Greek News

The Greek artist, Lakis Pappas, one of the leading singers of Greece’s so-called New Wave, died on Wednesday March 26 at the age of 76. Pappas worked with one of the greatest composers in Greek history, Manos Hadjidakis in the...

Greece 's umbrella trade union organisation for private-sector employees GSEE and employers’ associations on Wednesday signed a new national general collective labour agreement for the next year. Under the new agreement, the basic terms of previous agreements such the marriage...

The annual survey of the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA), taking a sample of 2,000 consumers throughout Greece, showed that the economic recession has  changed the consumer habits of the Greek people. The Greek consumer is now...

Greece could enjoy free internet access by November, realizing a pledge the prime minister made several months ago to get Greece online, according to Greece's Infrastructure Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis. According to a joint announcement by Chrysochoidis and the general secretary of the Telecommunications & Post Ministry, Menelaos...

The price of fresh milk in Greece is the third most expensive in Europe, behind Cyprus and Italy. From now on, there will be two types of milk in the Greek market: fresh milk with two-day expiry and long-lasting milk with...

The Daily Secret Insiders guide will be launching a new marketing campaign in Canada and the U.S. to promote Greece as a holiday destination. Daily Secret is a Greek digital media brand for premium audiences. It is a web service...

The Greek Council of State (CoS) has again questioned the decisions of the country's Finance Ministry, this time deeming as unconstitutional the practice of seizing debtors' assets without notice. The new law on foreclosures and seizure of debtors’ assets, passed last year...

An agreement was reached between the Greek Minister for Development Kostis Chatzidakis and the taxi owners' lobby to implement the promoted changes agreed with the troika to regulations. The compromise was reached after the government accepted that there will be no...

The marginal Independent Greeks party that is opposed to the terms of two bailouts given Greece lost two of its Members of Parliament who said on March 26 they were quitting. In a letter addressed to House Speaker Evangelos Meimarakis,...

ATHENS — Rights groups have assailed plans by the Greek government to put a clause in a draft immigration law that would allow for the deportation of migrants making false claims of abuse against law enforcement officials. Human Rights Watch...

The Greeks from Thessaly, Greece, in Europe celebrated the tenth anniversary since the founding of their Federation with a festival that was held in Brühl of Cologne. Cultural associations from many parts of Germany responded to the call in...

Greek-Australian Tom Koutsantonis is expected to be promoted within the new minority government that will be formed by the Labour Party in South Australia. After the support of independent MP Geoff Brock, who will take over the Ministry of Regional...

Greek consumers who've tried to save on their electric bills will be whacked with an increase in their rate while those who use more will see a cut, and find their bills subsidized by those who use less. The higher...

When a huge wave of fires broke out in Greece in August 2007, many people considered it one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. Seven years later, the GlobalForestWatch (GBW) gives a clear image of the natural...

The Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels and the curator Katerina Gregos, under the program " Focus on Greece", present an exhibition, entitled "No Country for Young Men", which examines the Greek financial crisis through the work of a...