Greece

Dimitsana is a delightful medieval village, located in Arcadia on the Peloponnese in southern Greece just three hours by car from Athens. The picturesque village is at an altitude of 1000 meters (3,280 feet) which means it can see a...

The EuroPride 2020 event, which had been scheduled to take place in Thessaloniki, Greece in June will have to be postponed, it was announced on Tuesday. The organizers have said that they still do not know when the event will take...

Thousands of people marched on the streets of Thessaloniki on Saturday, June 22 to mark the city's 8th Pride celebration. This year, Thessaloniki Pride commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York, when people at the gay...

Athens Pride 2019, Greece's 15th LGBTQ festival that took place at Syntagma Square on Saturday was a celebration of diversity and honored slain gay activist Zak Kostopoulos. This year's Athens Pride also was in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of...

Two people taking part in Thessaloniki's Pride event on Saturday were verbally assaulted and thrown into the sea, police have said. Greek police also say they made four arrests after the incident in which two people taking part in the...

The Greek Parliament was lit with the colors of Athens Pride on Saturday evening for  the annul parade of the LGBT community that took place at Syntagma Square. The 14th Athens Pride, and the second at Syntagma Square, was endorsed...

The leader of Greece's main opposition party has said he "personally defended the right of the citizens to protest freely, peacefully and democratically, as provided in the constitution". New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said: "The expression of national pride by...

More than 13,000 people participated in the 2017 Thessaloniki Pride parade, which concluded this year's festival held over four days, with the slogan "It's a matter of education". Participants gathered at the city's emblematic White Tower and marched through the...

The Greek capital hosted the main gathering of its annual Athens Pride event on Syntagma square on Saturday. Since the first Pride rally in 2005, the aim of the festival has been to elevate the visibility of LGBTQI persons in...

SYRIZA welcomed on Friday the Athens Pride parade in the Greek capital which will be held on Saturday afternoon, saying it will participate in the events planned. “The change of consciousness, the breaking of stereotypes, accepting diversity, tackling social racism...

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos congratulated Thanasis Konstantinidis on winning a second medal for Greece at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Early on in the games, Konstantinidis had won a gold medal in the Men's F32 shot put. His second...

The 5th Thessaloniki Pride Parade began shortly after 20:00 (local time) at the White Tower as a group of rainbow-colored participants flowed onto the streets of Ethniki Amynis, Tsimiski and Venizelou streets, passing through Nikis Avenue before reaching the...

Members of the Greek Orthodox Church held an all-night prayer vigil on Thursday, ahead of the Thessaloniki Pride Festival due to take place at the capital of Macedonia from June 24-25. The festival has been denounced by church members...

With music, dancing and plenty of joy, thousands of people in Athens, Greece, of various ages sent out the message that the rights of homosexual people should be equal to heterosexuals during the 12th Annual Edition of Athens Pride. The Pride...

Bishop Amvrosios of Kalavryta is clearly not pleased with the creation of a poster advertising Gay Pride Thessaloniki depicting the Crucifixion with hearts bearing the message "no hate." Outraged, the bishop referred to the poster advertising Gay Pride for...