial graduates, innovation teams and women from the EIT community in the spotlight. This year’s winning...

Greece's debut on Saturday in the new UEFA tournament, the Nations League, was successful after a 1-0 win against Estonia, despite a mediocre performance in the second half. The Greek national team did just enough to score a goal in the...

Olympiacos Piraeus were the big winners in the water polo European championship final beating Italian giants Pro Recco 9-7 in Genoa on Sunday night. This is the second time the Greek water polo team wins the LEN Champions League trophy...

Greece has refused to take back refugees from Germany, in violation of the Dublin Treaty, says Germany’s Passauer Neue Presse. According to the report, in response to a question by Germany's Left party (Die Linke), the ministry of the interior...

Low-cost Wizz Air will launch a new daily flight linking Athens with London, starting on April 29, 2018. The Budapest-based airline will carry out nine low-cost flights from Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" to London, Budapest, Sofia, Vilnius, Cluj-Napoca, Kutaisi...

Greece's national team in the men's water polo tournament at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest has made its way to the semi-finals after a glorious game against opposing team Montenegro, where it prevailed in both offense and...

Aid worker Isaac Kwamy, head of the emergency response group NetHope (an alliance of aid groups and corporations that provide technology services during humanitarian disasters) says that few migrants and refugees call for food and water when he visits...

After an amazing run, Olympiakos suffered its only defeat of the season during the final of the LEN Champions League on Saturday night in Budapest. The season concluded with Olympiakos closing an impressive record having finished with 37 wins, three draws...

Dozens of academics, analysts, politicians, journalists and trade unionists throughout the world have appealed to European leaders and European institutions - including those conducting the ongoing negotiations with Greece - to change their stance and agree to disburse loans...