Greece

Influential Greek women have played a crucial role in Greece's history since antiquity -- read on to learn about ten women who shaped Greece today.

Greek women are making a difference -- whether it's in the realm of politics, science, business, philanthropy or sport.

In Greece, six women have been murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in just seven months.

President of the Greek Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou posted a Facebook message on Wednesday marking the International Day for Eliminating Violence Against Women. The first-ever female in that position stated "Violence against women, physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence, violence...

The Greek Parliament was lit in orange on Saturday to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is annually observed on 25 November. "In Europe alone, 16.5 million women fall victim to violence every year,...

The Republic of Cyprus is currently considering the ratification of the Convention of the Council of Europe on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, which opens the path for creating a legal framework at a pan-European level to...

Merchant Marine Minister Militadis Varvitsiotis has denied accusations by migrants who survived the capsizing of a boat full of immigrants that it was being dragged back to Turkey at full speed, not to safety, and that Coast Guard officials...

November 25 has been established by the U.N. as  the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The phenomenon of domestic violence incidents are shocking and unfortunately  still occurring widely, especially in Greece. The International Day for the Elimination of...

From the age of 14, a young girl was raped systematically by the 51-year-old lover of her mother. The teenage girl has been suffering 4 years of torture from her mother's lover; her mother not only tolerated the situation but...

 A new study conducted this summer by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality showed a 47% increase in cases of domestic violence against women in Greece. At the opening ceremony of the new Women’s Support and Consultation Center in Kavala,...

Some 220 Turkish women came to Thessaloniki to mark a Woman's Day celebration on March 8 at the Grand Hotel Palace where they were welcomed by Mayor Yiannis Boutaris and Seçil Doğan, Vice Consul of the Turkish Republic. The event...

On March 8, the day that marks International Women’s Day, some shocking information came to light. According to SOS 15900, a telephone line for immediate advice for all women victims of violence, more than 7,000 women in Greece have been...

The Greek SOS 15900 national helpline for women victims of violence received more than 5,000 calls and 37 e-mails asking for help during its first year of operation, according to figures released by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality...

International Women’s Day was honored yesterday by the Greek Parliament, during a meeting that was held in the plenary session. In his opening statement the President of the Greek Parliament, Filippos Petsalnikos, pointed out that “the Greek Parliament symbolically honors...

A 56-year-old doctor running a private clinic in Larnaka was arrested with the charges of rape, using anaesthetic to commit a crime, sexual exploitation of adults and possibly minors, and reckless and negligent acts, after a 26-year-old woman filed...