Greek News

The EPCC team of the University of Edinburgh has been awarded first place for the application HPL (High Performance Linpak), used mainly in supercomputers, in the ISC Student Cluster Competition. The team consists of three Greek students, Emmanuel Farsarakis from Crete, Konstantinos Mouzakitis from...

The spokesman for the European Commission, Antoine Colombani, has confirmed the meeting of the Greek government's officials with the Troika of international lenders in Paris. Colombani said that a preparatory meeting will be held in Paris in early September between the...

On Tuesday, the Greek government and the Federation of Hellenic Enterprises –Greece’s largest employers union -- agreed to launch a direct communication line between them in order to cooperate in resolving the problems of Greek industries and to increase...

Greece acquired its first two solar boats. The boats will be used for leisure trips in the protected areas of Small and Big Prespa lakes in the Greek borders with Albania, in the framework of the transnational project entitled "Green Boat." It...

More than 2,500 Turkish visitors are expected by the end of the week in Thessaloniki to celebrate the Bairam, the completion of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting of Muslims. The Customs Office in Evros border has already been overwhelmed by...

Many children end up living as orphans due to femicide crimes, which are the subject of a study conducted by the University of Cyprus in cooperation with other European Universities. According to the study, a homicide caused by a man...

Turkish Airlines, voted Europe’s Best Airline for the fourth year in a row, brought the excitement of its globally recognized “Kobe vs. Messi: The Selfie Shootout” advertising campaign to The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Convention 2014.

More than 1,000 climbers, journalists and tourists will be disappointed this year after the Central Archaeological Council of Greece (KAS) banned a climbing festival from taking place in the rock formations of Meteora in Central Greece. The annual climbing contest,...

Addressing a unique audience of artists and friends of the arts, Greek choreographer and director Dimitris Papaioannou presented the first part of his last performance, "Sisyphus," proving that he is an artist of international prestige. The performance was part of the...

Disciplinary councils in Greece are letting off easy doctors who have received briberies. At the same time, despite dozens of complaints about doctors who receive briberies, only 12 have been prosecuted in the last two years, according to data from...

Greece and Cyprus should be the pillars of regional stability and security, main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday after a meeting with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades. "I had the opportunity to be briefed by President Anastasiades on...

Greek Minister of Education Andreas Loverdos will meet with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos to discuss the issue of university self-financing through research and tuition fees for undergraduate studies in English for foreigners. As the Greek...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras requested that the next meeting with the troika of international lenders will take place in Paris on September 3. At the end of the month a small-scale evaluation will take place in Athens and...

Chobani has lost its appeal against Fage in the two companies’ long-running legal battle over the term “Greek yogurt.” The Court of Appeal today announced it had sided with Fage, maker of Total Greek Yogurt, in finding that “Greek yogurt”...

The “Selling An American Dream: Australia’s Greek Café” exhibit will be returning to Sydney’s Hurstville Museum and Gallery from August 2 to September 28, 2014. Curator and historian Leonard Janiszewski and photographer Effy Alexakis have documented the historical and contemporary...