Greece

Iran took control of two Greek ships in the Persian Gulf on Friday one day after Greece aided the US in seizing a cargo of crude oil from an Iranian oil tanker in the Mediterranean. The country's Revolutionary Guard announced...

A Greek man who returned to Athens from the Persian Gulf tested negative Tuesday for the deadly respiratory disease MERS, which has killed dozens of patients in Saudi Arabia. The 70-year-old was being treated in a negative-pressure room at Sotiria Hospital...

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar declared that his country is determined to defend its rights to the “Blue Homeland,” referring to the Aegean

Greek photographer Elias Chasiotis was the lucky man who was able to capture astonishing images in late December which appear to show giant red "devil's horns" rising up out of the Persian Gulf during a solar eclipse. The photos have gone...

The U.S. Air Force has deployed its B-52 Stratofortress bomber to Greece for the first time, according to a new statement issued by Naval Support Activity Souda Bay. “A B-52 Stratofortress bomber was diverted to land at Naval Support Activity...

The Foreign Ministry of Greece issued a statement on Tuesday evening calling for the immediate release of a British-flagged ship seized as it passed through the Straits of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. The Greek authorities called for the immediate...

Over the past several weeks at least four mega luxury yacht owners have chosen Perama, Elefsina or Halkida to undergo repairs, maintenance and even construction. Actually, unbeknownst to most Greeks, our shipyards are well-known among the mega luxury yacht...

It is imperative to have a technical-level agreement before the Eurogroup meeting on December 5 and discuss measures for debt relief by the end of the year, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and French President Francois Hollande both stated in agreement...

The arrival of Barack Obama in Greece on Tuesday marks the fourth visit of a U.S. President in the country, 17 years away since the last one. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first American President who visited Greece. Eisenhower came...

The Rhodes Conference for Security and Stability was concluded on Friday, with all participating countries expressing a desire to upgrade the initiative to an annual forum for dialogue, as well as its expansion to include the Arab states of...

After scientists and university graduates, corporate executives are ready to leave Greece and are seeking employment abroad. More than 5,000 CEOs, COOs and CFOs have submitted their CVs to specialized multinational employment agencies operating in Athens, according to a Kathimerini...

“Tourists in Greece will become extinct, as the country will become too hot -- not in the next summer or the summer after, but in a few decades,” Frankfurter Rundschau reports. A group of experts have studied the effects...

In response to the severe financial crisis, Greek academics decided to search for collaborations with foreign students and institutions to prove that they are still thriving. China is among the countries, which seem the most suitable of candidates. Many Chinese...

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, while on an official state visit to Greece, said "the attention we pay to Greece stems from our conviction that despite the difficult economic conditions the...

New research from the Academy of Athens argues that the Greeks actually chose Salamis after studying the area's climactic conditions.