Greece

Greece has requested permission for a French-flagged vessel to conduct seabed surveys in its territorial waters, in an effort to resume work on the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) electricity cable. ...

The White House said on Tuesday it had asked US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign after a series of news reports raised concerns she sold access to Trump ...

Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis on Tuesday announced a 30% rise in the annual benefit for heating oil to curb the impact of surging energy costs on households. In a televised ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that “strong and model NATO ally” Greece and the United States are launching new counterterrorism information sharing between their law enforcement ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Athens at a time of heightened geopolitical challenges, instability and shifting regional dynamics. The agenda for his meetings is broad and includes ...

Greece expects its economy to grow faster in 2027, outperforming Europe’s major economies, thanks to higher investment and robust consumer spending, the government’s 2027 draft budget showed on Monday. It ...

Greece repaid €2.5 billion to the European Financial Stability Facility on Thursday, using proceeds generated from the reprivatisation of Greek banks that had previously received support from the Hellenic Financial Stability ...

Greece will raise diesel fuel discounts and extend them through mid-October in an ongoing effort to curb the impact of surging fuel costs on households and businesses. Greece’s biggest ...

Greece will return to Bulgaria the remains identified as those of Bulgarian medieval ruler Tsar Samuel under an accord signed on Tuesday that also provides for the transfer of other ...

Six people have died after a residential building collapsed following an explosion in a tourist area of central Athens, a Greek fire brigade official said on Saturday. The victims have ...

Greek authorities have safely evacuated all 29 people after a fire broke out on the deck of a vehicle ferry off the popular tourist island of Mykonos on Friday, the Greek ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed plans for another tripartite summit with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides when they met on the sidelines of the ...

An explosion caused a residential building to collapse in the crowded touristic centre of Athens on Friday, injuring three people and damaging houses, shops and cars across a historic neighbourhood. ...

Cyprus is a “litmus test” of the United Nations’ credibility, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in his address to the general assembly in New York. He said the eastern ...

Greek diplomatic sources accused Turkey on Wednesday of “systematic distortion of history,” after the Turkish foreign ministry marked the anniversary of the siege of Tripolitsa with a social media post ...

Oil major Chevron will begin seismic research in blocks off Greece this year, the Greek energy ministry said on Wednesday. Chevron Country Manager Beatrice Bienvenu in a meeting with Greek ...

Moody’s Ratings has raised its outlook on Greece’s sovereign credit rating to positive from stable, while affirming the country’s Baa3 investment-grade rating, citing growing evidence that structural ...

Greece is aiming for the next enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem “to be a success”, the country’s President Constantine Tassoulas said, as he welcomed his Cypriot counterpart Nikos ...

Athens International Airport is reshaping its major expansion programme after passenger traffic rose 4.5 per cent in the first half of 2026, with the airport now planning a more phased approach that ...

Greek singer Giorgos Mazonakis has died aged 54 after suffering cardiac arrest at a private clinic in Athens on Wednesday. According to Greek media report, Mazonakis had gone to a private ...

By Lefteris Papadimas Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ruled out snap elections on Sunday a day after announcing a string of tax cuts and wage hikes, as he seeks to ...

A Greek two-seat F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed on Saturday during an air show at Tanagra air base north of Athens, killing the pilots, two officials told Reuters. “Unfortunately the ...

Greece is among the eurozone economies least exposed to the impact of prolonged high interest rates, despite its heavy public debt burden, according to a report by Morningstar DBRS. The ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to announce more than €2 billion in tax breaks, pay rises and other relief measures on Saturday as his government seeks to tackle cost-of-living ...