Greek News

The Greek Parliament has approved a bill splitting state utility Public Power Corporation (PPC) by carving away a subsidiary and selling it to private investors. The Parliament's first summer session, consisting of one-third of the total of 300 MPs, approved the...

ATHENS, (AP) — A Greek appeals court has increased the sentence imposed on a local taxi driver over the stabbing death of a British teenager holidaying on the resort island of Zakynthos, Greece. The 23-year-old driver, Stelios Morfis, was convicted...

The German newspaper Deutsche Welle published an article today, June 9, on Greek artists, focusing on how they have dealt with the economic crisis in Greece. It has been one year since the state television and radio broadcaster ERT was...

Greek universities scored very low in the world rankings, while also scoring low on a European level. The top ten universities in the world are mainly from the U.S. As for Greece, the University of Crete got first place, according...

There are poor people, there are successful people and in between there are bureaucrats. It is not the first appearance of this New Class in world history. At the moment, it resembles a social class that used to exist many...

Golden Dawn MP Nikos Michos has been placed under house arrest after a dispute between the prosecutor and the investigating judges, concerning whether he should be placed under house arrest or taken into custody. The Golden Dawn MP appeared today, July 9, at the...

With a long announcement, Facebook thanked the Greek Police and especially the Cyber Crime Unit for the arrest of two Greek hackers, 31 and 27 years old, who created the virus "Lecpetex" that damaged thousands of computers around the world. Facebook administration stated that...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece says it will issue a three-year bond following its successful bid to tap debt markets in April after a four-year absence. A finance ministry statement Wednesday said the bond "is expected to be launched and...

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen praised Greece for the fact that along with the United States, the United Kingdom and recently Estonia, are the only “allies that invest at least 2 percent of Gross Domestic Product in defense,”...

An application by the Committee for Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments and Acropolis Restoration Service allows a virtual tour in  Greece's most important monument, the Acropolis. The virtual tour of Acropolis consists of high-resolution pictures and panoramas of important Greek monuments...

No, it is not a joke, but Mykonos is running out of water! One of the most popular summer destinations worldwide, the cosmopolitan Greek island of Mykonos is facing serious water shortages. It is estimated that the water resources of...

Greek Public Order and Citizen Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias attended an EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers' Council meeting in Milan yesterday, where he addressed the issue of illegal immigration. He stressed that there is the need for a joint...

An Athens prosecutor investigating alleged cases of fraud in Greek soccer has been given the “green light” by the Judges' council to use as part of his investigation wire-tapped telephone conversations. It is believed that these conversations point to...

Greece, a country surrounded by sea, is a place where residents should be at ease with the sea and aware of its dangers. However, each year the number of Greeks drowning in the sea is rising. Although the summer...

“Playing with Fire” is a new documentary by Greek director and actress Anneta Papathanassiou who decided to teach Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy Antigone to women in Afghanistan. The documentary was shot one year ago in Kabul and depicts the lives of women...