Greek News

A recent report from Europolitics, a Brussels-based European affairs daily publication, regarding an alleged European Parliament plan over a possible Grexit, which was later annulled by European Parliament President Martin Schulz, caused Greece's firm reaction. SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis characterized the revelation as...

The Hellenic Museum of Melbourne “resurrected” Socrates for a retrial. Almost 2,400 years after the famous Greek philosopher was sentenced to death by poison, he was once again put to trial in Australia, in the presence of some of...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble's latest provocative statements on Greece and the ongoing negotiations with the country's international partners as well as on his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis, has caused a strong reaction in Athens. In what is seen...

Archbishop Ambrosios of Kalavryta created controversy after launching a verbal attack on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble over their harsh stance against Greece in the bailout negotiations. The archbishop is a supporter of new Prime Minister...

Google has announced the expansion of the program aimed at helping Greek tourism grow, according to a recent press conference. The initiative “Grow Greek Tourism Online” started early in September 2014, in Crete, where more than 650 local tourism...

During an interview with Greek journalist Nikos Evangelatos, Greek economist and Independent Greeks member Giorgos Romanias claimed that the reports on which the bailout program insurance measures were based are unacceptable. “They decided on wage and pension cuts because...

For the second consecutive year, the 30-year-old Greek businesswoman Dimitra Markogiannaki was named one of Australia’s top female entrepreneurs under 40. Dimitra “Demi” Markogiannaki was born in and raised in Athens, though her parents originated from Kalavryta, Peloponnese and Chania,...

The discussions with the institutions, on a level of technical officials, over the clarification and specialization of the Greek government's proposals start on Wednesday in Brussels. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet the OECD head Angel Gurria on Thursday...

The Greek government is raising the issue of changing the current framework for loans to political parties while SYRIZA deputies Stathis Panagoulis and Nasos Athanassiou are asking for details over PASOK and New Democracy's loan obligations. "The issue of bank...

Almost 400,000 documents of rare archive material are now in the hands of the cross-parliamentary committee responsible for claiming war reparations from Germany. The archive material belongs to the Greek Armed Forces and it was acquired by the U.S.A. The...

The draft bill to rehire public-sector workers sacked by the previous government, abolishing "anti-democratic" memorandum laws on disciplinary action and other labor issues and for the pilot implementation of the Citizen's Card will be unveiled for public consultation in...

Greek National Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Tuesday referred to the annoyance expressed by Turkey as regards his visits to military units and underlined that they were carried out on Greek soil and on Greek islands and that he...

Earth Friendly Products, a leader in the eco-friendly cleaning products arena revealed a new look for its products at the 35th annual Natural Products Expo West. The world's largest natural, organic and healthy products event, took place March 4-8...

The Greek government supports the initiative to set up once again and upgrade the inter-party parliamentary committee to demand the WWII reparations as well as the forced loan from Germany, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a speech to Parliament...

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) approved on Tuesday the transfer of 555 million euros from the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) to the Greek State, sources said. The funds come from the dividend payments of preferential shares that banks received...