The Church of Greece appears to be taking a more formal stand against far-right extremism, with a growing number of clerics, as well as the Greek Orthodox churches of Germany and America, expressing concern about the rise of racially motivated violence in Greece.
The metropolitan bishops of Thessaloniki, Fthiotida, Corinth, Messinia and Nafpaktos, among others, reiterated calls Monday by Archbishop Ieronymos for clerics expressing support in any form for far-right groups to be marginalized by their peers.
The Greek region of Western Macedonia has the fifth highest regional unemployment rate in the European Union, statistical agency Eurostat said on Wednesday.
The jobless rate in Western Maced...
Cyprus faces substantial risks to its economic outlook and a forecast recession could be deeper than forecast, its central bank governor said in a prepared speech on Wednesday.
The island st...
Germany's Bjoern Otto recorded the world's leading performance in the men's pole vault at the Athens Street Pole Vault event that took place at Zappio, in central Athens, on Saturday afterno...
PAS Giannina upset PAOK at Thessaloniki on Sunday to take the lead at the Super League play-offs, while Asteras Tripolis rebounded from its loss at Ioannina in midweek to defeat Atromitos at...
One of the biggest problems dragging the Greek economy down is the pressure placed on entrepreneurs aspiring to do business in sectors dominated by the “pirates” and “pimps” of the business ...
Greek taxpayers have had to pay dozens of millions of euros for the restoration and conservation of the capital’s landmark buildings, including Athens Polytechnic and the so-called neoclassi...
