Whereas Pope Francis inherited an increasingly polarized world from his predecessor, his successor will confront a far more fragmented, and dangerous, world.

The 19th International Festival of Music Ensembles brings over 3,500 artists to Athens for a large-scale celebration of musical collaboration and cultural exchange.

Pesto trapanese, pasta alla Norma, pasta ‘ncasciata, Sicilian cannoli, arancini: for fans of Andrea Camilleri, this is all a day in the life of his gourmand detective Salvo Montalbano – when he’s not hunting down mobsters and murderers at least.

Press freedom has been stifled in Greece since Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ conservative government came to power in 2019, with phone malware and aggressive lawsuits used against journalists, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.

Greece’s Competition Commission has launched a full-scale inquiry into coastal passenger shipping after identifying price-fixing practices by an oligopoly, despite the sector’s full liberalization in 2002. 

The Parliamentary Ethics Committee has voted in favor of lifting the legal immunity of SYRIZA MPs Pavlos Polakis and Elena Akrita, allowing lawsuits filed against them to move forward.

A road cut illegally into the pristine hills of Amorgos has sparked fierce debate among locals. The road, opened during the Covid pandemic in 2020, leads to the small chapel of Saint John Chrysostom.

Twelve doctors and nurses sustained burns while carrying out surgeries at the Greek capital’s Elpis Hospital, their union has said, decrying serious safety lapses at the state-run facility. 

An Athens court on Thursday convicted Stefanos Kasselakis, the leader of the Movement for Democracy party, to a suspended prison sentence of 30 months and slapped him with a 50,000 euro fine.

Two police officers were injured after an 18-year-old man attempted to evade a traffic stop on Wednesday night in the area of Keratea, east of Athens.

A 59-year-old man has been arrested in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, for grabbing a man by the throat and throwing gasoline into his girlfriend’s face following a verbal altercation.

The sight from Rranci’s house highlights the lingering impacts of endemic graft in the Balkan country of 2.4 million people, where Prime Minister Edi Rama is seeking re-election for an unprecedented fourth term in May 11 elections.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Maximos Mansion on Thursday.

The widespread surprise at the remarkable success of Greek rapper Lex is often tied to the fact that his rise didn’t follow the conventional routes of the music industry – namely record labels, television networks, radio stations, or established media outlets.

Yannis Mouzakis, the co-founder and editor of Macropolis.gr, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into the story of Greek wages, breaking down why this remains a big challenge for the government.

Turkey and the United Kingdom agreed to hold the first round of negotiations to modernize and expand the scope of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between them by end-July, Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on Wednesday.

Staff at the Greek capital’s Attikon hospital are opposing a Health Ministry plan to transfer the hospital’s pediatric, obstetrics and gynecology departments to the general hospital of Agia Varvara.

Businesses, workers and the government should focus together on productivity, according to the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).

Bulldozers are expected to break ground by this coming fall at the new site of the Mont Parnes casino, which is being relocated from the capital’s Mount Parnitha to the northern Athens suburb of Maroussi.

A newly established business network of Greek entrepreneurs in the UK was recently inaugurated at the Greek ambassador’s residence in London, according to public broadcaster ERT.