
Protest over rail disaster turns violent in central Athens
The ubiquitous protest scene on Greek streets was followed by riot police using tear gas and flash grenades to disperse the violent protestors
The ubiquitous protest scene on Greek streets was followed by riot police using tear gas and flash grenades to disperse the violent protestors
Greek athlete Nikos Andrikopoulos won the silver medal in the triple jump event with 16.58 m. at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul. It is Greece's first medal in the event.
Two-times NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo has become a minority investor in Major League Soccer's Nashville SC.
At least 43 people are dead and 57 have been hospitalized after a passenger train and a freight train collided on Tuesday night (local time) near the city of Larissa in Greece, according to local authorities.
275 Rescue workers are in a desperate search for survivors after a head-on collision between two trains in central Greece killed dozens of people and injured scores.At least 29 people were killed and more than 85 injured when a passenger train carrying more than 350 people collided with a freight train on Tuesday evening, shortly before midnight, in Tempi, central Greece, near the city of Larissa, the Greek Fire Service said.
Over 27.8 million tourists visited Greece in 2022. Travel receipts reached 17.6 billion euros. Average expenditure per trip was 618 euros from 702.4 euros in 2021, data of the Bank of Greece showed.
Japanese Ambassador to Greece, Nakayama Yasunori, and the Japanese embassy celebrated the birthday of his Majesty the Emperor of Japan on Thursday evening with a brilliant reception at the Athens Concert Hall.
Both Greece and Cyprus have offered their solidarity and offers of support to Ukraine on the one year anniversary of the Russian invasion.
Greece's image has changed globally, and it is also no longer the pariah, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, in an address at Alkazar sports arena in Larissa, adding that the country now plays a leading role in the EU.
Turkish air violations against Greece have reduced but not ended, said Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos when speaking to the main news bulletin of ERT on Wednesday night.
Greek Migration & Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi and Swiss Confederation State Secretary for Migration Christine Schraner Burgener signed an agreement on unaccompanied minors, on the sidelines of the 2nd European Conference on Border Management that is being held in Athens on February 23-24.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that his country would not send Russian-made S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine
The Eastern Mediterranean faces many challenges in today's shifting geopolitical landscape, "from the threat of climate change and need for energy security, to dangerous leaders in neighboring Turkey or Russia," US Senator & Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert (Bob) Menendez told the 1st East Macedonia & Thrace Forum, held in the northeastern Greek city of Alexandroupolis on February 22-23.
More humanitarian aid departed Greece for Türkiye on Tuesday, said the Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Greece-US relations are strategic and have reached the highest level, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday during joint statements with his US counterpart Anthony Blinken, immediately after the launch of the 4th Greece-US
Cooperation between Greece and the US has become even stronger and its strengthening promotes common interests, but also regional peace and stability, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday in a meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken launching the start of the 4th Greece-US Strategic Dialogue.
Greece's Anna Korakaki won a bronze medal in the women's 10m air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup 2023 for rifle and pistol shooters in Cairo on Sunday.
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Germany, Türkiye, and Greece consecutively between February 16-22, the State Department said on Wednesday.
Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos also took part in the Conference of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine, which was organized at the initiative of U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
Investing in Greece is no longer a risk but an opportunity, the former European commissioner for economic and financial affairs, Pierre Moscovici, said in an interview with Chrysostomos Bikatzik of the Athens-Macedonian News Agency during a recent visit to Greece.
The Lujiazui Financial City Council in Shanghai, China, and the Association of Banking and Financial Executives of Hellenic Shipping signed a strategic cooperation agreement on shipping finance during an online event Friday.