Greece

Born in Mournies, Chania on August 23, 1864, Eleftherios Venizelos served seven times as Greece's prime minister. For most people, he was viewed as the country's most important politician because he expanded Greek borders and brought Constitutional reforms that...

Although the Greek capital of Athens is full of ancient monuments and temples, its oldest standing house, the Venizelos Mansion, dates to the 16th century.

Former Deputy Prime Minister and prominent minister in successive Greek governments Evangelos Venizelos announced on Saturday that he will not run as candidate with the social-democrat ''Movement for Change'' (KINAL) party in the national elections of July 7. With a...

According to an article in the Greek newspaper Ethnos tis Kyriakis, the reason why Eleftherios Venizelos ferry was set on fire, a few weeks ago, was a short-circuit in a motor of a truck that was parked inside the ferry's...

After burning for three days, the fire that engulfed the island ferry Eleftherios Venizelos has been extinguished. The ferry's route connects Crete to the mainland Greece and it was in service at the time it caught on fire. Authorities say that...

Athens International Airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, is the second best airport in the world according to the latest annual ranking from AirHelp. AirHelp, a startup flight compensation company, based their ranking on three vital criteria to travellers - the quality of...

Athens International Airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, was recently certified by the independent carbon management program Airport Carbon Accreditation as being certified carbon neutral. This makes the airport the 25th certified carbon neutral airport in Europe. Niclas Svenningsen is the head of...

The Council of State on Thursday judged the removal and subsequent return of the antiquities discovered during the construction of the Thessaloniki's underground metro to Venizelos station to be fully legal and constitutional, dismissing objections raised by the Thessaloniki...

An event commemorating early 20th century Greek statesman Eleftherios Venizelos, as well as his son and three-time Greek prime minister Sofoklis Venizelos, was held in Hania, Crete, on Sunday. Among those attending were Economy Minister George Stathakis, main opposition...

MYTILENE, Greece – Crossing the Bosporus from Istanbul to Athens with a university colleague – one the daughter of Turkish immigrants, the other the daughter of Greeks – transported us through a poignant wormhole of parallels between the 20th...

The municipalities of Rafina - Pikermi, Markopoulo-Spata and Artemida appealed to the Council of State asking for the international airport Eleftherios Venizelos to pay retroactively from 2008 municipal fees and taxes. They argue that the tax exemption provided essentially by...

A Serbian citizen, who has been wanted since 2009 for committing a homicide, was arrested at the "Eleftherios Venizelos" Athens International Airport on Saturday. Greek police note that the 34-year old Serbian, who flew in from Thailand through Doha, Qatar, arrived at...

With a letter to the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the president of PASOK, Evangelos Venizelos expressed his disapproval over the transfer of PASOK’s MP in Corfu, Angela Gerekou to New Democracy. Venizelos wrote in his letter that he never...

PASOK's main aim is to receive the third mandate to form a government and be a catalyst for developments, party leader Evangelos Venizelos said on Saturday, speaking at a meeting with party secretaries at a central hotel in Athens, Greece. "PASOK...

Government Vice President and PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos in his article in Real News Sunday newspaper, proposes an agreement of national prudence if the national consensus is impossible" and re-tabled his proposal for election of Greece 's President of...