Greece

Archbishop Demetrios of America will visit Cyprus between October 20 and 27. The trip follows an official invitation extended by Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, together with the unanimous agreement of the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus. The 86-year-old...

31-year-old Antonis Stamboulos, accused of being a member of the guerrilla group Revolutionary Struggle, announced on Tuesday morning that he is going on a hunger and thirst strike in a bid to pressure authorities to transfer him to Korydallos...

The Pipinos, the first submarine constructed in Greece, was launched on Monday in the Skaramangas shipyard of western Athens. The christening of the Pipinos was attended by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos, Defense Minister Dimitris...

The Greek state's last meeting of the first round of negotiations with the heads of the troika is currently underway at the Finance Ministry. The heads of the troika are expected to leave Athens later in the day and return...

A 3-million-year-old fossil of a gigantic bear discovered in the village of Milia in Grevena in northern Greece proves once again that the Greek palaeo-environment was favorable to the development of creatures of such enormous size. In the past,...

A few years ago, the Greek Tourism Organization launched a campaign dubbed "Live Your Myth in Greece." It was good, catchy, and it worked. Today, following the 2015 budget proposal, it seems that the ministry of finance officials are...

With all the hype surrounding the excavations currently under way at ancient Amphipolis, a group of graphic designers have created a 3D video which transports viewers to the tomb itself, giving them some indication of what the Kastra hill...

A man who has spent years deceiving elderly Greeks – among them the mother of Health Minister Makis Voridis – has just been arrested in the Menidi of Attica following a chase with police officers. The minister of health's mother...

Last August, when Xi Jinping, the president of China, made an unofficial one-night stopover on the island of Rhodes while traveling to Brazil for a summit of leading emerging markets, Greece’s president and premier flew from Athens to ensure...

A senior Eurozone official from Brussels has stated that it is currently impossible to make any prediction on the future of Greece or the results of the country's bailout program, scheduled to end in December of this year. The official...