Greece

The Night Parade of Greece’s biggest and most famous Carnival in Patras started on Saturday night. Estimated 40,000 carnivalists are currently marching through the streets of the port city in West Peloponnese. According to the tradition, it is the carnivalists who march without the floats. pictures via patrastimes.gr Sunday noon, …

US President Donald Trump and wife Melania took a break from head-aching policies and charities and made a short visit to Greece over the weekend. As the trip was strictly private, they avoided Greek capital Athens and landed directly at the port city of Patras in West Peloponnese. Although the …

187 books of important Greek writers and poets are waiting to be read at the passengers’ lounge of the International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos in Athens. The books to be read by passengers while waiting for their flight are in Greek and in English. The action “Athens as a Book” was …

Greece’s Carnival season, the Apokries, reaches its peak over the weekend with the biggest Carnival Parade, the Carnival of Patras, to take place on Sunday. The weekend marks the end of masquerading, eating, drinking and dancing and opens the way for the 40-day fasting until the Greek orthodox Easter. Staring …

  This weekend Syntagma Square and roads leading to and from it, will be closed to allow filming of a joint Italian/American film to take place. The Hollywood film is Called Born to be Murdered, features John David Washington and is scheduled for release in 2020. Filming of Called Born to be …

The island group of Dodecanes came under a brief occupation by the British from 1945 until 1947, when they were ceded to Greece with the Treaty of Peace. Τhe British occupation ended formally on 7. March 1948, the Dodecanese were untied with the Motherland. Reason for the islanders to celebrate …

A new draft bill prepared by the Economy and Development ministry will add intangible investments into Greece’s Golden Visa program for third country, that is non-EU, citizens. The draft law on harmonising Greek legislation with an EU directive on commercial secrecy includes a regulation aiming to improve and to add …

The European Commission has sent a stern warning to Greece claiming it is violating European Union environmental laws with regard to waste management on the Ionian island of Corfu. “The Commission is calling on Greece to ensure that EU waste legislation is implemented on the ground in Corfu Island,” the …

For the first time in Greece, women organizations and unions launch a Feminist Strike and are calling on female workers and students to refrain from their obligations on March 8th. Feminist organizations, women’s collectives, trade unions and women branches of political parties call on workers in the private and public …

A group of men are seen to brutally beat a woman. They throw her on the ground. three of them hold her hands and two beat her. One of the perpetrators stabs her in the leg. The attackers grab her bag containing a small amount of money and flee. The …