Greek veteran triple jumper Pigi Devetzis, who won the silver medal in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and the bronze in the 2008 Beijing Games, admitted on Sunday that she was under inquiry by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) regarding her participation in the Beijing Olympics, but strongly denied allegations that she had used doping substances.
The Greek government reiterated a call to the EU to quickly help relocate thousands of refugees and migrants currently living in overcrowded reception centers on the Aegean Sea islands, as new clashes among refugees broke out on early Monday inside Moria hot spot on Lesvos island.
Turkey will continue offering its support to the negotiation process for an agreement on a Cyprus solution, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a visit to the occupied part of the eastern Mediterranean island on Wednesday.
A year since the Greek referendum on the third bailout deal with international lenders the Left-led government appeared confident that better days lay ahead, as just a few demonstrators of the "No" camp returned to the streets here on Tuesday.
The enhancement of Sino-Greek cooperation is a strategic choice, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told Xinhua in a written interview here before departing for his first official visit to China from July 2 to July 6.
As the Olympic movement gears up for the historic Rio Summer Olympics, refugee children running alongside Greek youth and Olympic medalists sent on Wednesday a strong message for peace across the world from the center of Athens.
The first phase of a major police operation launched on Tuesday morning to clear Greece's largest makeshift refugee camp at Idomeni crossing on the Greece-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border ended by sunset without problems, according to Greek officials.
The arrivals of refugees and migrants to the Greek island of Lesvos is dropping quickly after the implementation of the refugee deal between EU and Ankara to stem the influx from Turkey, local authorities said on Tuesday.
During a cabinet meeting here on Tuesday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras hailed the "road map to debt relief" discussed at the Eurogroup meeting on Monday in Brussels.
China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited, China's state-run shipping giant, entered into a deal with Greece's privatization fund HRADF on Friday to take over a 67-percent stake in the European nation's main port of Piraeus.
An agreement between Greece's privatization fund HRADF and China COSCO Shipping Corporation for the sale of the majority stake in Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) was signed on Friday in Athens. The agreement has been hailed by both Greece and China as creating a win-win situation for all parties.
Tensions flared across organized reception camps and makeshift tent cities in Greece on Wednesday, as thousands of refugees and migrants protested against readmissions to Turkey which started on Monday as part of the EU-Turkey agreement aiming to curb the influx into Europe.
Greece on Monday picked a local theater director to curate its most renowned annual summer arts festival after Belgian artist Jan Fabre quit following protests from artists that his plans excluded Greek works.
Less than two weeks after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece with the hope of starting a new life in Europe, 202 refugees and migrants were returned to Turkey from the Greek islands on Monday.
Greek Coast Guard vessels recovered the dead bodies of two refugee babies on Sunday, the first day of the implementation of the European Union-Turkey deal to stem the influx of refugees into Europe.
A new round of Greece's bailout program review resumed Wednesday with hope the two sides bridge the gap on the next set of fiscal adjustment and reform measures.
Despite six years of recession and tough austerity measures, Greek citizens have not turned their backs on stranded migrants and refugees who have been trapped in the country and cannot continue their journey to western Europe due to border restrictions along the Balkan route.
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