Greece

The new €100 and €200 euro banknotes officially entered circulation across the Euro Area on May 28. The European Central Bank (ECB) can now pride itself for having developed some of the world's most sophisticated security features for currency. The...

  A 42-year-old Italian national was arrested on the island of Mykonos accused of having counterfeit banknotes. According to police, during a police operation on Thursday evening police officers found in the Italian national's possession 15 counterfeit 20-euro banknotes which had...

Stefanos Andreadis is a Greek artist who feels strongly against the current situation in the European Union. Looking for a way to express his disappointment toward the institution, Andreadis thought outside the box. Since last February, the young Greek artist has been...

Greek traders are warned to beware of fake 50 euro banknotes after police in Crete seized forgeries that experts say were likely printed in Bulgaria. Greece's Financial and Economic Crime Unit claimed that the counterfeit banknotes seized in Crete were manufactured in Bulgaria and fully resemble forgeries found...

Four Dutchmen, aged 20, 22, 22 and 24, were arrested by Greek authorities for holidaying in Crete with fake banknotes. The four men were celebrating and paying with counterfeit money when a bar keeper of the Hersonissos region realized...

10.000 fake banknotes have been confiscated by the police on Corfu. The authorities received information regarding counterfeit money being used by two Romani. Thus after careful surveillance, the two were arrested. After an Attorney's decision, an investigation is now being carried out to discover the whereabouts of the lab or...

Georgios Papanikolaou, born in Kymi, Euboea in 1883 and the son of a doctor, invented the ‘Pap smear’ in 1943 and has saved the lives of countless women.

It was on Sunday, April 27, 1941, when German troops entered Athens. The capital's residents remained stubbornly locked up in their homes. The hoisting of the Nazi swastika flag on the Acropolis marked the beginning of the German Occupation. Soon,...

The Hellenic (Greek) Police announced on Saturday that they had arrested three men accused of being involved in the theft of €4.2 million (4.65 million dollars) from the premises of a security company in northern Greece, in January. The Kavala...

Citizens of the newly-renamed country of North Macedonia may, as of Thursday, travel to Greece only with their normal travel documents. The extra papers used in the past as a passport replacement in order to enter Greek territory are no...

Hellenic Police announced on Thursday morning that they have broken up a criminal group that is accused of smuggling large quantities of cocaine using sailboats in different parts of the world. The investigation was completed in cooperation with the Ecuadorian...

According to a study published by the Greek Ombudsman, the Greek state has increased the number of confiscations of bank deposits in recent years, in an effort to collect taxes and social security contributions. The Greek Ombudsman has received a...

Ten years ago, in 2008, Greece had the 13th place among the European States who share the Euro as their currency, regarding the taxes-to-GDP ratio. After 10 years and three bailout programs from the International Monetary Fund and the...

  Greece has vowed to keep its primary budget surplus -- the balance before debt servicing -- at 3.5 percent of GDP until 2022 according to a document released describing the country's post-bailout strategy. The 106-page document, which was presented at...

Greece will auction a 12-month Treasury bill issue next Wednesday, the first such auction to be held since April 2010. The move is designed to gradually replace three-month T-bills in order to improve the yield curve in the Greek state...