Latest News from Greece

President Pavlopoulos calls for efforts to end war and refugee crisis in Middle East

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Sunday stressed the need to end sources of conflict in the Middle East and deal with the region’s refugees, while receiving the members of the International Secretariat and Committee Chairpersons and Rapporteurs of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) at the presidential mansion.

DefMin: Bulgaria Has Readiness to Deploy More Troops to Border with Turkey

Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev assured on Sunday that the Bulgarian army has readiness to assist border police in guarding the country's frontier with Turkey against the influx of illegal migrants.

Nenchev said that it will be jointly discussed and decided with border police whether there is need to deploy additional troops and military equipment.

IMF sends Velculescu back to Athens

General director of the IMF Christine Lagarde decided to send Delia Velculescu to Greece, based on information,.

According to mignatiou.com, the decision has been taken and Mrs. Velculescu will be accompanied by the heads of the other Institutions .

New Google Doodle honors Melina Merkouri

Google celebrates the 95th birthday of Melina Mercouri dedicating a doodle which depicts her face and the Acropolis in the background.

Melina Merkouri was born in 1920 and she was an actress, a singer and a politician.

Twelve migrants drown as boat sinks off Turkey

Twelve migrants drowned Oct. 16 when their boat sank off the Turkish coast as they were seeking to reach Greece, while around 25 others were rescued, the Anadolu news agency reported.

The Turkish coastguard recovered the bodies from the wooden boat, which had sailed from northwest Turkey's seaside town of Ayval?k headed for the Greek island of Lesbos, the Turkish news agency said.

Twelve migrants drown after boat sinks off of Turkey's Aegean coast

At least 12 migrants have drowned after a boat attempting to reach the Greek island of Lesbos sank in the Aegean Sea inside Turkish territorial waters on Oct. 17, Do?an News Agency reported, noting that 23 others were rescued.

Kouvelis doesn’t rule out an institutional cooperation with SYRIZA

Fotis Kouvelis appeared determined to contribute to a “progressive governance” of Greece and talking to Free Sunday newspaper he didn’t rule out an institutional cooperation’ of the United Movement of European Left with, while he criticized the current leadership of Democratic Left.

Omnibus bill covers only the 30% of prior actions

The omnibus bill which includes the austerity measures agreed with Greece’s creditors was voted during yesterday’s plenary session.

A School of Ancient Greek Athletics to be opened in Ancient Nemea

The Society for the Revival of the Nemean Games aims to establish and run a unique school of sports, a School of Ancient Greek Athletics.

This school will accept students of all ages and from all over the world and will teach them the practice and philosophy of sports in ancient Greece.

Visit the most beautiful lakes in Greece

The real beauty is found in nature and these breathtaking lakes will intrigue you to enjoy an autumn vacation or just a weekend getaway.

Natural or artificial lakes, with salt or brackish water, they are all beautiful and magical.

See some of the most beautiful lakes in Greece.

Axiou Delta, Pieria

Meimarakis tells SYRIZA govt: “We did not give you a blank checque!”

Opposition New Democracy party leader Vangelis Meimarakis addressed Greek Parliament on Friday during a debate on the omnibus draft bill on prior actions required for the release of bailout money for Greece.

154 Greek lawmakers vote in favor of omnibus bill

The omnibus bill of austerity measures was voted in shortly after 1 a.m. on Saturday despite heated debate. 154 MPs of the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) and its junior partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) voted in favor of the bill, after ANEL MP Nikos Nikolopoulos said he would vote against some sections of the omnibus bill.