Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in on Monday as the new Prime Minister of Greece. Emerging from the ceremony, he said: “The Greek people have given us a strong mandate to …

An olive tree on Corfu, known by locals as ‘Evdokia’, has been estimated to be between 1086 and 1200 years of age following studies by German scientists from the Dresden …

The Greek election results, which saw the country’s opposition party New Democracy return to power have caused a stir. Greece’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Terens Quick, a candidate for …

The Greek island of Makronissos has been declared an area of archaeological interest. The decision was announced on Tuesday 2 July by the Central Archaeological Council (KAS), the Greek Culture …

Voters across Greece turned up to vote on Sunday in the first parliamentary elections in the post-bailout era. Some went to extreme lengths to get to the ballots despite the …

Greek Prime Minister elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a 51-year-old reformist lawmaker who became head of the conservative New Democracy party in January 2016. At a time when socialist PASOK crumbled …

The conservative New Democracy Party has a clear mandate to govern with 40 per cent of the tally and 158 deputies, according to predictions of the Internal Affairs Ministry with …

Greece’s opposition New Democracy party returned to power after a landslide victory in the Greek 7 July elections. The conservative had a 39.6 per cent lead of the vote based …

Greeks head to the polls on Sunday and have a number of issues to mull over when casting their votes for the fifth time since 2010, and the first since …

Never before have the white-washed Greek villages cascading down hillsides and the sparkly waters of the Aegean been more accessible. Even as the country deals with a financial crisis, its …