Greece

Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis decried the influence of social media, especially with the youth, saying it was “bad for our democracy.”

Reporting on Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou's recent visit to the Greek Island of Kastellorizo on the 77th anniversary of its liberation from the Nazis, CNN published an article with the headline: "Greek President Provokes Turkey by Visiting Tiny Island...

A study that was recently conducted by the ''Safer Internet Center'' which belongs to the Foundation for Research & Technology of Crete presented some interesting and somehow shocking results about the use of the internet by Greece's minors. According to...

Greek professional tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas, currently ranked seventh in the world, has decided to take a time out from the distracting world of social media and is shutting down all his accounts to declutter his life. The 21-year-old, who has...

A group of Greeks have created an electronic database with photos and names of missing persons following Monday's devastating fires east of Athens. By late afternoon on Tuesday there were 25 people missing, whose names and photos have been uploaded to...

Greek parents spend more time on social media than their children, a new study by the Greek Internet Security Center says. The study results were publicized on the occasion of the World Safer Internet Day, February 6. "We must necessarily be...

Controversy has erupted after a pupil at the opening of an Albanian-medium school in Crete was pictured with a Tirana official wearing a t-shirt bearing a map that claims part of Greece for Albania. According to Cretan website FlashNews.gr the...

Turkish team Besiktas will be playing opposite Olympiakos in phase of "16" of the Europa League as a result of the draw held on Friday afternoon. It is the second Turkish team that will be playing against Olympiakos after Osmanlispor...

Want to know where to go for a taste of authentic Greece? When in Athens, the place to visit is Misirlou, a new hangout in the Northern Suburb of Halandri where you will find an array of specialty Greek...

As of early Wednesday, Tropical Storm Malakas was centered 650 miles east of Manila, Philippines, and was moving gradually west-northwestward towards Japan. Named "Malakas" meaning storm in Tagalog, whereas the same word means "wanker." Social media caught fire with...

Deputy Health Minister Pavlos Polakis continued his verbal attacks against journalists in social media by bullying SKAI TV journalist Pavlos Tsimas. On Saturday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke at the Thessaloniki International Fair and then answered questions from the press....

Actress Nia Vardalos,whose parents are Greek Canadians, is putting her visit to Greece on display. Vardalos, who is perhaps best known for her leading role in My Big Fat Greek Wedding has been using her Instagram account to exhibit the country's beauty. Vardalos has posted...

Forty-five travel, lifestyle and urban bloggers from Germany, France, UK, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Poland participated in Blogtrotters 2015, an annual event for the promotion of Greece and especially Thessaloniki, Halkidiki and Mount Olympus. This year, the event...

More than one in 10 Greeks is an active user of social media such as Facebook or Twitter, according to a survey unveiled on Tuesday by the firm InNews SA. According to this, as ANA reports, there are 1.5 million...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on April 22 five measures to lower taxes and social security contributions for the country, effectively a reversal of tax hikes imposed by the previous government. They are aimed at individual entrepreneurs, legal entities, businesses,...