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Authorities ask for lifting of Greek MEP's immunity in harassment case

Alexis Georgoulis, the popular Greek actor who was elected as a member of the European Parliament with SYRIZA, denies the allegation.

Greece

Greek railroad inspector charged after accident killed 57 people

A railway inspector has been charged and detained in connection to a rail disaster that left 57 people dead in central Greece more than a month ago.

Culture news

Greek National Opera celebrates Maria Callas centenary

The Greek National Opera is organising numerous events to mark the 100th anniversary of Maria Callas' birth.

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Explore Greece’s sustainable food scene on these stunning islands

In Greece, sustainable tourism and locally sourced food are a match made in heaven.

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Greece

'Extreme violence' triggers hunger strike at Greek detention centre

Strikers accuse authorities of denying inmates adequate food, hot water and medicine, while housing them in filthy cells infested with cockroaches.

Greece

Greece resumes train services three weeks after deadly rail disaster

Greece begins gradual restart of train services, three weeks after rail disaster

Greece

Greek PM calls elections for May amid public fury over train disaster

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called a general election for May following angry mass protests over February's rail disaster which killed 57 people.

World News

Greece to stop illegal construction on the party island of Mykonos

The crackdown comes after an archeologist was subjected to a "mafia-style attack" at his home in Athens.

Greece

Ukraine's national gymnastics ensemble team train in Greece

Ukraine's national gymnastics ensemble team train in Greece — while their minds and hearts remain in Ukraine

World News

Thousands of Greeks protested over the Tempi rail disaster

A strike and a day of peaceful demonstrations called to demand rail safety improvements after the Tempi train crash ended in clashes with riot police in Athens. The head-on crash last month left 57 people dead.

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Secret Greece: Picturesque villages and olive oil with health benefits

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Discover a lesser known side of Greece, away from the beaches and holiday hotspots, where agrotourism and sustainability are flourishing.

Smart Regions

Greek organisation Corallia helps small businesses grow

In partnership with the European Commission

The Greek organisation, Corallia, helps small businesses grow and take on global markets through a network of business accelerators and mentoring programmes.

Greece

Protesters in Greece demand justice for train crash victims

Thousands in Greece protested against safety deficiencies in the country's railway network after a deadly crash killed 57 people in February.

Greece

New rail safety measures promised following deadly Greece train crash

Giorgos Gerapetritis has promised a complete technological upgrade to the country's rail system following February's deadly train crash which killed 57 people

Greece

Fisherman facing 4,760 years in jail receives centuries-long sentence

The 45-year-old man had agreed to steer the migrant boat he was travelling on with his teenage son, in return for a cheaper fee paid to the smugglers.

Europe News

Greece 'repeatedly warned' over railway safety prior to deadly crash

The EU Railway Agency raised concerns with the relevant people on multiple occasions.

Culture news

Vatican to return Parthenon Marbles to Greece end of March

This is the latest case of a Western museum bowing to demands for restitution.

Greece

Protests continue across Greece amid public anger over rail diaster

Officials have blamed the crash that killed at least 57 people on human error, and the stationmaster involved faces multiple charges of negligent homicide, bodily harm and disrupting transportation.

Greece

New light shed on Greek train crash investigation

A fresh investigation has been opened into Greece's railway signalling system following Tuesday's train crash

Greece

Greek unions protest over rail safety following train crash disaster

Railway workers’ associations called strikes, halting national rail services and the subway in Athens on Thursday to protest working conditions and what they described as a dangerous failure to modernize the rail system.