Greece

It was August 15, 1940 when the Italian submarine 'Delfino' torpedoed and sank the Greek light cruiser 'Elli' at Tinos' port during the Word War II. World War II had been raging for almost a year in Europe, with Greece...

Hollywood actor and producer Tom Cruise expressed his love for Greece and Greek culture during a recent interview at the premiere of his new movie in London last week. Cruise, who is famous for performing his own stunts, is currently...

Nearly one third of all of the cruise ships in the world will stop in Greece this year, as stated by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). Greece has always been a popular destination for cruise ships due to its...

Piraeus, Greece's largest port, is looking forward to a much improved cruise tourism season over last year, according to Port officials.

Leading cruise holidays provider Royal Caribbean International has revealed its new state-of-the-art cruise ship, Wonder of the Seas.

Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) announced its resumption of Greece cruises out of Piraeus, Greece beginning in July of this year.

Oruc Reis, the Turkish research vessel at the center of the country's sea border dispute with Greece and Cyprus, was spotted just seven miles off the coast of the Greek island of Kastellorizo late on Thursday night. After illegally encroaching...

Greek health officials announced on Tuesday that all crew members of the Mein Schiff 6 cruise ship which sailed into the port of Piraeus were tested negative for the coronavirus. Owner TUI Cruises announced on Monday that the 12 crew...

A Maltese-flagged cruise ship is returning to the Port of Piraeus from the Aegean island of Milos on Monday after 12 crew members tested positive for the coronavirus. The "Mein Schiff 6" cruise liner, which is carrying nearly 1,500 passengers,...

Mykonos welcomed on Monday the "World Explorer", the first cruise-ship to dock at the cosmopolitan island after six months. The Portuguese-flagged ship, carrying 125 holiday-makers, is the first to arrive at Mykonos since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Mykonos Live...

Greek tennis champion Maria Sakkari cruised over No.22 seed Amanda Anisimova after only 55 minutes to book a place in the fourth round of the US Open. The No.15 seed won in rapid fashion by 6-3, 6-1 and became the...

Greek tennis champion Stefanos Tsitsipas eliminated wild card Maxime Cressy 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the fifth time. He had only won one US Open match entering this year’s event....

MSC Cruises on Friday announced the restart of its sea cruises in the Mediterranean from August 22, with the operation of two out of its 17 sea cruise vessels, adding three Greek ports to the schedule. MSC Grandiosa and MSC...

  The reopening of Greece's cruise sector beginning on August 1 was confirmed by Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis in a letter to the International Cruise Association and the three largest cruise companies which operate in Greece, including MSC Cruises, Costa,...

  The adoption of new European coronavirus directives to be observed by passengers and crew on cruise ships in Greek ports, still does not translate into the universal opening of the cruise sector in Greece, officials cautioned on Monday. The new...