Greece

Almost a month after the police evacuation of ERT  on November 7, the new Hellenic Public Radio Television is moving into the premises of ERT. The process has begun and it appears that everything is progressing without a big fuss. Pantelis...

Karagiozis is the main character of Greek shadow puppet theater shows, and has been a constant for generations of children in Greece. 

Robert De Niro will soon be in Greece, as a major motion picture featuring the Hollywood star will be shot in the northern Greek region of Drama, cementing the country as an international filming destination for cinema and television. The...

The arrival of 6,000 – 10,000 asymptomatic travelers infected with COVID-19 during the tourist season is inevitable, noted Manolis Dermitzakis, a renowned Genetics professor at the University of Geneva Medical School. The professor spoke on Skai television on Friday, saying...

As Yorgos Lanthimos prepares for the big night to see if his latest film will win some of the ten Academy Awards for which it is nominated, one wonders if he had any idea he would ever get this...

The island of Lesvos, currently home to almost 10,000 asylum-seekers, will mark World Refugee Day on Wednesday, June 20 with a series of three concerts by the refugee children's orchestra "Connect By Music". With the participation of youngsters currently living...

If an outsider watched the news on Greek public television, they would think that Greece is already a country on the way to economic recovery and growth, governed by politicians with integrity, honesty and such love for the Greek...

Public television channel ERT announced on Monday it will no longer broadcast live the speeches or events of Golden Dawn MPs, while a committee will decide whether to broadcast recorded material. The decision comes after the furore caused over...

Greece has lost historic television presenter Kelly Sakakou as the TV personality has passed away following a series of health problems. Kelly first appeared in Greeks' living rooms some 30 years ago as a presenter on ERT. The once aspiring actress who...

Following appeals from taxpayers to look into the way in which ENFIA property tax is calculated in Greece, the country's highest court, the Council of State has ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. According to the Council of State, ENFIA...

New Democracy chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday pledged that he will slash the single property tax (ENFIA) by 30 percent within two years if his party comes to power. Mitsotakis gave an interview on SKAI television, one of the two...

The much-anticipated tender for broadcasting licenses started on Tuesday, with the Greek government auctioning four permits amid complaints and doubt. Eight candidates are bidding for 10-year nationwide licenses with 3 million euros as the starting bid. Bids will increase in...

State Minister Nikos Pappas said that the government's shakeup of television licenses is the correct route to follow in response to a question in Greek Parliament by socialist PASOK MP Andreas Loverdos. In his question, addressing concerns expressed by...

Children in Greece have suffered sharply deteriorating conditions over the past twenty years and child poverty rose by 6.3% between 1995 and 2015. In 2014, 25.3% of children were living in poverty in Greece, affecting some 424,000, reported UNICEF in...

Greek media owner Nikos Chatzinikolaou said that he will contest for a television channel license in Turkey in response to a Turkish media owner who claims to get a similar license in Greece. Chatzinikolaou announced his decision during his radio...