Greece

While the heroes of the glorious 1821 Revolution fought and died for freedom, there were Greek politicians who betrayed them for money and high positions. These were politicians who usurped the glory of the real warriors of the 1821 Revolution...

Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis posted a picture on social media with his father, Pavlos, who was murdered 31 years ago today by the November 17 terrorist group. "You may have flew away thirty-one years ago, but every day I touch...

Whereas most legislatures around the world have suspended their operations due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Hellenic Parliament is continuing its activities, albeit with extra precautions. Political leaders on Thursday clashed over the Covid-19 outbreak and the government's response to...

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called on all government ministers and ruling New Democracy lawmakers to contribute half of of their wages for the next two months to a special fund in the battle against coronavirus. Mitsotakis's appeal comes as...

Second World War resistance fighter-turned politician Manolis Glezos, was under observation in the intensive care unit of Athens' NIMTS hospital on Thursday, after suffering from breathing and neurological problems. Glezos is best remembered for his heroic act, together with Lakis Santas...

U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, underlined that the U.S. and Greece are steadfastly dedicated to deepening their bilateral relations While speaking at a reception to mark the 4th of July held on Monday evening in Thessaloniki, Pyatt said that...

Prominent academics and politicians signed an open letter on Wednesday calling on the Greek government to put an end to the endemic violence in university campuses throughout the country. Paris-based Byzantologist Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, political historian Thanos Veremis, wrote in their letter...

Ever since the administration of Alexis Tsipras resigned and called for early elections, now scheduled for July 7, Greece's Syriza and New Democracy Parties have been in a state of pre-election war with each other. The departing party claims that...

Greek politicians on Sunday urged the millions of Greeks who are eligible to vote for the European and local elections to go to the polling stations and exercise their democratic right. The President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos on...

Alexis Tsipras Following a longstanding tradition, children from schools all over Athens sang Christmas carols to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his wife Betty Baziana at the Maximos mansion on Monday morning, Christmas Eve day. https://twitter.com/PrimeministerGR/status/1077185717980270594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1077185717980270594&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amna.gr%2Fen%2Farticle%2F320604%2FChristmas-carols-to-President-Pavlopoulos Tsipras sat with the children at...

The leader of Turkey's opposition party Iyi (Good party) on Wednesday threatened Cyprus with invasion following the country's drilling for natural gas in its Exclusive Economic Zone, the boundaries of which are disputed by Ankara. Speaking in the Turkish parliament,...

A former MP for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey was arrested by Greek police in the northeastern border town of Orestiada on Wednesday, for illegal entry into the country. Leyla Birlik, 44, intends to apply for asylum...

Former Greek politician Virginia Tsouderou, who had served as a deputy foreign minister in a New Democracy government between August 1991 until October 1993, died on Monday at the age of 94. Tsouderou was the daughter of Emmanouil Tsouderos, the...

Greece's parliament decided it was not competent to probe the allegations against 10 prominent politicians, including two former prime ministers, over the alleged scandal involving bribes by Swiss drugmaker Novartis. Lawmakers decided my a secret ballot that the parliament has...

The FBI investigation on Novartis case focuses on crimes that violate U.S. law. There is no FBI probe on Greek politicians in regards to the Swiss drugmaker, said U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt. The U.S. official made the comment...