Greek News

 Bloomberg mentioned Tuesday in an article that the agricultural sector in Greece could help the country out of recession, while referring to several successful Greek agriculture exporters. “Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is calling on manufacturers of traditional foods and beverages, from fish-roe...

Governor of the Bank of Greece Giorgos Provopoulos argued in a Wall Street Journal article Monday that the implemented reforms in Greece have produced results, while underlining that the biggest challenges for the country are complacency and reform fatigue. In...

Battle lines are being drawn for the Sunday, May 25 second round of Greek local elections, and for the European Parliament, which will mostly pit Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy Conservatives against the major opposition Coalition of the...

Suppose they gave an election and nobody came? That's almost what it was like in the first round of Greek municipal elections on May 18 when voters, apparently turned off by politics, bickering, blame games, finger pointing and crushing...

The Greek Orthodox Community of New South Wales in collaboration with the Sydney Greek Festival, the Greek Community of Melbourne and Antipodes Festival will present a Greek play by Kostas Varnalis, entitled “The Burning Light” to the Greek Diaspora...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, visited Dachau, a former German-nazi concentration camp, on Monday. During his visit he prayed for the memory of the victims who were killed during the nazi occupation. According to...

Grace Santorini, one of the most exclusive hotels in the Cyclades Islands, and its sister hotel, Grace Mykonos opened their doors for the start of the 2014 season. The award-winning luxury boutique hotel group, Grace Hotels, invites guests to experience...

A survey commissioned by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) and The Boston Consulting Group, entitled “The role of structural reforms and the prospects of the Greek economy” found that Greece has yet to establish a strong...

Jean-Claude Juncker, the conservative candidate for European Commission president, is in Athens Monday May 19 to attend a series of appointments. He already had lunch with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at the Acropolis Museum and later on visited a metro...

The 2014 local elections across Greece are being contested by various Greek celebrities looking to secure the political spotlight. In many cases, their efforts have paid off with many celebrities being elected, or getting a second chance next Sunday. The most prominent victory is that...

The Coordinating Committee of Pontian Associations in Melbourne (SEPSM) organized various events on May 18 to commemorate the Pontian Genocide. Among other events, a memorial service was held in the St. Efstathios church as well as a wreath laying ceremony...

New tensions over the continental shelf has brought a Turkish survey, which is expected to be conducted on Tuesday, May 20. The dispute between Greece and Turkey, which was particularly intense during the mid 1970s and again the late...

According to the Greek Ministry of Education, university administrative employees who were expecting to be laid-off in the near future, have now been given an additional eight month period to remain in their positions before it is decided whether...

An all-night vote count local elections in the Aristotelis municipality of Chalkidiki ended on Monday morning with Giannis Michos getting a slim majority over Christos Pachtas. A member of the Skouries Movement, Michos collected 8,031 votes with 51.79% over mayor Pachtas,...

A book entitled "Flames on the Water - Tears in the Sea," written by Greek-Australian Dr. Con Aroney was presented in Melbourne, as part of a series of events commemorating the Pontian genocide. The book is dedicated to the...