Greek News

Greek Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis appeared highly critical of the northern European countries' migration policy, accusing them of turning Greece "into a theater of mass transit for hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria." As the debate over Greece's moves...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has highlighted that the Cyprus problem talks must resume away from any threats and blackmail, Cypriot government spokesperson Nicos Christodoulides said in a written statement issued on Tuesday, just four days ahead of President Nicos Anastasiades' visit to...

His belief that if the negotiations between Greece and its European partners do not conclude to a positive result, Europe will face more problems than Greece expressed Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis. In an interview to Greek...

The first trilateral meeting between representatives of the social partners and the Greek government over labor legislation is underway at the Greek Labor Ministry. The restitution of the power of collective bargaining and the timetable for the gradual restoration of...

The initial agreement for the construction of the new natural gas pipeline that will start from the Greek-Turkish border and will reach central Europe via Greece – a project with knock-on effects for the Greek economy – is expected to...

Omonoia Square and surrounding streets in downtown Athens, Greece, turned into a camp for refugees and illegal migrants as hundreds were transferred in the capital from the islands where they landed. A large number of them are refugees from war-torn...

The German government declined on Wednesday a report saying that Berlin is formulating a plan to keep Greece in the Eurozone even if it defaults on payments to creditors, said Reuters. According to an article published in German weekly Die...

The scheduled trip of Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis to the United States and his alleged meeting with President Barack Obama has prompted Wall Street Journal international finance writer Ian Talley to comment satirically that the Greek official is going to...

A strong 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook Cyprus at 11:25 am (local time). The high-intensity tremor, followed by continuous aftershocks, was felt across the island. The earthquake epicenter was located in the sea area 18 km southwest of Paphos (112 km southwest of Nicosia)...

Nika Agiashvili, the director who brought us the story of famed Greek-American entrepreneur Van Vlahakis in "A Green Story," recently released his new film "Tbilisi, I Love You." "Tbilisi, I Love You" was produced by the father-son team of Davide and Nika...

Families in Greece pay more taxes and social security contributions than any of the 34 OECD member-countries. According to a study conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), single people in Greece pay less taxes than families. The study...

Students from the Greek school Zografeion Lyceum in Istanbul, Turkey, visited the Greek town of Ioannina where Christakis Zografos, their school's founder, used to study at Zosimaia School. Tomorrow, April 16, for the first time in the Greek school’s 121 years...

Famous British luxury holiday website aluxurytravelblog.com published an article praising the Greek islands, which are a very popular destination for people in the UK. The article focused on “three lesser known Greek Islands worthy of a closer look.” Fist on the...

The Greek Supreme Court's prosecution on Tuesday denied the petitions of four German nationals asking for the withdrawal of an indictment ordering them to stand trial for a Siemens kickbacks case. The petition was filed by Roland Koch, Reinhard Herbert Siekaczek,...

The Greek economy is expected to grow faster, while fiscal deficit will fall further and unemployment will decline this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its World Economic Outlook report. IMF is expecting Greek GDP to grow from...