Greece

Romeyka is a dialect of Greek spoken in the region of Trabzon (Trapezounta) and Pontus, around Turkey's Black Sea coast. Researchers say it bears striking resemblances to ancient Greek dialects. Its speakers are Muslims but many also trace their lineage...

Nikos Chardalias, the Greek Deputy Minister for Civil Protection, announced on Friday afternoon that the waterfront promenades in two major Greek ports will close in the coming days to promote social distancing. The waterfront promenade of the city of Volos,...

Authorities in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, have imposed a partial lockdown of the promenade as thousands of people ignored appeals for social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The decision comes after Thessalonians crowded the promenade last...

Greek tennis giants Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari failed to make it to the Internazionali BNL d'Italia finals in Rome, losing both 0-2 to Rafael Nadal and Karolina Pliskova respectively on Saturday. Tsitsipas the 20-year-old Greek tennis wonder did not make...

Maria Nitsa is the first student with Down syndrome to pass the exams and enter a Greek university. Nitsa, who also has diabetes, struggled for 12 years with mathematics, chemistry and ancient Greek, but finally managed to pass in the...

Popular support for the eurozone has climbed to its highest since 2004 according to a new polling by Eurobarometer, which points to growing optimism and trust in the bloc, but Greeks remain among the least optimistic Europeans about the...

An exhibition on Egypt's culture and its influence on the Greek and Roman culture will be held from March 27 to September 9, 2018 at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, USA. The largest museums of the world will...

President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, called today on the EU leaders to respect the commitments they undertook in signing the Declaration of Rome, with particular emphasis on the principle of solidarity and the implementation of the...

According to the report 2016 Eurobarometer Survey on Media Pluralism and Democracy, Greeks have very little to no trust in the national media. The data revealed that only 26 percent of the country's population finds the national media trustworthy. Also addressed...

Greece's creditors need to meet their commitments in order to agree on specific measures for the Greek debt relief by the end of 2016, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday while addressing the Euromed Summit held in Vravrona,...

On October 24-25 in Varavrona, Greece, the Euromed Summit 2016 of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions will be tackling several economic and social issues before agreeing on the adaptation of a final declaration at the conclusion of...

Most visitors to Greece relate to its ancient past through monuments, museums, or, if they are really motivated, through books. Few, if any, are ever exposed to a real life display of faith in the twelve gods or ancient...

The Party of European Socialists has postponed its leaders meeting in Rome for Friday on account of the EgyptAir MS804 plane crash. Greek Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was to attend the meeting that would have...

Eight out of ten Greeks distrust the government and the overall political system, a new Eurobarometer survey shows. The new report by the survey body of the European Commission also shows that Greeks do not trust mass media, and television...

Cyprus' support of the common currency rose by 8% to 50%, a few months before the island's 10 billion euro financial assistance program concludes in March of 2016. According to a Eurobarometer  survey issued by the EU Commission, 50% of Cypriot respondents said...