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Dramatic Nighttime Rescue at Sea off Greece's Kefalonia Captured on Video

A helicopter from the Hellenic Air Force saved two swimmers, one of whom was a rescuer, off the coast of the Greek island of Kefalonia on Friday. Intense winds and rough seas threatened the lives of the two swimmers,...

Almost 6 Out of 10 Young Greek Citizens Live with Parents

Recent data released by the European Statistical Agency, Eurostat, show that almost 6 out of 10 Greeks aged 25-34 lived with their parents in 2019. Greece is only behind Croatia on the corresponding chart among 30 European countries. The average...

Capital Link Webinar Highlights Greece's Growing Corporate Bond Market

Capital Link is organizing a roundtable webinar on Greece's domestic corporate bond market on Tuesday with the participation of prominent Greek entrepreneurs and market specialists. The webinar, titled “The Greek Domestic Corporate Bond Market Grows Strong”, is part of a...

Offensive Rape Remark by "Big Brother" Contestant Causes Uproar in Greece

A vulgar remark about rape by a contestant of the reality show "Big Brother" on Sunday night  has caused an uproar in Greece, with the government saying it was an "incitement to a criminal act." The show, aired by the...

Risk of New Lockdown as Mask-Wearing Cretans Are a Rare Sight

By Benjamin Newton Wylie-Black As many will be aware, areas of Greece have undergone and are undergoing local restrictions in an attempt to flatten the curve of new Covid-19 cases and, while I cannot speak about other areas in Greece,...

Hard-Fought Win for Greece at Kosovo for the UEFA Nations League

The Greek National Team returned to winning ways in Kosovo, defeating the home side 2-1 on Sunday in round two of the 2020/2021 UEFA Nations League. With barely two minutes on the clock Kostas Fortounis sliced the ball across the...

Coronavirus Update: 144 New Cases, 4 Deaths in Greece

The National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced today that there have been 144 new Covid-19 cases in Greece in the past 24 hours; 24 of them were detected at the country's entrance gates, while four people succumbed to the...

Greece Fortifies Evros Border to Stop New Migrant Inflow

The Greek government is fortifying the Evros borderline with two new quick response units of 30 men each that will patrol the Greek-Turkish border along Evros River, SKAI television reported on Sunday night. The two new units will be patrolling...

Maria Sakkari Cruises to Fourth Round of US Open

Greek tennis champion Maria Sakkari cruised over No.22 seed Amanda Anisimova after only 55 minutes to book a place in the fourth round of the US Open. The No.15 seed won in rapid fashion by 6-3, 6-1 and became the...

Erdogan: 'Turkey has the Power to Throw Away Maps Imposed by Others'

Despite warnings from the EU and the United States, Turkey continues to provoke Greece, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying that "Turkey has the political, economic and military power to throw away immoral maps and documents imposed by others,"...