Greece

Agriculture Minister Makis Voridis has rejected allegations of anti-Semitism leveled against him by the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS), the umbrella organization for Greek Jews. The General Secretary of KIS, Victor Eliezer, said to News24/7 that the...

His will to impose tougher penalties for offenses related to the health sector announced earlier today Greek Health Minister Makis Voridis, noting that instances of patients' blackmailing or doctors' bribery, which are currently categorized as misdemeanors, will be treated as...

The three-day parliamentary debate that will lead to a vote of confidence for the government begins today and the MPs will cast their vote on Friday at midnight. The first heated arguments have already started as SYRIZA opposition party reacted...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' appointment of far right-winger Makis Voridis as Health Minister in another Cabinet shakeup has riled the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism was upset that Samaras - whose initial failure to go after the...

Only days after Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras brought the PASOK Socialists into an alliance government with his New Democracy Conservatives - which he had said he would never do - the fragile administration has opened a wound after...

ATHENS – The building tension in Greece’s shaky coalition government boiled over in a Cabinet meeting, when PASOK Socialist Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos tangled with far Right-Wing LAOS Infrastructure Minister Makis Voridis over proposed changes in laws over the...

Five different financial resources will be granted to the fire victims of the Varympompi area after forest fires laid waste to their homes.

A new earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale shook central Greece at 20:38 on Thursday. The epicenter was near the town of Elassona.

The international community expressed its support after central Greece was hit by an earthquake measuring 6.0 Richter on Wednesday.

The procedure to cull a total of 2,500 thousand minks began in Greece's northern city of Kozani on Saturday. All 2,500 minks had contracted the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. The infected mink population is located in the village of Kaloneri of...

The Greek Parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a new law that makes serious animal abuse a crime that can lead to a maximum 10-year prison sentence. According the new provisions, people who mistreat animals will also have to pay "a...

Animal abuse will soon be punished as a felony rather than a misdemeanor, according to legislation planned by Agricultural Development & Foods Minister Makis Voridis, following a rise in such incidents lately. In a ministry statement on Thursday, Voridis said...

In response to the recent outrage over the horrendous torture of a dog in Chania, Crete, the Greek government has vowed to pass stricter disciplinary codes for animal abuse. The Minister of Rural Development and Food Makis Voridis has stated...

It was declared on Thursday that Greek cheese, including its iconic feta, is now exempted from customs duties imposed by the United States on farm products originating from the European Union, according to a statement released today by Greece's...

Greek authorities on Wednesday were put on alert after it was confirmed that a case of swine fever disease was recorded at a small family farm in the region of Serres, in northeastern Greece. The case, the first in the...