Greece

According to an article on news247.gr, many important reforms in family law will be imposed. First of all, a child will no longer take necessarily the father’s surname. In cases where parents can not reach an agreement regarding the...

Senior members of the Greek authorities are being sued by a woman who lost her husband, son and daughter in July's deadly Attica fires. Varvara Voukaki's lawsuit is directed at seven officials, including Interior Minister Panos Skourletis plus the former heads...

The first lawsuit by the family of two victims of the East Attica fires was filed against the Greek State on Wednesday. The lawsuit is directed against Secretary General of Civil Protection Yannis Kapakis, Governor of Attica Region Rena Dourou,...

The family of Lawrence Durrell spent four important years on the idyllic Greek island, using his experiences there for the rest of his life.

A four-member Greek family are a YouTube sensation through their often funny, and even more often unlikely adventures as they tour the globe.

George Bizos, the Greek-South African human rights lawyer who fought apartheid and saved Nelson Mandela from a death sentence during the Rivonia Trial, died on September 9, 2020. In honor of the great lawyer, residents of Bizos's hometown of Vasilitsi...

Greek adoptee Linda Carol Trotter, through The Eftychia Project, provides assistance and support to Greek adoptees searching for their roots.

Greek nurse Gabriel Tachtatzoglou has set up an ICU at home to care for members of his family who are infected with the coronavirus.

In response to the recent outrage over the horrendous torture of a dog in Chania, Crete, the Greek government has vowed to pass stricter disciplinary codes for animal abuse. The Minister of Rural Development and Food Makis Voridis has stated...

Greeks born abroad keep the customs and tradition of Greece, but this doesn’t mean that Greek citizenship is a matter of course.

The Venetsanos winery, above the port of Athinios, overlooks the magnificent caldera of Santorini. One of the oldest wineries on the island, it has a long tradition and is today a major exporter, particularly to Russia. The winery was built...

The shocking weekend mob attack on elderly Thessaloniki mayor, Yiannis Boutaris, is the latest incident of politically motivated violence to have underscored a widespread sense of lawlessness in Greece. Boutaris has repeatedly angered hardliners with controversial and blunt statements on...

The Greek parliament announced on Friday that it is "adopting" the two children of Giorgos Baltadoros, the pilot of the Mirage 2000-5 jet that crashed into the Aegean on Thursday. In practice this means that Baltadoros' widow and the two...

Turkey on Thursday said it views new Greek legislation which changes the way Islamic law is implemented among the country’s Muslim minority with “concern”. In a statement Turkey's foreign ministry warned Athens against infringing upon the prerogatives of elected Muslim...

Changing a century-old legacy, the Greek parliament voted overwhelmingly to make the practice of Islamic sharia law in family disputes optional for the country's Muslim minority on Tuesday. The bill on Sharia law is a historic step for Greece, Prime...