Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday commemorated the anniversary of the Pontic Genocide – the massacre of ethnic Greeks by Ottoman forces during World War I and the subsequent Greek-Turkish War.

Final exams in high schools across Greece began on Monday.

A decision earlier this year by authorities in the occupied northern part of Cyprus to allow headscarves in schools has led to mass protests against what many see as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s increasing authoritarianism and a creeping Islamification from Ankara.

The only pediatrician serving the Greek island of Ios has resigned, citing chronic understaffing, inadequate infrastructure, and institutional neglect that he said compromised both patient care and his own health.

A 25-year-old man died after falling from the 24th floor of a residential high-rise in the central Athens district of Ambelokipi, in what authorities believe was a suicide, police said on Monday.

When then-President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kimberly Guilfoyle as the new US ambassador to Greece in December 2024, his action was described, rather flippantly, as a sop for her recent breakup with Donald Trump Jr.

More than 260 athletes from 44 countries and over 100 national federation delegates are converging at the capital’s OAKA stadium through May 25 for the World Indoor Freediving Championship.

The Board of Directors of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) is set to review potential electricity tariff adjustments this week.

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck at 3:23 a.m. local time (0023 GMT) Monday on the Greek island of Evia, north/northwest of Athens, the Athens Institute of Geodynamics has reported.

Greece’s parliamentary committee on defense and foreign affairs approved a bill ratifying a memorandum of understanding with Egypt on aeronautical and maritime search and rescue cooperation.

The Bank of Greece is scolding private clinics and hospitals for the way they bill insurance companies for health services.

Russia detained a Greek-owned oil tanker on Sunday after it left an Estonian Baltic Sea port, the Estonian Foreign Ministry said, adding it had alerted NATO allies to the incident.

Pope Leo XIV was elected recently to succeed the late Francis. The name he chose is an allusion to Pope Leo XIII, who introduced the notions of human labor, social justice and Christian ethics as an indelible part of the Catholic Church’s doctrine.

An ongoing public evaluation initiative by the Interior Ministry has revealed that citizens rate municipal services across the country poorly, with an average score of just 3.9 out of 10.

Doctors are raising alarms over the widespread use of emergency deployment orders, known as “entellesthe,” that require them to perform on-call hospital shifts outside their home facilities, “like nomads.”

I have noticed that sometimes developments that first appear in the USA happen also in Greece a few years later. For example the US – as well as a number of European countries – is going through a “peculiar” political time.

Packed with energy, proteins and nutrients, this original giant bean salad keeps you feeling full for hours and is full of flavor.

Police arrested a man early Sunday at an Athens nightclub after finding a loaded gun in his bag

Homemade incendiary devices exploded outside the homes of two public officials in separate early-morning attacks Sunday in Athens, causing minor property damage but no injuries, authorities said.

The Paris Opera Junior Ballet will make its world premiere at the Athens Concert Hall (Vasilissis Sofias & Kokkali), spotlighting 18 rising stars from the famed Opera Garnier.