Greek News

The Greek Numismatic Museum, in collaboration with Alpha Bank, is presenting "The Greek Kingdoms of Bactria and India" through an exhibition of their coin collection, which opens on March 11 at the Ilion Melathron, the Numismatic Museum's headquarters in central...

The head a Greek unit investigating money-laundering told Parliament that connected Greek businessmen have been using five banks in elaborate scheme to essentially steal a billion euros of depositors’ money while being protected by politicians he didn't name. Panayiotis Nikoloudis,...

The union of Greek pharmacists is proceeding with  a 48-hours strike on Monday, March 10 and Tuesday, March 11 in protest at government's plans to liberalize their sector. They have described the strike as a "warning" and threaten further...

Environmental inspectors with the Greek Coast Guard have been dispatched to the Greek island of Mykonos, located in the Aegean Sea, to inspect a Turkish-flagged vessel that ran aground last Friday night and which is said to contain 200...

About 350,000 Greek retirees have been waiting in lines anywhere from six months to four years, looking for someone in the Greek public sector to inform them on when they will start receiving their pension. The debt to unpaid pensioners...

About two thousand demonstrators, representatives of the local government, organizations, political parties, associations, during a rally at the port of Souda, northern Crete, Greece, on Sunday, March 8, protested against the dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons in the Mediterranean. The protesters...

A model of  a Temple devoted to the Ancient Greek God, Poseidon, fashioned out of cork, has exceeded all expectations and been sold by Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers for 25,000 pounds - about 50 times its guide price of...

Missing a deadline to reach a deal on unresolved reforms before the March 10 meeting of Eurozone finance chiefs, Greece is bnow hoping to make an agreement with its international lenders in April so that they will release a...

Thirty-six percent of Greeks in an effort to not only to save money, but also to purchase products they can't find on the shelves in Greece, use the Internet to make their purchases. However, according to the results of a...

Greek seconded teacher, Pavlos Papadopoulos who had been living in Simferopol during the last nine years -- the administrative center of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine -- talked to the Greek newspaper "TA NEA" about how he is...

Greek Superleague leaders Olympiacos dropped points as PAOK Salonika came from behind to claim a 2-1 victory on Sunday. Greece left-back Giorgos Tzavellas gave the Thessaloniki giant all three points with his long-range shot six minutes from the end at...

A Kappa Research opinion poll concerning the upcoming European Parliament election and local elections carried out on behalf of the newspaper “To Vima,” shows SYRIZA and the current Head of the Region of Attica in the lead. In particular, the...

A pro-Syrian government news network and Lebanese State media reported that the thirteen Greek Orthodox nuns and three maids that were kidnapped in late November from a Greek Orthodox monastery in Syria were freed on Sunday, March 9, 2014. AP...

Golden Dawn MP, Panagiotis Iliopoulos, will be running for Head of the Region of Thessaly, Greece, in the upcoming local elections, despite the fact that he is in pre-trial custody on charges of belonging to a criminal organization. Panagiotis Iliopoulos...

While the island of Crete, Greece, still remains shocked by yesterday’s suicide of Takis Pavlakis, another man has since ended his life with a shotgun. This latest tragic suicide took place in Crete only 24 hours after the suicide of...