Train workers' unions call for mass protest gathering at Syntagma Sq. on Sunday morning

2 sailboats carrying dozens of migrants arrived on a southern Greek island early Wednesday, with the...

Hellenic police said on Monday afternoon they had located 38 Syrian refugees in the Lavara area of E...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) charity called on Monday for the immediate evacuation of 39...

Greece will exit the European Union's so-called enhanced surveillance framework on August 20, its fi...

Hellenic President of Democracy Katerina Sakellaropoulou called on Tuesday for an investigation into...

Hellenic Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated on Monday that he was unaware that Socialist ...

Nikos Androulakis, the PASOK leader whose phone was bugged by the country’s intelligence service, ha...

Hellenic Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized to the leader of the country’s opposition Soc...

The head of Greece's intelligence service stepped down on Friday amid increased scrutiny of the agen...

The first 117 of 600 Ukrainian kids aged 6-15 that will be hosted in Greek summer camps arrived in A...

The head of Greek intelligence told a parliamentary committee his agency had spied on a journalist, ...

28 lighthouses across the country is open to the public today, Sunday, August 21st, in celebration o...

On the 15th of August, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is celebrated in great splendor. For the Gr...

The restoration works to the lower side of Syntagma Square in central Athens are almost concluded by...

The architectural competition for the construction of the new, modern Archaeological Museum of Athen...

Almost 200,000 Greek citizens visited Albania in the first half of this year, forming part of the mo...

Vice Media Inc., a news and entertainment company, is in sale talks with one of its longtime partner...

The world renowned NBA player Michael Jordan is in Greece enjoying his summer vacation....

A permit has been issued for the construction of the Riviera Tower, the tallest building in Greece, ...

In view of the fifteenth of August, the checks carried out on a daily basis on the prices of goods a...

Traffic regulations due to the execution of works for the construction of line 4 of the Athens metro...

The leader of Greece's socialist opposition PASOK party filed a complaint with the country's top cou...

The Hellenic government is launching a program to subsidize the purchase of e-vehicles as part of a ...

Before the tiny Greek island of Tilos became a big name in recycling, taverna owner Aristoteles Chat...

Turkey on Monday accused Greece of pushing a boat carrying migrants out of Greek territorial waters ...

A website created as a pilot project by the Municipality of Athens and the official Athens Guide 'Th...

Fire Service and municipal crews dug firebreaks outside evacuated villages on the Greek island of Le...

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Sunday laid a wreath at the bust of S...

A wildfire that started in mountainous forests on the Greek island of Lesbos near Turkey on Saturday...

Greece's parliament has banned "sex-normalizing" surgeries on babies born intersex, with atypical ch...

Hellenic Prime Minister Kyriakos announced the doubling of both the funding and of the beneficiaries...

A wildfire in mountains near Athens that forced hundreds of people to flee and damaged property has ...

A Greek wildfire fueled by gale-force winds raged in the mountainous region of Penteli near Athens o...

Hellenic Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday it was important to keep communication ch...

Hellenic Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday said Turkey's position that questions Greece'...

Hellenic Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, welcomed Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades bef...

A Ukrainian cargo plane carrying munitions from Serbia to Bangladesh crashed in northern Greece late...

Holiday group TUI expects the highest level of demand for Greece on record this year, its director o...

Foreign visitors are flocking back to Greece's islands and ancient monuments, raising hopes for its ...

The citizens and visitors of Athens were recently handed over the city's first public Japanese park....

Residents in a settlement south-east of Athens have been advised to evacuate their homes as a precau...

Hellenic Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will on Thursday chair an emergency meeting at Maximos M...

Greece passed its first climate law, which sets out specific targets to fight climate change and wea...

With retailers promising particularly attractive prices on their products, the summer sales have beg...

A host of government ministers and a landmark survey by EY Greece on investing in the country will g...

The Acropolis Museum celebrates this year’s European Night of Museums on Saturday, 14 May, 2022, and...

Nearly 200 crossings through the Corinth Canal have been recorded since it reopened on July 4th, 202...

The weather scene changes completely today, with the temps rising and returning to normal levels for...

The first of more than 200 firefighters from six European countries that will help their Greek colle...

A total of 378 wildfires were recorded across Greece just over the last 7 days. This statistic was o...

