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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.