Greece

Hundreds of people on Kos spent the second night sleeping outdoors in fear that strong aftershocks will follow the earthquake that killed two people and injured about 500 early Friday morning. Residents and tourists were too afraid to return to...

Two tourists were killed from the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Kos in the early hours of Friday. A 39-year-old Turk and a 27-year-old Swede were standing outside the White Corner bar on Nafklirou Street in Kos, when the quake...

Kos fire service rescue chief Stephanos Kolokouris has confirmed to Greek state television that the two people killed on the island were from Turkey and Sweden. Turkey’s deputy prime minister has named the Turkish national killed in the earthquake as...

Swedish tourists appear to complain more than any other after their visit to Greece, while most of them stated they were unhappy with Greek restaurants and hotels. The information was made public at an event to mark the 10th year...

Ioannis Ikonomou, a Greek translator, is not the average polyglot who speaks four or five languages, he speaks 32 -- 16 of them fluently.

Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirmed on Monday that no flights from the UK and Sweden will be allowed until 15 July. The decision was reached during a meeting with officials, ahead of the country's opening to tourism on July...

By Alex Waltner The self-proclaimed Swedish Nomad, is a devout Greece fan. Here, the professional travel blogger and photographer from Sweden presents his 35 reasons to visit Greece. Want to visit Greece? Good choice! It’s a fantastic country that offers everything...

A Greek court on Friday, convicted two men who are members of the terrorist group Islamic State, and sentenced them to 15 years imprisonment. A Komotini court in northern Greece ruled that the two men are guilty as members of...

Greek police are investigating the two jihadist terrorist suspects who were arrested in Alexandroupolis on Thursday while trying to cross to Turkey. One of them is believed to be "Maximus," a man known to European authorities as a possible...

The place of the stars is in the sky and they are there to inspire imagination and romance... But when the "stars" decide to come to Greece, they set off a frantic explosion among the cinephile public. From Sophia...

It seems that Sikinos, a small Greek island in the southern Cyclades, has charmed many Germans, Norwegians and Swedish, who have bought abandoned houses and renovated them to enjoy the island’s serenity in spring and autumn. About 15 foreigner families...

An international network of militant Trotskyists, the politically passionate heir to a Greek shipping fortune, an adventurous 1969 escape from confinement in Greece under the Colonels: these are the larger-than-life elements of The Amorgos Conspiracy, in which Greek-American author...

An increase of over 16 percent has been recorded in tourist arrivals at the Rhodes airport in May, compared to the corresponding period last year, according to data publicised on Friday. According to the figures, a total of 210,273 tourists...

The arrivals in the island of Rhodes during the last month were increased up to 8 %!  According the report published by the airport "Diagoras", the arrivals of tourists  from foreign countries  were 237,516 against 220,035 in June 2009....