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised pension increases for the first time in more th...

Sunshine and relatively high temperatures in most areas of the country will prevail today....

Greece is open to engagement with Turkey, but Ankara should start ‘playing by the rules’, Greece’s D...

Greek firefighters battled a large forest blaze that forced the evacuation of a small village west o...

"Greece in 2022 is nothing like the country of 2015," Hellenic Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis un...

Passenger traffic in the Athens International Airport reached 2019 levels in June. More specifically...

Endy Zemenides, Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, discusses the signif...

Several dozen Romanian and Bulgarian firefighters took up their posts in Greece on Saturday, the fir...

Greece’s coast guard on Monday said it had prevented more than a thousand migrants and refugees cros...

Greece has sent an official request to the United States for the purchase of 20 Lockheed Martin-made...

The European Union's top migration official told Greece on Thursday to stop "violent" deportations o...

The President of the National Vaccination Committee, Maria Theodoridou, and the General Secretary fo...

The results of the Panhellenic university entry exams will be announced at 13:00. The candidates' ma...

The first handbuilt passenger cars to be entirely manufactured in Greece were presented to the publi...

Greece and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday sealed a deal to lay an undersea data cable that will connect Eur...

60 angel investors from around the world met with founders and staff of 20 Greek startups, policymak...

Greece will offer households subsidies to help them replace their old fridges and air conditioners a...

Greece will experience temperatures rising, reaching 34 to 35 degrees on the mainland and 36 to 37 d...

Authorities said Sunday they have rescued 108 migrants from a sailboat that was found rudderless and...

The United States Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloni...

13 unaccompanied minors departed from Athens airport on Tuesday for relocation in Portugal, the Migr...

Hellenic and Israeli civil protection authorities signed their first Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC)...

The U.S. Department of State recently reassessed the Travel Advisory for Greece, lowering it to Leve...

Mainly emphasized on a Saturday, “Pentikosti” (def. "the 50th [day]") is a week-long celebration tha...

Hellenic Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday the European Union should offer the integ...

Greece dismissed anew comments by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan who reiterated calls for Athens t...

The Hellenic Foreign Ministry on Thursday published a series of 16 maps on its website that seek to ...

Greece has detected its first case of the rare monkeypox virus infection in a traveler, according to...

Greece on Thursday urged State entities to reduce use of air conditioning, install window shields an...

The Hellenic Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection calls on the citizens to be very carefu...

Posidonia 2022, the world’s biggest shipping fair, was launched on Monday evening, with Hellenic Pri...

The wildfire that swept through the Athens beachfront suburbs of Glyfada, Voula and Vari last weeken...

A cold barometric low with a cold core, which from today swirls over the western Black Sea, as well ...

A wildfire raged out of control on the outskirts of Athens on Saturday, damaging houses and cars, th...

As Greek restaurateurs gear up for the summer season, they are keeping a wary eye on the potentially...

For today, Friday, June 3rd, 2022, sunshine is forecast with a few clouds, increased during the hot ...

Masks will no longer be mandatory, barring certain exceptions, as of Wednesday after almost 2 years ...

In the document delivered by the country’s permanent representative to the secretary-general, Athens...

The 27th Bicycle Ride of Athens will lead to traffic restrictions on Sunday, especially around Synta...

Greece reopened a 10-year bond on Monday, raising 500 million Euros in a bid to expand the liquidity...

Greece warned on Tuesday that it would not allow the illegal entry of migrants by land or by sea, af...

This week the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority announced that A standing Notam that effected a ban ...

Greece said on Wednesday it would end the mandatory wearing of face masks in airplanes and indoor pu...

The Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance has unveiled the plans for the "Smart Cities" local gove...

A new dynamic has emerged in protecting the rights of the LGBTQ+ communities across Europe, but sign...

An important program, with a very high social footprint, will be implemented by 3 municipalities of ...

This week on May 10th, 2022, George James Tsunis presented his credentials to the President of the H...

The Hellenic Presidential Mansion was illuminated with the national colors of Ukraine in honour of D...

Greece’s PM on Thursday promised new State support to shield households from rising electricity cost...

The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, unlike assumptions ...

The first meeting of the Special Committee for Compliance with Human Rights, convened after a propos...

