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Greece extends residency rights for migrant children

Greece on Wednesday approved a law extending the duration of residence permits for migrant children born and raised in the country. Second-generation migrants born in Greece are now entitled to …

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Iranian embassy denies anti-Semitic attack plot in Greece

Iran’s embassy in Greece on Wednesday denied any connection to an alleged plot for anti-Semitic attacks in Athens using Pakistanis of Iranian origin. “The embassy of the Republic of Iran …

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Greek intelligence foil terror plot targeting kosher restaurant in Athens

A kosher restaurant in the central Athens suburb of Psiri was the target of a foiled terror plot orchestrated by two foreign nationals arrested as members of a terrorist network, …

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Greek PM calls May election amid outrage over train crash

Greece’s centre-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called a general election on May 21, in the aftermath of a train disaster that has reduced his party’s long-standing majority in opinion …

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Pope Francis meets Greece’s culture minister at the Vatican over the return of Parthenon fragments

Pope Francis received Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni at the Vatican on Monday, March 27. The meeting follows the reunification ceremony which took place on last Friday in Athens, seeing …

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Greek train tragedy suspect freed on bail: lawyer

A Greek rail official charged over the country’s worst train disaster, which left 57 dead last month, was released on bail on Monday, his lawyer said. The man, a stationmaster …

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Erdogan sends well wishes to Greece in congratulatory message on Greek Independence Day

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sent Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Greek people, a message of congratulations for Greek Independence Day. Erdogan conveyed thanks to the Hellenic …

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Parthenon fragments from Vatican placed in permanent exhibit at Acropolis Museum

The reunification ceremony of three marble fragments from the Parthenon temple with the Acropolis Museum’s permanent display was held on Friday evening at the museum’s Parthenon Gallery. The three fragments …

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Passenger traffic at Greek airports up 53.3% in February

Passenger traffic at Greek airports recorded a significant increase in February, with the number of passengers exceeding 2 million, up 53.3% in comparison with the same period in 2022 and …

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Varoufakis denounces Greek National Team’s jersey for resembling swastika and calls for immediate withdrawal

Former Greek finance minister and leader of the MeRA25 party, Yanis Varoufakis, has called for the withdrawal of the new Greek national team’s jersey due to a blue cross that …

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