Greek News

Famous Greek-Cypriot singer Anna Vissi is celebrating her 40th anniversary in the music industry and she will do it in style, as she will sing in a big event on the cosmopolitan island of Mykonos in the Cyclades, on...

The mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris, met with Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu. During their discussion, Boutaris mentioned that there should be an open mosque in Thessaloniki, while he also added that he intents on turning Alaca Imaret and...

According to estimates, the illegal gambling market turnover reached 5.5 to 6 billion euros in 2013, while at the same period legitimate gambling businesses showed a considerable decrease in revenues. The president of Greece’s Gaming Commission, Evgenios Giannakopoulos, who briefed the...

European Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn on Thursday stated from the city of Larissa in central Greece that future investments in the country should be well-targeted, especially in two vital sectors - energy and SMEs, “the backbone of...

More than 100,000 dollars worth of jewelry was stolen from a Greek Orthodox Church in Melbourne. Members of the Greek community were devastated, because the items had been left in the church over the years as gifts to the...

A London court ruled yesterday that businessman Kyriakos Griveas and his spouse Anastasia Vatsika must be extradited to Greece to stand trial in relation to an unsecured loan issued by Hellenic Postbank. This was after Greek authorities had asked for...

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Greece's main tourism body, has voiced concern over a European directive that limits subsidies and tax breaks for tourism investments as the GTP website reported. The president of SETE, Andreas Andreadis, at a press...

Deputy spokesman of the IMF William Murray said that representatives of Greece’s Troika of international lenders will arrive in Athens in the second half of September to begin the sixth review of the fiscal adjustment program. Asked to comment on...

People from all around the world are visiting Greece during the summer. The country has been graced with some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, which is one of the main reasons for its popularity. While most...

The world's largest, exclusively solar-powered boat, the Swiss-flagged MS "Tûranor PlanetSolar", sailed into Corinth, Greece, on Thursday. The 31-metre-long catamaran will stay docked in Corinth for three days before continuing its journey to the Ermioni area to take part...

A few days after his meeting with his Greek counterpart Antonis Samaras in Florence, the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi brought Greece's bailout as an example to denounce the EU power mechanisms. Greece was bailed out by the European Union because it had borrowed...

A Messerschmitt Bf 109, the main fighter aircraft of the Luftwaffe during the Second World War which was shot down in Crete, Greece, in 1941, has become a major tourist attraction for the lovers of diving. The aircraft is located off...

ATHENS, (AP) A police officer from Greece's antiquities protection department has been arrested and accused of being part of a smuggling ring that was trying to sell an ancient marble statue worth an estimated 1 million euros ($1.35 million). Greek...

The new line planned for the Athens Metro (Attiko Metro) will be 8.1 km long and will begin at Veikou Park (Alsos Veikou) passing through Galatsi, Kypseli, Evelpidon courts, Alexandras Avenue, Exarchia, Akadimia, Kolonaki, ending at Evangelismos, and will...

A Greek Police report on crime during the first quarter of 2014 showed a dramatic increase of 41.6% in financial crimes and a drop of 21.5% in crimes such as thefts, robberies, break-ins and homicides. According to the Greek Police report, compared to...