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Former minister of defence Yiannos Papantoniou imprisoned

Yiannos Papantoniou has been temporarily held in custody, while he is subsequently expected to be led to prison along with his wife, Stavroula Kourakou, after giving depositions in front of …

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Major Athens University shuts down due to becoming a drug dealing hub

One of the most important tertiary education schools of Athens, the University of Economics and Business, kept its doors closed on Wednesday. This comes as a result of the state …

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Paediatric Clinic of Ioannina receives major upgrade thanks to The Hellenic Initiative

The Hellenic Initiative (THI) Australia has moved on to fund the opening of the paediatric clinic of the Ioannina hospital after that of Kastoria, in an effort to help children …

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Medecins Sans Frontieres confirms rape cases at Moria migrant camp

Moria camp, in Lesvos is currently home to 9,000 asylum seekers when it only has capacity to hold 3,000. Three thousand is approximately the number of minors that live in …

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Greece offers more ‘golden visas’ to foreign investors

Stergios Pitsiorlas, Greece’s alternate Minister of Economy and Development has announced the country plans to extend the “golden visa” foreign investors incentive program over the next two months. During a short …

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Sea between Ikaria and Samos an ancient ships’ graveyard

A new find by a Greek-US team that consists of archaeologists, architects, conservators, and divers has raised the number of shipwrecks around the island of Fournoi from 22 to 58, AP …

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German citizen returns stolen Ancient Greek mosaics

The Greek Embassy in Berlin received an unexpected and heavy parcel a few weeks ago, the sender was a German citizen. On opening the suspicious parcel, authorities and experts were …

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Greek spiders strike again – now in Xanthi

A bit less than a month ago, a beach in Aitoliko, Greece, made headlines worldwide for being covered in spider web. An area spanning 300 metres had been blanketed by …

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Greek foreign minister Kotzias resigns

Greek minister of foreign affairs Nikos Kotzias resigned on Wednesday, after a heated cabinet meeting during which accusations were exchanged between him and minister of defence Panos Kammenos. The two …

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Greek airports break new record in traffic

Airports in Greece noticed a 10 per cent increase in traffic for the first nine months of 2018 when compared to the same time period of last year. More specifically, …

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