Greece

A sea of fans gathered to honor the life of Greek-American rapper Mad Clip, or Peter Anastasopoulos, at his funeral in Greece on Monday. Mad Clip tragically died in a car crash in the southern Athenian suburb of Vouliagmeni on...

On Sunday, the island od Samos bid farewell to the two unfortunate teenagers who died tragically when they were crushed by a wall during the destructive earthquake that hit the island on Friday. The 17-year-old Aris and 15-year-old Claire, high...

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece issued a leaflet on Wednesday, in which it expresses its strong opposition to the practice of cremation as "contrary to the Church's principles, traditions and customs." The leaflet addressed ''To The People''...

Black Friday hype has engulfed Greek consumers eager to take advantage of the sales offered by retailers. Introduced to Greek consumers in 2015, with mostly electronics stores entering the bandwagon, three years later it has turned to an event for...

Albania's Ministry of the Interior has labeled 52 Greeks who attended the funeral of Konstantinos Katsifas "undesirables", adding fuel to the fire which broke out with the killing of the 35-year-old Greek man by Albanian police. Albanian press reports that the country's...

Hundreds of people bearing Greek flags crossed the border with Albania to join relatives for the funeral of Konstantinos Katsifas,, which took place in his home village of Bularat (Vouliarates) on Thursday. The funeral for the ethnic Greek man who was...

Eleven days after his death, Konstantinos Katsifas' funeral is scheduled to take place in Bularat (Vouliarates) village on Thursday, November 8 at 1 o'clock local time. The body of the 35-year-old Greek man, who was killed after an exchange of...

The funeral for Sokratis S. Kokkalis is to take place at 11.00 a.m. on Friday at the Athens Cathedral, the Kokkalis Foundation has announced. An announcement issued by the family thanked people "for the great and moving tide of support"...

The funeral of Giorgos Baltadoros, the Greek fighter pilot who died on Thursday when his Mirage 2000-5 plane crashed in the Aegean, will take place today in central Greece. The 34-year-old father of two was originally from Morfovouni, a picturesque...

A Thessaloniki undertaker has told Greek Reporter how his live streaming of funeral services offers distant friends and family the chance to join a loved one's final journey -- even from another continent. The family business of Fanis and Vasilis...

Thousands of Greeks formed long queues from the early hours of Friday morning to take advantage of the discounts offered by retailers, on Black Friday. Shoppers in Athens, Thessaloniki and other major towns showed particular preference to electronic stores. At a...

On November 1, 1968 the death of emblematic political leader Georgios Papandreou gave about 300,000 Greeks the opportunity to get out in the streets and demonstrate against the cruel dictators who had taken over the country on April 21,...

In Texas a funeral was held for 22-year-old Bakari Henderson, the American tourist who was beaten to death on July 7 while on a photo shoot to launch a line of clothing on the Greek island of Zakynthos. Bakari recently...

Thousands of ordinary citizens, politicians and members of the government -- as well as friends and family -- were present for the last farewell to Greek statesman Konstantinos Mitsotakis, during the funeral service held in Athens on Wednesday afternoon. A...

The funeral service for former Greek prime minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis, who passed away in the early hours of Monday morning, will be held on May 31 (Wednesday) at 3 p.m. at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, with the honors...