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Co-Hosts of Popular IGTV Series “Dating Greek” Talk About Upcoming Season 2

Greek-American sisters Elizabeth and Kaki Tzagournis spoke with Greek Reporter recently via Zoom about their show, “Dating Greek,” and the new season that has just been released. The IGTV series, previously titled “Love is Quarantine: Greek Style,” was created by...

Greece Braces for Second Covid-19 Wave as Infection Spreads to Younger Generation

Greek scientists warn that the country is now facing a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic as cases have spiked in August, especially among those in the younger generation. On Wednesday there were 262 new infections detected across the country,...

France Boosts Military Presence in the East Med; Calls on Turkey to Behave

France will increase its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, calling on Turkey to halt the oil and gas explorations in disputed waters which has heightened tensions with Greece. “The situation in the eastern...

Disturbing New Record Set as Greece Posts 262 New Coronavirus Infections, Two Deaths

Greece's National Health Authority, or EODY, reported on Wednesday that there were 262 new coronavirus infections detected across the country in the last 24 hours, representing a new record high number of cases. In keeping with the new, disturbing trend...

Greek PM Mitsotakis: "Greece Will Not Succumb to Threats and Blackmail"

On Wednesday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made a major foreign policy speech in response to this week's ongoing tensions in the Mediterranean, sparked by the sending of an oil and gas exploration vessel to the waters between Crete...

Large Fire Breaks Out in Chania, Crete

Firefighters are on the scene of a large fire that broke out in Chania, Crete on Wednesday. According to sources in the fire department, the blaze broke out in an agricultural and forested area in D.E. Pelekanos in the...

Thirty-five Residents of Thessaloniki Nursing Home Have Coronavirus; Surgeon Hospitalized

  According to a report from the Greek broadcaster SKAI on Wednesday, a total of 35 residents of a nursing home in Asvestochori, outside Greece's second city of Thessaloniki, have now tested positive for the coronavirus. Three employees of the...

Debris From Evia Floods Washes up on Attica Coastline

The Attican shoreline at Dilesi and Oropos, just across from Eretria on the large island of Evia, has been turned into what looks like a landfill in the aftermath of the incredibly destructive floods which hit the island over...

Turkish FM Now Says Dispute Should be Resolved Through Dialogue

  Turkish Foreign Minister Hulusi Akar stated on Wednesday that his country would like to resolve the current tensions with Greece involving Mediterranean oil and gas exploration rights through dialogue. However, he added that his country would still defend its "rights...

Renowned Greek Poet Dinos Christianopoulos Passes Away at 89

The iconic Greek poet, scholar, translator, essayist, art collector and art gallery owner Dinos Christianopoulos passed away on Tuesday in his hometown of Thessaloniki, a place he never left. He was 89 years of age. Christianopoulos was born on March...