Hellenic law enforcement authorities have notified the public to be on the lookout for fraudulent em...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Parliament on Friday the phone tapping of an oppositio...

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has sent a circular to the priests under its purview containi...

A significant earthquake scoring a 5.5 on the Richter scale was recently recorded today in a sea are...

Greek lawmakers on Monday voted in favor of setting up an inquiry commission to probe the phone tapp...

As of today, September 5th, 2022, the redistribution of unused vouchers for social, thermal tourism-...

Greece on Thursday scored a win in its fight to protect their right to the term “Feta” as Europe’s t...

The alleged female members of the Rouvikonas (Greek for Rubicon) anarchist group threw a banner at t...

Hellenic Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas announced on Friday he signed a memorandum of understanding ...

The British newspaper "The Times" has published a list of the top 10 Greek islands for a quiet, rela...

Greek actress and singer Irene Papas, who gained international recognition starring in classic 1960s...

A group of 61 migrants picked up by a cargo ship from a crippled vessel in the central Mediterranean...

Art Athina, the annual international contemporary art fair in the Greek capital, returns this year t...

Greece plans to extend a cement and barbed-wire fence along its northern border with Turkey to preve...

The exterior lighting of the Hellenic Parliament building in central Athens will not be switched on ...

Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreig...

The great actress, Martha Karagianni, passed away at the age of 82 at her home Sunday afternoon, fol...

The online platform to book vaccination appointments with the latest Covid-19 vaccines opened on Mon...

This year’s International Annual Convention and Conference of the International Propeller Club of th...

Consumers who cut down their electricity consumption over the winter months will be rewarded with bi...

The following strikes are scheduled for Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 (12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.), ...

From the beginning of the period until Tuesday, September 20th, the cases of West Nile virus in the ...

Another wave of appreciation in goods and services came September as there was no immediate sign of ...

5, high-level international sports tourism events will take place in the coming days on the islands ...

Greece's exit on Saturday from the European Union's so-called enhanced surveillance framework for it...

Today, Friday, September 23rd, 2022, increased cloudiness is expected throughout the country at time...

Greece will pay out a further 1.1 billion Euros ($1.09 billion) in power bill subsidies in October t...

The Acropolis Museum participates this weekend in the celebration of the European Cultural Heritage ...

The challenges of climate change and what we can do to mitigate its impact is the key theme of the f...

The metro stations "Nikea", "Korydallos" and "Ag. Varvara" will be closed on Sunday so that tests ca...

A total of 372 projects, worth 13.5 billion euros, have already been included in the subsidy program...

Greece will defend its legal interests and rights if the need arises, the Greek Foreign Affairs Mini...

Alphabet Inc's Google will set up its first cloud region in Greece, the company said on Thursday, gi...

The preparations for the Olympic Yacht Show 2022 that will open its doors for second consecutive yea...

Authorities on the Aegean island of Folegandros identified a group of 37 migrants on Wednesday. The ...

The beloved singer Stamatis Kokotas died in the early hours of Saturday at the age of 85....

The good tourist season this year is reflected in the revenue from the sales of the shops at Greece’...

Over 50 students from 17 countries and 29 universities attended the Athens University summer course ...

As of today, Monday, October 3rd, vaccinations begin with the new updated vaccines targeting the BA....

Greece's economy is projected to grow at a slower pace next year after a strong rebound this year th...

Cloudy with local rains are expected on Thursday, October 6th, 2022, while the thermometer will not ...

At least 15 people have died as 2 boats carrying migrants sank in Greek waters late Wednesday, and r...

Sailboat and dinghy sink off 2 Greek islands in high winds; both sailed from Turkish coast....

An exhibit showcasing some of the most important findings from the salvage excavation in the Delta o...

The gardens of the Presidential Mansion will reopen to the public for the first time since the start...

3 new Athens metro stations in port area of Piraeus, 'Maniatika', 'Piraeus' and 'Municipal Theater, ...

The Hellenic Culture Ministry recently announced that it will be investing in the protection and pro...

Power generation from renewables fully covered Greece's electricity demand over a few hours last wee...

Athenian trolley bus employees have announced a 4-hour work stoppage today, October 12th, 2022. ...

2 friends of slain rapper / activist Pavlos Fyssas and a DIAS police officer who saw and experienced...

Greece's privatizations agency on Thursday named an Italian-led consortium as preferred bidder in th...

