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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras heads to Brussels on Thursday confident that the two-day summit of European Union leaders will agree to take specific measures ...

The Eastern Mediterranean and Greece run the risk of desertification over coming decades according to climate experts who spoke to Kathimerini on the ...

Greece, along with Cyprus, the European Union and other international actors, is taking all necessary action to address Turkey's activities in the Eastern ...

At this time of year wildfires and strikes are usually uppermost in the minds of tourists visiting Greece. But as the country braces for a bumper season, authorities ...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker looked back on six milestones that “shaped the euro and European Union as we know it,” making ...

Greece and Cyprus have urged the European Union to take punitive measures against Turkey amid escalating tensions in the eastern Mediterranean over ...

Greece is being used as the gateway for fish from Turkey to enter the European market by brokerages legally set up in this country.

In an address to the 7th Annual Hellenic Air Force Academy Air Power Conference on May 15, Pyatt stressed America's strong support for its long-standing ...

Turkish and Greece Defense Ministry delegations will hold a second meeting this week in the capital Ankara in order to enhance cooperation in the Aegean Sea, ...

The remains of a huge building from ancient Greece has been discovered by underwater archaeologists working at a site of an epic battle that took place 2,500 ...

The Athens Riviera, just 20 minutes from the Acropolis and the Greek capital's bustling city center, should have been a playground for the world's wealthy.

My last Greek trip was a post-exam blur and I vowed never to visit again. I'm so glad I did.

Relegated to the ranks of Greeks made homeless during the country's economic crisis, one 70-year-old man reclaimed some of his past glory by taking matters ...

View related *content*: International Economics. Today, markets are displaying remarkable complacency toward a rapidly deteriorating Italian political and ...

The early Celts had their very own twist on getting drunk, according to chemical analysis of fragments from Bronze Age drinking vessels found in what is now ...

A trilateral summit between Cyprus, Greece and Palestine will be held before the end of the year, Palestinian officials said on Wednesday. The announcement ...

Greece legalised cannabis for medical use in 2017 and lifted a ban on growing and producing it in 2018, now Canadian company, HEXO, is the latest company ...

The Hilton High School graduate charged in the deadly crash that killed her best friend and injured another driver pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide ...

Blasphemy will be abolished in Greece from 1 July 2019 under changes to the country's criminal code, in a huge step forward for the global campaign to end ...

Greece, in many ways, is the ideal destination for families. There's sun and sand and sea most places you go. There's a particular friendliness, a hearty and ...

The top-secret plan had been filed away in 2012, the previous time Greece had teetered on the edge of default. It was code-named “Croatia's Accession to the ...

At least seven people have been killed and 57 others rescued after a boat carrying migrants overturned near the Greek island of Lesbos, officials say.

Alternate Environment and Energy Minister, Sokratis Famellos has stated that the stakes in the national elections on July 7 were different to those in the ...

From sperm whales to dolphins, marine mammals in the eastern Mediterranean face a lethal threat from oil and gas exploration.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has partnered with the National Bank of Greece to launch a €650m green infrastructure initiative.

Greece is facing a snap general election after prime minister Alexis Tsipras and his ruling Syriza party suffered a heavy defeat in voting for the European ...

From the peaks of the Peloponnese to Greek island beaches, all these places to stay have lots of character plus fun, child-friendly features.

A 30-year-old man wanted in connection with the murder of a Greek businessman in Athens in April last year was extradited to Greece from Belgium.

Greek capital's first formal mosque in more than 180 years is set to open for prayer within months.

Greece suffered a humiliating 3-2 home defeat to Armenia, a team that had never before beaten the Euro 2004 champions, and will require a miracle to qualify to ...

The Antonopoulos brothers are leading a farming revolution in Greece, which has Europe's highest plant biodiversity.

"Such high taxation strengthens coffee smuggling and reduces the chances for investments,” commented Mario Cerutti, president of the European Coffee ...

As tension escalates in the Eastern Mediterranean amid Turkey's intention to begin offshore drilling operations in Cyprus' exclusive economic zone, US ...

CRISTIANO RONALDO is said to be helping Juventus with their transfers this summer - as he and his family fly home from a well-earned holiday in Greece.

Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras asked on Tuesday that the country's fiscal achievements be continued in order to protect the credibility of Greece's ...

The world's top stock returns this year come from Greece, the very nation that not long ago got history's biggest sovereign bailout.

ATHENS, Greece, June 20, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Linked Business Private Company, a leading company in open data research and analysis, has ...

Greece's president has approved a request by prime minister Alexis Tsipras to hold a snap election, just four months before the end of Tsipras's term.

By Aris Barkas/ barkas@eurohoops.net. With the upcoming Greek elections set for the 7th of July, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gave an interview to ...

Greece's government has rushed to revise legislation that redefines rape after unprecedented criticism from activists, human rights groups and senior judicial ...

Italy ran riot at the Greek defense in the first half to score three goals in 10 minutes and secure an easy 3-0 win in Athens on Saturday, against a deflated Greece ...

Greece is on its way to fully lifting remaining restrictions on capital transfers this year, the governor of the country's central bank said on Tuesday.

Travellers heading to Greece this summer will have to dig deep into their pockets as the price of airline tickets soars and there is little indication of an imminent ...

Authorities say a tourist has drowned in Switzerland's Lake Geneva after her boat capsized in a driving storm and another was killed in nearby France.

June 20 (Renewables Now) - Renewable energy, energy efficiency and urban development projects in Greece will get EUR 450 million (USD 505m) in ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky (WDRB) -- Discover treasures of Ancient Greece and explore the modern culture of Greece at two unique exhibits at The Children's Museum of ...

Proton Air & Tourism Services has partnered with the Paster Educational Organization, aiming to offer its know-how to future Greek aviation professionals.

Greece's ambassador to Germany submitted a formal request on Tuesday for Berlin to enter talks on paying war reparations Athens claims Greece is owed from ...

This week, the European Court of Human Rights ruled for the second time in four months against Greece's abusive practice of locking up unaccompanied ...

Athens, Greece is the definition of Mediterranean. It's also a really youthful city. Here, Greek artist Eugenia Vereli's guide to Athens, including where to drink ...

Moses Elisaf has spent nearly two decades representing the tiny Romaniote Jewish community in Ioannina, and now he's leading the entire city — overcoming ...

As Greece increasingly turns to natural gas to cut its reliance on coal, one company has set its sights on leading the evolution.

After Greece temporarily hosted a pair of U.S. military drones, Greek defense minister Panagiotis Kammenos said last fall that, “It's very important for Greece that ...

New Juventus manager Maurizio Sarri is reportedly set to arrive in Turin today, days after he was confirmed as the bianconeri boss. La Repubblica state that ...

The introduction of consent-based rape laws is an historic victory for all women in Greece. This new law finally recognizes the simple truth that sex without ...

The regions of Greece believed to be most prone to desertification according to the UN are the Eastern Peloponnese, all of the Aegean islands, parts of Central ...

One of the most intriguing efforts to revive Greece's maritime traditions is unfolding on the island of Chios. Nineteen teenagers on the island have been receiving ...

The world's best-performing stock market might surprise you. Greece's economy is on the rebound, here are Greek stocks you should buy before June 30.

Norway has the fewest traffic deaths of all countries in Europe. Greece has one of the highest traffic mortality rates in the EU.

Greece's number one Eurovision winning songstress Elena Paparizou has become brand ambassador for Greece's iconic tanning product Carroten. Releasing ...

Video report by ITV News Correspondent Emma Murphy. Four years ago I stood on a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos and watched incredulously as a ...

John Elefteriades, MD, the William W.L. Glenn Professor of Surgery (Cardiac Surgery) and director of the Aortic Institute, has been inducted into the highly select ...

The chief of the euro area's crisis fund reiterated warnings that Greece risks missing its budget targets, in comments highlighting the challenges facing the ...

The next government in Greece will be the one to offer the necessary explanations to the Eurogroup about the outgoing administration's handouts, which appear ...

Carey will need the sophomore leap other Syracuse guards took for the Orange to succeed next year. In Greece, many of the issues from freshman year ...

Months after Greece left behind the bailout programmes, many of its citizens still don't feel a change in their daily lives.

