Greeks of Ukraine

A new video records the long history of the Greek communities in Ukraine and the tragic consequences that the war has brought upon them.

The Greek Foreign Ministry recently heralded the announcement of the city of Odesa’s candidacy as a World Heritage site. President Zelensky nominated Odessa in a speech to the Organization’s Executive Board on Tuesday afternoon to the 58 member Unesco executive board...

A decree from Empress Catherine the Great of Russia ordering the Greeks of Ukraine to relocate from Crimea to Mariupol vanished after Russian troops occupied the city and bombed the museum housing it. The document, written in both Russian and...

Russian President Vladimir Putin officially annexed the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, known together as the Donbas in eastern Ukraine, along with two other regions. In a ceremony at the Kremlin on Friday, September 30th, he pronounced that the regions...

A Greek convoy of approximately 30 vehicles evacuating dozens of Greek expatriates, diplomats and journalists from Mariupol, the Greek-founded city in southeastern Ukraine,reached safety on Friday, according to the Foreign Ministry of Greece. Mariupol is under under siege by Russian...

The people of Mariupol, Ukraine, a city that was founded by Greeks and where many ethnic Greeks still live, were under siege and without electricity, heat, water or sewer service on Thursday as the port awaited its fate after...

The Federation of Greek Communities in Ukraine received medical supplies for the villages of the wider Mariupol and eastern Ukraine area, on Tuesday, March 3. Many Ukrainian citizens of Greek origin reside in the area and will benefit from...

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Kyriakos Gerontopoulos responded immediately to the Greek community of Mariupol's request for financial support of the local Medical Center “Hippocrates.” More than 100,000 Greek Diaspora members are currently living in war-hit Ukraine and medical care availability...