A barometric low that will move from the area of ​​Southern Italy to Greece will cause a worsening o...

For the 9th year, the Hellenic Film Academy welcomes in Athens the "Xryses Nyxtes (def. "Golden Nigh...

The news of the death of Olympic medalist Alexandros Nikolaidis plunged the whole country into mourn...

16 contemporary artists draw inspiration from Iakovos Kambanellis’s work and contribution to the art...

The official inauguration of the Hellenikon Project will be held on Monday, October 16th, Hellenic D...

The Hellenic American Union presents this evening a musical tribute to commemorate the centenary of ...

Respected journalist and expert on modern and ancient Hellenic history Bruce Clark has been invited ...

The popular tribute to American short films is back for a 2nd season with free screenings for all at...

5 recent films will be screened during the Israeli Film Days at Trianon cinema in Athens from Octobe...

The Athens Art Festival is back strong, like a of light into culture! ...

A sailboat carrying dozens of migrants that had sent a distress signal in rough weather off the sout...

Author Vana Mavridou tells a moving story about the Asia Minor Disaster. Upon the publication of her...

Science, technology and innovation are being celebrated at the City of Athens’ Technopolis cultural ...

A partial solar eclipse is currently in progress, which is also visible from Greece. ...

The president of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO), Angela Gerekou, and GNTO Secretary-...

Greece will tap the markets on Tuesday with the reissue of the existing 5-year floating rate bond....

The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece will be closed 2 days this week due to a ...

The measure of containing price increases in some 50 essential food products will take effect by Oct...

Drivers armed themselves with patience as the traffic on the roads has been especially increased sin...

Observed today is "Ochi" (def. "No") Day - one of the holidays which best illustrates the historic p...

The City of Athens’ exhibition commemorating the 1922-24 Asia Minor Catastrophe at the Technopolis c...

Daylight savings will once again take place and in particular on the last Sunday of October (30/10/2...

Greece’s Olympic Committee (HOC) on Wednesday said it had refused to allow top sailor and Tokyo Olym...

Rescue crews on Monday mounted a search for eight people reported missing after a boat believed to h...

Piraeus Port Authority SA (OLP) announced on Wednesday a 28.02% increase in revenues in the first 9 ...

El. Venizelos Athens International Airport recently announced the completion of 2 significant milest...

Hellenic Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomed an Economist Intelligence Unit report this week...

15 Ancient Greek artifacts from the private Cycladic art collection of a U.S. billionaire went on di...

A barometric low, moving from Northern Italy to the southeast, is expected to cause the strong wave ...

Rescue crews searching for dozens of migrants missing from the sinking of a sailing boat in rough we...

Retail stores will not open in Greece on Sunday, despite otherwise announced earlier this week, due ...

The Herakleidon Museum presents to the public most of the collection of ancient Greek and Byzantine ...

A European parliamentary committee investigating the use of spyware in the 27-country bloc urged Gre...

The platform for applying for this year’s heating oil subsidy opens on Monday on the website of the ...

Grocery shoppers gave a vote of confidence to the "household basket" in the first days of the measur...

It has been proudly announced that Greece and the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) won 1st...

Greece’s main airlines announced domestic and international flight cancellations and schedule change...

Greece on Tuesday issued navigational telexes reserving two areas that will be explored for hydrocar...

Greece will soon ban the sale of spyware, the conservative government said on Monday, after a newspa...

Public sector and private sector employees announced a 24-hour Panhellenic General Strike for Novemb...

Greek workers went on a day-long strike on Wednesday, demanding higher wages to cope with surging in...

It’s a first symbolic step in a homecoming that will long outlast the 10-year Odyssey of ancient myt...

Ireland-to-Greece transplant Ross Daly – founder of the Labyrinth Musical Workshop on Crete – is com...

Excavations being carried out in downtown Athens ahead of an urban revamp have uncovered ruins belie...

Eurobank and National Bank, Greece’s two largest lenders by market value, were profitable in the fir...

Hellenic Deputy National Defense Minister Nikos Hardalias attended an Armistice Day memorial event t...

Like many young Greeks trying to live within their means, Christina Pappas had to look for a cheaper...

Hellenic authorities have announced the schedule of street shutdowns in the Marathon area and centra...