Greece

"Greece and Cyprus, Cyprus and Greece are perfectly coordinated in terms of resolving the Cyprus issue," Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Wednesday said during his meeting with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades at the Presidential Mansion. A solution to the Cyprus...

Supreme Court Deputy Public Prosecutor Efstathia Spyropoulou under secrecy is conducting a preliminary investigation into the complaint filed by president of MIG financial group Andreas Vgenopoulos against Supreme Court President Vassiliki Thanou. The investigation started a few hours after a...

The Apostoli charity has announced that it will be donating food to 1,000 families with young children that are low income or no income for a ten month period. The charity, run by the Church of Greece, is part of...

Euro zone finance ministers early Wednesday morning agreed in principle to disburse 10.3 billion euros on condition that Greece corrects some pending issues in the bailout program. After an 11-hour long Eurogroup meeting in Brussels that was completed at 3...

An earthquake measuring 5.6 points on the Richter Scale shook the island of Crete at 11:30 am on Wednesday. The earthquake hit the sea area south of the island, but was particularly felt in Crete. There are no reported damages...

  The northern city of Xanthi is one of the most underrated places in Greece. This beautiful destination has the biggest and best-preserved Old Cities in the country, and has also been influenced by many different cultures in its past, evident...

In its annual publishing of the best places to visit in Europe, Lonely Planet has placed the Peloponnese region of Greece in the top spot. The travel guide describes the region as “an affordable enclave of magnificent ancient sites...

Eurozone ministers locked horns for almost twelve hours at Eurogroup discussions aimed at unlocking the next tranche of bailout money for Greece. Athens entered the meeting hoping to receive an 11-billion-euro tranche of bailout funds in the second installment of...

The May 24 Eurogroup issued a statement confirming that Greece will get its bailout loans and receive debt relief, through the new Greek programme. IMF officials are planning to recommend that they join the Greek bailout programme. Read the full...

Deputy Minister of Athletics, Stavros Kontonis, announced the renaming of the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (OAKA) basketball stadium to "Nikos Galis" -- one of Greece's greatest retired basketball players. "I would like to thank the State and its initiative. It's...