Friday’s demonstrations may not have been led by anyone in particular. The sheer size of the turnout made it impossible for political parties to claim ownership.

Medicines, food aid, access to drinking water, and access to care for thousands of HIV patients in dozens of countries. These have been some of the programs of the US foreign aid agency – USAID – over the last 64 years.

Where should the focus be? On the massive crowd that gathered at Syntagma Square to pay their respects to the victims of the 2023 Tempe rail tragedy or on the pockets of violence that scattered the otherwise peaceful demonstration?

Following Donald Trump’s surprise phone call with Vladimir Putin, we may no longer have a “West,” in the sense of a stable political and military alliance. We live in a defining moment.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (364 Syngrou) in Athens goes all out for the last Sunday of Carnival, transforming into a vibrant celebration filled with music, dance and fun for all ages

Transport authorities have announced that changes will be in effect on Tram Line 6, operating between the Pikrodafni stop in southern Athens and Syntagma in the city center from March 4 to June 15. 

Greece’s Coast Guard said 60 migrants were rescued from a dinghy off the southern coast of Crete on Saturday after they alerted the authorities through an emergency number.

Turkey’s foreign minister will reiterate at Sunday’s meeting of European leaders in London an offer from Ankara to host peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Saturday.

Banks are reforming their transaction packages, adjusting their pricing policy to the new data created by the government intervention regarding bank charges.

The festivities surrounding the Carnival season in Patra, southern Greece, will culminate on Sunday, when over 55,000 carnival people are expected to participate in the parade organized each year by local authorities and dedicated groups.

A 46-year-old Staff Sergeant who was serving in an army unit in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece, was found dead on Saturday morning, Greece’s Army General Staff (GES) announced. 

A prosecutor has filed felony charges against a 14-year-old who was arrested on Friday afternoon in central Thessaloniki for possession of explosives at a public gathering, during a massive rally to mark two years since Greece's deadliest train crash.

Once again in its 82-year history, the emblematic yacht of Aristotle Onassis, the Christina O, is going up for sale.

Panos Mouzourakis and the Swinging Cats will close out the Carnival season with a vibrant party at Gazarte (32-34 Voutadon) on March 2

John Catsimatidis, a prominent Greek-American businessman and Vice Chairman of the Archdiocesan Council of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, berated Greece’s Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis for not meeting with Archbishop Elpidophoros of America or visiting the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America during his two-day visit to the US this week.

A group of 500-800 people from the anti-authoritarian space, who approached Syntagma Square immediately after the speeches by the relatives of the Tempe railway disaster victims had concluded, were the main protagonists in Friday’s riots in the center of Athens that led to the break-up of the mass demonstration commemorating the deadly train collision.

Greek investigators are reopening key aspects of the probe into the Tempe deadly train crash following new findings that suggest critical evidence may have been tampered with.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reaffirmed the strategic importance of the US-Greece partnership in a meeting with his Greek counterpart, George Gerapetritis.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia will heed its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call for disarmament and declare an immediate ceasefire, a news agency close to the group has cited it as saying, in a major step toward ending a 40-year conflict with the Turkish state.

Hundreds of thousands of Greeks took to the streets across the country on Friday, marking two years since the tragic Tempe train disaster that claimed 57 lives.