Greece

About 700 kilos of marijuana were located and seized by the Greek coast guard on a Turkish-flagged sailboat on Friday, after authorities responded to a distress call issued by the vessel stranded southwest of the island of Nisyros. The wooden...

Greek authorities announced that they have seized roughly two tons of Albania-grown marijuana on an Italian-flagged yacht destined for the Aegean Sea islands. The coastguard says the seizure followed a tip-off and took place early Friday south of the Greek...

Following a tip-off to the Greek Coast Guard a speedboat in western Greece was seized with almost a ton of marijuana onboard on Monday, according to Greek authorities. The coast guard found 920 kilograms of marijuana on the 10-meter inflatable...

In an article entitled “An innovative approach to the use of marijuana,” which was uploaded on Mr. George Papandreou’s personal website, the former Prime Minister of Greece congratulates Uruguay’s government on how it handled the issue of marijuana’s legalization. In...

The Greek police are looking for a drug-smuggling gang which allegedly abandoned 830 kilograms (1,800 pounds) of marijuana in a stash on a southern beach. According to a police statement, the drugs were found early Tuesday morning near the...

200 kg. of cannabis and grenades have been confiscated by authorities close to the Greek-Albanian borders in Amarados Koritsas. The perpetrators had placed their stash in the woods and then covered the items with plumes and plastic bags. Ten sacks with...

The Greek dance Zeibekiko is one of the country's most iconic dances, and although women do dance Zeibekiko, it is considered to be highly masculine. Although Zeibekiko was once strictly a man’s dance, women have begun to take part in...

Phaedon Georgitsis, one of the most famous actors of Greek cinema, died in Athens on Friday at the age of 80. He had been suffering from cancer for the last several years. Georgitsis starred in dozens of films in the 1960s...

Athenians and tourists can now buy cannabis products from a vending machine which was installed earlier this week in the center of the Greek capital. The machine, which is seen by some industry watchers as a potentially important part of...

Greek police have found a cannabis plantation at a prison farm in the northern town of Kassandra. Sixty plants, two meters high, planted by inmates were confiscated. According to reports, the inmates had also installed an automatic watering system in the...

Provisions for the production of medical marijuana products were introduced in a draft bill to the Greek parliament this week, with a vote planned for after the weekend. The draft law approves the production, possession, transport, supply of raw materials...

Plans to legalize the growing of cannabis for medical use were submitted to Greece's parliament on Wednesday. Athens is fast-tracking the legislation after ministers attended a medical cannabis trade fair last month. The government last year authorized the import of several...

The Greek parliament is expected to approve the medical use of cannabis in the coming weeks, a deputy minister has said, adding that the change would attract investment to the country. "In a few weeks' time, an amendment will be...

The first cannabis exhibition on Greek soil, opened on Friday at the Taw Kwon Do stadium in Faliro to raise awareness about the medicinal and industrial uses of the marijuana plant. The Athens Cannabis Expo 2018, running to January 14,...

The Greek government has initiated a debate over the legalization of cannabis for recreational purposes. Deputy Minister for Agriculture Yiannis Tsironis, said that cannabis should be cultivated legally, "even on someone’s balcony", provided that the user pays a fee to...