Greece
US President Barack Obama to visit Greece on November 14-15 – Greek debt relief will be on the agenda
Outgoing US President Barack Obama is expected to visit Athens on November 14 and 15 and meet with Alexis Tsipras, according to reports on Tuesday,…
Ancient Greeks may have built China’s famous Terracotta Army – 1,500 years before Marco Polo
Ancient Greeks artists could have travelled to China 1,500 years before Marco Polo’s historic trip to the east and helped design the famous Terracotta Army,…
EU Court landmark decision opens door for legal cases by EU citizens against austerity measures
An important decision for the protection of human rights in times of bailouts and austerity. For the first time, the European Court of Justice explicitly…
Greece eyes alliance of southern EU states against austerity in Athens Meeting today
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras invited the leaders of six southern EU countries to a conference in Athens today September 9, as he moves to…
Greek actor Andreas Mparcoulis dies
Andreas Mparcoulis, the iconic protagonist passed away last night. He was 80 years old. He was being treated for heart failure and a lung infection…
Prosecutor to investigate Bishop of Chios over “hate speech”
Greece’s General Secretary for Human Rights made an unprecedented move: Kostis Papaioannou He collected the recent “hate” statements made by Bishop of Chios Markos and…
Lefteris Petrounias: Amazing Performance at the Olympic Gala
The gymnastics gala might be the strangest event of the Games. There are gymnasts in action, there are no medals at stake and on occasion,…
Spiros Gianniotis Wins Silver for Greece in Marathon Swimming – Dutch Ferry Weertman Wins First Place
Greek swimming legend Spiros Gianniotis won a Silver medal for Greece in the gruelling 10k open-water swimming event in Rio. After chartering through an Olympic…
Obama: For eight years now we disagree with Wolfgang Schäuble on how to deal with the crisis
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with the US President Barack Obama during the NATO summit in Warsaw. The two men discussed the course of the…
Thousands of modern slaves in the Netherlands, says report
A new report estimates that 17,500 people are ‘modern slaves’ in the Netherlands, working as forced labourers or victims of sexual exploitation. The Global Slavery…