11+ hour, 25+ min ago   (402+ words) Thousands of people gathered Sunday evening outside the Holy Trinity Church in the Athens suburb of Nikaia to pay their final respects to popular singer Giorgos Mazonakis, who died Wednesday at the age of 54. The gathering, described as an overnight…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (188+ words) Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday in his weekly address that Greece’s pursuit of regional stability does not mean accepting concessions or faits accomplis, as he stressed the country’s defense capabilities and active foreign policy. Writing from Kastellorizo, a Greek…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (74+ words) eKathimerini.com Police are investigating reports of gunfire outside a beach bar in Anavyssos, a coastal town southeast of Athens, early Sunday. Police were alerted at 5:15 a.m. and officers responding to the scene found two shell casings and traces of blood,…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (205+ words) Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accompanied by his wife, Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki, met at the Maximos Mansion, his official residence, with Lebanese-British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, who is in Athens for UNESCO’s Annual Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors, taking place later Thursday....

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (107+ words) US says Greek-Israeli cooperation advances ‘shared security goals’ eKathimerini.com Washington welcomed on Wednesday the defense cooperation between Greece and Israel following the Achilles’ Shield agreement Responding to a question from the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) about the agreement and…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (191+ words) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis introduced Adrianos Golemis, who is set to become Greece’s first astronaut, at the International Space Summit in Paris on Wednesday. French President Emmanuel Macron invited Mitsotakis to make the introduction before some 2,000 participants from about…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (211+ words) eKathimerini.com The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a provocative statement on the events of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, accusing the Greek army of “systematic and premeditated massacres” of civilians in Asia Minor between 1919 and 1922 “Today,…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (153+ words) eKathimerini.com Greek pop star Giorgos Mazonakis, who also enjoyed a strong following among the Greek diaspora, has died of a heart attack after being rushed to a hospital in Athens. He was 54. Mazonakis, who grew up in the Piraeus…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (416+ words) For years now, Greece has been living with the dream of “a leader who will take charge of the country’s fate,” without considering how undemocratic and ultimately foolish this reasoning is. There is no person in this world who can…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (199+ words) Greece and Italy signed an agreement in Rome on Tuesday for Greece to acquire two Italian FREMM frigates for €460 million, deepening defense cooperation between the two NATO allies. Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias and Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto attended…...