Greece

The trial of the accused for connections in the “Cores of Fire” is in recess today.  This follows new tensions, accusations and terminations of the lawyers by the alleged members of the organization. The cause of the disruption was the rejection...

The Great Fire of Smyrna and the killing of dozens of thousands of Greeks and Armenians by the Turkish Army and renegades several years after the end of WWI still remains one of the darkest moments of Greek history. Nevertheless,...

The fires that have been burning in various parts of Greece have continued their destructive path for the ninth consecutive day.

Fires that burn across the island of Evia have displaced hundreds; please help the fire victims on Evia by contributing to our GoFundMe page.

Residents and tourists in Rovia were told to head to the sea as a "human dam" of firefighters attempted to hold back the fire on Evia Island.

Dimosthenis Karmoiris, a veteran Greek journalist who specializes in sports, was fired earlier this week by ERT.

More fires broke out late on Wednesday in what was left of the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos, as the government blames camp residents for starting the fires angered by the lockdown measures and isolation...

In what has now become a coronavirus tradition, scores of Athens firefighters assembled outside the city's Sotiria (Salvation) Hospital on Holy Wednesday morning to pay tribute to and thank all the doctors, nurses and paramedics who are battling against...

Nikos Toskas, the Citizens' Protection Minister, resigned from his post on Friday following the deadly fires that devastated resorts in eastern Attica on July 23. Toskas, who was under fire for the ineffective and uncoordinated way Greek emergency services coped...

A woman who lost her six-month-old baby in Greece's worst ever wildfires last month died in hospital on Friday, the country's health ministry said. The 35-year-old woman, who was the wife of a firefighter called from their home on July...

A new draft bill by the Ministry of Education which proposes changes in secondary education was the main topic discussed in a cabinet meeting on Monday, chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. During the meeting, Education Minister Kostas Gavroglou presented...

Today marks 92 years since the Catastrophe of Smyrna (Izmir) and the Great Fire that destroyed the city, causing the majority of Greeks in Asia Minor to flee their homes and seek shelter in Greece and other countries. Smyrna used to...

Olympiacos showed a glimpse of what to expect from its team in the next season at a match against AC Milan in Toronto, yesterday. The 3-0 beating of the historic Italian team by Olympiakos came with unforced plays, short simple...

A Greek court has convicted an elderly villager and four local officials on charges of negligence that led to 36 deaths five years ago in one of the country's worst-ever wildfires. Judges gave a suspended 10-year sentence to Sofia Nikolopoulou,...

In another sign of distrust, Greece’s international lenders have reportedly demanded that the government produce the names of the 2,000 workers who are expected to be laid off by the end of the year, and eventually fired, according to...