GREECE has switched up its rules on currency transactions in new rules which will impact Britons taking euros to the destination. Yet what are these new ...

The political and social problems bedeviling Greek society are sure to be at the center of national elections announced for early July. That vote could help ...

Amber Capital is making a *fresh* attempt to improve corporate governance at Greece's largest telecoms operator OTE, in which Deutsche Telekom holds a ...

A decade after the introduction of a general ban on smoking in enclosed public places in Greece, the country still lags behind other nations in the effort to restrict ...

Greece on Friday scrapped plans to force people to pay more tax on their incomes from next year, less than a month before a parliamentary election.

Beginning in July, blasphemy will no longer be a crime in Greece. Unlike some countries where such laws may be on the books but never used, Greece was a ...

Binali Yildirim, the Istanbul mayoral candidate from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said Greece and Turkey should not let bilateral relations be ...

The country's banks have staged a spectacular stock market comeback. But the optimism may be premature.

For European investors, it may now be more risky to hold Italian bonds than Greek ones. Capital Economics is forecasting that Greece's 10-year debt, which was ...

Yonous Muhammadi, a candidate for radical left Syriza, wants to dial back far-right violence against refugees and migrants.

In the first International Meeting Of Special Envoys and Coordinators Combating Anti-Semitism (SECCA), which was held in the Romanian capital Bucharest on ...

After a disappointing showing in the European Parliament, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' Syriza party has given in to demands to hold an early election.

Alexis Tsipras wanted to be the first Greek prime minister in three decades to see out a full term in office — but heavy defeat for his ruling Syriza party in ...

Italy came into the UEFA Euro 2020's third qualification matchday of Group J against Greece having won their previous two. Against a considerably weaker side, ...

The far-right strongman of Italy's populist coalition government, Matteo Salvini, has got a new bargaining chip in his battle to get more cash:

An Athens local's inside tips on where to stay, what to do and where to eat.

Phillip Rizzo is accused of selling seven firearms he made to an undercover criminal informant, according to an ATF agent.

Greece has upgraded its diplomatic mission to North Macedonia's capital of Skopje to an embassy, following a deal to normalize relations with its neighbor ...

Thousands of refugees and migrants make a new start in the EU every year. After the recent European elections, Marianna Karakoulaki spoke to some of those ...

In February, Adonis Georgiadis, the deputy chairman of New Democracy, Greece's conservative main opposition party, hosted an annual pie cutting, an old ...

Phillip Rizzo admitted to selling untraceable homemade handguns to an undercover federal informant on four occasions.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Greece had subjected five unaccompanied migrant minors to inhuman and degrading ...

Lindsay Lohan's MTV reality show, “Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club,” will not be back for a second season, Page Six has exclusively learned — and it seems the ...

The latest Readiness for the Future of Production Report, published annually by the World Economic Forum, contained some rather alarming news for Greece.

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - It's a big weekend for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Two brand new exhibits opened at the museum on Saturday, one ...

Tourism generates over a quarter of Greece's gross domestic product, according to data presented on Wednesday by the Institute of the Greek Tourism ...

CAIRO – 16 June 2019: ElSewedy Electric Company announced entering into a share purchase agreement with R.F. Energy S.A, which is a subsidiary of F.G ...

A rather experimental Greece team lost 2-1 to Turkey on Thursday at a friendly game in Antalya, showing manager Angelos Anastasiadis has plenty of work to ...

EuroAsia Interconnector, promoter of the European project of common interest (PCI 3.10) has applied for an EU grant to construct the subsea electricity ...

Luton assistant manager Steve Rutter has joined Greek Super League club Atromitos FC as assistant coach after turning down an offer to remain at Kenilworth ...

Cyprus and Greece have expanded their tripartite cooperation agreements beyond the Eastern Mediterranean region by including Armenia in their regional ...

Authorities in Greece say dozens of firefighters are trying to contain a large wildfire that is blazing through a forested region in the south but not directly ...

Nearly two decades after Dora Bakoyannis became the first female mayor of Athens, ahead of the 2004 Olympics in the Greek capital, her son Costas has a ...

In Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the scion of a political dynasty, is a big name. He's campaigning with the conservative party to become the country's next prime ...