Greek News

Christians in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre celebrated the arrival of the Holy Fire on Saturday. The streets of the Old City are locked off as Jerusalem prepared for the Holy Fire ceremony, arguably the most important Christian celebration...

Beloved Greek actress Anna Panagiotopoulou who starred in some of the most popular series on television passed away on Saturday in Athens. She was 76. Panagiotopoulou has been suffering from Alzheimer's disease in recent years. She became famous after starring in...

US and French aircraft carriers Dwight D. Eisenhower and Charles de Gaulle docked at Souda Bay on Crete which has become an important naval base for NATO forces operating in the Mediterranean. The Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D....

Greece marked Holy Friday or Good Friday, with spectacular Epitaphios processions throughout the country. A nationwide affair, it recalls the moments leading up to and including the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, as told in the New Testament of the Bible. Even...

Greeks work long hours but their pay is low compared with their EU counterparts, recently released statistics by Eurostat reveal. In 2023, 7.1 percent of employed people in the EU worked long hours in their main job. Long working hours...

Tsoureki (τσουρέκι in Greek) is the traditional sweet yeast bread Greeks make every year on Holy Thursday, which is then consumed on Easter Sunday. Early in the morning on Holy Thursday throughout Greece, women start kneading the dough for the...

Gold and silver jewels were uncovered during excavations of the ancient temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in Evia, Greece. Greek and Swiss archaeologists also announced they discovered a significant number of structures, including another temple in addition to the...

Greece’s press freedom index improved, rising 19 places in 2024, but remains last among EU countries, according to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2024 World Press Freedom Index, released on Friday. The country has risen to 88th place from 107th...

The release of the former chief of Nazi Golden Dawn Nikos Michaloliakos was met with angry reactions in Greece. Michaloliakos who had been sentenced to 13 years and six months imprisonment for his leadership of the group was released on...

A stunning ancient Greek bronze statue may end up in Italy after a European court upheld Italy’s right to seize it from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California. The European Court of Human Rights, or ECHR, determined that Italy’s...