Greece

The long and honorable history of the Greek Presidential Guard (also known as Evzones) goes back to more than 150 years ago to December 12, 1868, the day it was established in the modern Greek state. This distinguished, battalion-sized military...

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou visited a number of Greek-speaking villages in Southern Italy this weekend. Sakellaropoulou visited villages in Salento, Italy, where the Greek dialect of Griko is still spoken by thousands of people. The Greek President was welcomed to the...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is visiting Greece on Thursday ahead of a trip to Turkey that he will take in early March. Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou welcomed her Israeli counterpart to Athens. Herzog is in Greece as part of an...

Maisy Biden, one of the granddaughters of US President Joe Biden is in Greece for her vacation, it was reported on Wednesday.

President Sakellaropoulou paid a visit to Areopolis  to attend the celebrations for the Bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence today.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent very mixed signals in his remarks to European Union ambassadors at the presidential palace complex in Ankara on Tuesday. He stated glowingly that "Talks with Greece can usher in a new era," and that he...

In a symbolic gesture, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, will be among the first individuals to get the Coronavirus vaccine on Sunday. Sakellaropoulou is not the only one to be vaccinated on December 27, though, as Greek...

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, in a Christmas and New Year message for Greeks of the diaspora on Thursday, noted that "2021 is arriving and raising our hopes for an end to the pandemic and a gradual return to normal...

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou visited the remote island of Kinaros in the southeastern Aegean on Wednesday and met with its sole inhabitant, 75-year-old Rinio Katsotourchi. "Rinio symbolizes this year's Christmas," Sakellaropoulou said. "She is lonely, but brave. This is how...

President of the Greek Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou posted a Facebook message on Wednesday marking the International Day for Eliminating Violence Against Women. The first-ever female in that position stated "Violence against women, physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence, violence...

In early November, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou officially adopted a stray kitten named Calypso from the island of Karpathos, making the tiny feline the very first stray cat ever adopted by a Greek President while in office. Sakellaropoulou first met...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday in Athens in a further show of the increasingly cordial relations between the two Mediterranean countries. After the meeting, the Greek leader stated "Trilateral...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades congratulated on Saturday his "good friend" and "friend of Cyprus" Joe Biden for his election. "Congratulations to my good friend and friend οf #Cyprus #US President-Elect @JoeBiden. My best wishes for a most successful and productive...

While the world feels numb from the ramifications of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, all eyes are turning to the United States for today's 58th presidential election, probably the most important in the post-war years. What is certain...

The President of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, honored Greek American Andreas Holevas, who volunteered to serve as an Evzone, at a ceremony in Athens on Tuesday. The 28-year-old wrote a unique chapter in the long history of Greek-Americans by obtaining a Greek...