US Working To Defuse Greece-Turkey Tensions, Says American Diplomat
United States diplomats are working to reduce the ongoing tensions between Greece and Turkey, according to a Wednesday statement by Deputy Assistant Secretary of...
Greece Boosts Forces at Evros as it Braces For New Migrant Crisis
Greece ordered approximately 400 police officers from different parts of the country to deploy along the border with Turkey at the Evros River as...
May 28, 1952: Greek Women Earn the Right to be Elected
After many decades of struggle, Greek women finally won the right to be elected to Parliament on May 28, 1952.
It then took more than...
Stringent Lockdown Measures “Saved Thousands In Greece”
Sotiris Tsiodras, the epidemiologist in charge of Greece's management of the coronavirus crisis, said on Tuesday that had Greece not locked down and imposed...
Greece to Finally Celebrate Pascha on Tuesday
For the first time ever in history, the Greek Orthodox faithful will celebrate the Resurrection of Christ on a Tuesday, instead of the traditional...
New Smartphone App Opens Famed Greek Monasteries to the World
Locked-down would-be tourists who are longing to visit Greece can still enjoy the magnificent views of the Meteora monasteries and even walk alongside the...
Lockdown Helps Remarkable Recovery of Fish Stocks in Greek Seas
Greek scientists say that the fish population in the Aegean and Ionian Seas has shown a remarkable recovery perhaps not seen for a quarter...
Turkey Provokes Tension by Disputing Land Border with Greece
Turkey on Saturday disputed the exact boundary of the Evros River that divides the two countries and said it would not allow any "fait...
Athens Dismisses Reports that Turkey is Occupying Greek Land
The Greek Foreign Ministry on Saturday dismissed as “fake news” reports that Turkish soldiers have “invaded and occupied” a patch of Greek land in...
Turkey Occupies Greek Piece of Land at Evros; Athens Downplays Incident
Athens has lodged a demarche with Ankara on Friday over the incursion of Turkish forces into a piece of Greek territory at the border...
Greek Scientists Record Alien Fish Species in Aegean, Ionian Seas
By Daniel Harper
Greek scientists have recently launched an attempt to record the actual number of alien fish species from the Red Sea which have...
Greek Beaches Second in the World, Racking Up 500 Blue Flag Awards
Greece is the number two country worldwide for the number of its Blue Flag beaches, according to the environmental group The Hellenic Society for the...
