On 19 May, Hellenism commemorates the extermination of 353,000 Pontian Greeks killed during a genocide. In 1994, the Greek parliament selected 19 May as the day to commemorate the Pontian Greek Genocide by the Turks. It was on that day that Mustafa Kemal landed at Sampsounta, essentially initiating the gigantic pogrom.
Greek-American actress Mena Suvari has just signed on as the lead in Amazon Studio's drama Hysteria.
What seemed like a destabilizing result early last night after local elections exit polls came out, was turned around, leading the Greek stock market to a recovery, after last week's tumble down.
Stavros Theodorakis announced that he will change his itinerary and start a tour of the regions where the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party has a strong presence.
Today, Greek Cup finalist PAOK announced Angelos Anastasiadis as their coach, after finalizing a position contract.
Few surprises today, as coach of Greek national football team announces the 23 players traveling to Brazil for the World Cup (Mundial) games.
Today, PASOK's Evangelos Venizelos conducted a televised news conference and blamed SYRIZA for sensationalism, regarding yesterday's local elections.
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades hosted a luncheon with previous Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, regarding peace discussion developments and a negotiated settlement that is mutually beneficial for both territories.
Late last night, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras declared: "positive and indisputable results", regarding the initial round of elections, to reporters.
Early this morning, SYRIZA backed candidate for Attica Rena Dourou, surpassed incumbent Giannis Sgouros with 23.73% and 22.18% of votes, respectively.
Voters expressed their disapproval for the government austerity program, offered SYRIZA some significant gains, but the campaign for the crucial European elections has just began.
Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides met with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Thursday, to discuss his scheduled visit to Cyprus, on May 21st through 23rd.
On Friday, Hellenic stocks were faced with excessive purchasing pressure in the Athens Stock Exchange, resulting in the lowest level of a composite market index since October 2013.
In today's local elections, New Democracy Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras offered statements after placing their votes.