Greece

Lake Plastiras, located in central Greece, is known as "Little Switzerland" for its idyllic landscape that resembles the Swiss Alps. The stunning blue lake is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and verdant pine forests, captivating visitors at any time of...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is to return to Crans Montana, Switzerland on Thursday in an effort to rescue peace talks between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. Guterres goes to Crans Montana for the second time as talks between...

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Tugrul Turkes, responsible for Cyprus Affairs, said the Cyprus conference at Crans-Montana is held "forcibly" by the UN. "A meeting is again held at Crans-Montana -- forcibly. I have to use this expression 'forcibly,' by the...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon looks forward to offering his personal support to both Turkish leader of Cyprus; Mustafa Akinci and President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus. The two are set to enter into a crucial phase of negotiations, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in New York....

Greek journalist Alexandros Vellios confessed that he has just a few months to live and wrote a book about his personal battle with cancer, titled "My Death and I - Right to Euthanasia." The writer says that while writing...

The Greek Ministry of Culture announced on Wednesday that the Greek state will receive a 6th century BC Greek silver octadrachm coin that had been illegally smuggled into Switzerland from Greece. The coin, according to the Culture Ministry, hails from the ancient area of Visaltia, located in...

Greece is not one of the countries that have asked Swiss authorities to release on the web the names of suspected tax evaders who have bank accounts in Switzerland. Switzerland has started uploading on the internet the names of Swiss...

On January 11, Cyprus and Switzerland signed an agreement on the import and repatriation of  the antiquities of two countries that date back to prehistoric times and up to 1500 AD. The agreement which comes into effect from Saturday on, prohibits  the...

According to the economist Gabriel Zucman, the deposits of Greek citizens in Swiss banks are amounting to 60 billion euros. The French professor of the London School of Economics and researcher at the University of California, Berkeley published his book...

  Greece “climbed” in UEFA’s Country Coefficient Ranking after Olympiacos won and progressed to the knock-out phase of Champions League. Olympiacos Piraeus F.C’s win over Anderlecht combined with the qualification of the Greek team in top 16 of the Champions...

Greeks hold deposits of 200 billion euros in Switzerland, while Greece emerges as the “big loser” of tax evasion. The Austrian newspaper Der Standard dedicated an article to tax evasion in Greece, referring to the large deposits of rich Greeks...

Already in detention, sentenced to eight years in prison for failing to disclose his wealth, and facing more serious charges of money laundering and corruption, former Greek defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos is being investigated by Swiss prosecutors trying to...

Blood donations in Greece are insufficient to cover high blood transfusion needs. Switzerland, Greece's main blood donor, will reduce blood donations forcing the Greek government to take measures to motivate more people in Greece to donate blood on a regular basis. According to the...

The new sponsor of the amateur football team Voukefalas in Larissa made many supporters smile. The team’s football players wore pink jerseys with the name of the new sponsor printed on. Voukefalas' new sponsor, owner of a brothel, Chrysoula...

Greece on Monday said it was reviving efforts to conclude an accord with Switzerland in order to tax Greek bank account holders there, as central bank data showed a large outflow of deposits abroad. "The Swiss government has been asked...