Greece

The two "eternal enemy" teams will face each other for the 16th time in the finals for the Greek Basket League tonight. The Greek Basket League finals open tonight, with Olympiacos hosting Panathinaikos at the Peace and Friendship stadium in...

Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports is granting two stadiums in Athens for Muslims to gather for Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, on Friday. According to a Kathimerini newspaper report, the two spaces provided are the Peace and Friendship...

Muslims in Greece's capitals will be able to come together for the Eid al-Fitr celebration as the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs said on Thursday, that it is allocating space at two stadiums in Athens, according to ekathimerini...

Three special gastronomic events will take place in Athens, the "Athens Food Festival" at the Peace and Friendship Stadium (SEF), the "Greek Flavors Festival" at Technopolis, and the "Gastronomy Days" at the Benaki Museum, while the "Sani Gourmet Food Festival"...

Some of the biggest names in the international music industry are heading to Greece this summer. Here is a list with the biggest concerts and festivals set to take place in Athens and Thessalonik in 2014: Gogol Bordello, May 8. A Gypsy punk band known for...

Ramadan, the Islamic holy month, has arrived. The Education and Religion Ministry announced that Olympic Stadium (OAKA) and the Peace and Friendship Stadium (SEF) will be at the disposal of the Muslim Union to host their Ramadan celebration. The Muslim...

The tenth annual festival celebrating Greek-made honey and other apiary products opens its doors this Friday, December 7, at 19:00 local time (17:00 GMT) at the Exhibition Hall of the Stadium of Peace and Friendship in Faliro, Athens. Agriculture and Food...

Basketball in Greece was mediocre until June 14, 1987, when the National Team won the EuroBasket and Greeks fell in love with the sport.

All the details concerning the Olympic Flame and Torch Relay Ceremonies, which will take place in Greece in March, were presented on Monday at a special informational event held at the Hellenic Olympic Committee in Athens. It was disclosed there...

The first phase of the ambitious reconstruction of Faliro Bay is almost completed and the plans for Phase B have been presented, with the Attica Region now seeking the funds needed for its implementation. The plans for Phase B are...

Only a few kilometers from the center of Athens, much of Attica's coastline, from Mikrolimano in Piraeus to Sounio, is currently a construction site as the bold project to rejuvenate the spectacular seashore area is now under way. The coastline...

One of the major public transport options in Athens, the tram, will be operating an abbreviated itinerary for an indefinite period as a result of drainage works to be performed along the tram's route. Specifically, the tram will not operate...

He may not be a household name but Greek table-tennis player Panagiotis Gionis strives to achieve something only a handful of athletes have achieved in their careers by participating in his fifth Olympiad. Speaking to the Greek Reporter Gionis, born...

The passing of Grigoris Bithikotsis on April 7, 2005 marked the end of the era of the great Greek folk singers (laikos tragoudistis) and songwriters. Voices like that of Bithikotsis belong to a different time, to a different Greece. The...

The 13th Pan-Hellenic Festival of Pontian Dances; organized by the Pan-Pontian Federation of Greece and the Association of Pontian Societies of Southern Greece and Islands on Saturday, was a great success. Thousands of people gathered at the Peace and Friendship...