The city of Naoussa in Northern Greece will host the first European Meeting of treasure-hunting dilettantes. "We are thousands and we do it as a hobby because it is incredibly thrilling" says Greek businessman Theofilos Hadjioannides, co-host of the event. The Greek treasure hunters focus mostly in Northern and Central Greece, searching for gold left behind by conquerors of the 18th and 19th century. 

The search is almost always unsuccessful, but lately, the amateur hunters have been heartened by the story of  Paul Coleman, who last year traced one of the largest hauls of Anglo Saxon silver coins

Whilst the art scene in the Greek capital has always been very dynamic and diverse, since the outbreak of the crisis in 2008 it has been going through a series of core changes that have in effect brought a renaissance to the contemporary metropolitan art scene.

The impressive flourish of commercial galleries of the previous decade has been followed by a flight of artists towards non-profit public spaces or artist-run collectives in order to showcase artworks emphasizing the need for social change through creativity.

"Athens today reminds me of London in the 1980s, when there was no  art

Whit Monday, Pentecost Monday, or Monday of the Holy Spirit, is a Christian holiday, which commemorates the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the disciples of Jesus Christ. This year, Whit Monday is on June 1st, and the Greek News Agenda will be back on Tuesday, June 2.

Two weeks after presenting the European Agenda on Migration, the European Commission adopted yesterday (27.5) the first proposals of its comprehensive approach to improving the management of migration.

Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos announced that the emergency response mechanism will relocate 40,000 asylum seekers - 24,000 from Italy and 16,000 from Greece. Syrians and Eritreans will be relocated to other EU Member States over a period of 2 years, under Article 78(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. This provision,

Yet another Startup Weekend Piraeus, the Blue Growth, Shipping and Logistics, will be held on May 29-31. Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event that brings together Piraeus designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and experts from all domains; its aim is to build an amazing startup, all over the course of one weekend. This particular event is aiming to promote innovative concepts relating to marine and freshwater resources.

The Startup Weekend welcomes anyone with a good idea, to discuss it and receive feedback from his/her peers. Teams embark on a three-day frenzy of business model creation,

Assisted Reproductive Technology or ART is the technology used to achieve pregnancy in procedures including fertility medication, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and surrogacy. It is a booming industry with a worldwide market predicted to exceed €18 billion by 2020. Together with Spain, Greece is considered a pioneer country in terms of creating specialised medical infrastructure and an environment conducive to fertility treatment (mild weather, relaxation facilities etc.).

Greece is becoming an internationally recognised hub for IVF treatments, with an ample number of

An exhibition with the work of the six shortlisted artists for the DESTE Prize 2015 will open its doors tonight at the Museum of Cycladic Art. The selected artists are Maria Hassabi, Petros Moris, Yiannis Papadopoulos, Angelo Plessas, Socratis Socratous, and Natali Yiaxi; the winner of the prize will be selected by an international Jury of six and will be announced at an award ceremony, to be held on September 7. The DESTE Prize was established in 1999 and is awarded biennially to a Greek or Cypriot artist living in Greece or abroad. The prize

European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos visited Greece yesterday (26.5) and had meetings with government officials to discuss the Commission’s plans for tackling irregular migration.

In a joint meeting with Ministers of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction, Civil Protection, Shipping and Migration Policy, the Greek government asked for an immediate disbursement of EU funds to help cope with increased migration flows. The ministers also asked for the immediate activation of a refugee relocation programme and the reinforcement of rescue equipment

Brain drain is increasingly a matter of concern within the European Union, as more and more highly skilled people migrate from the South and East to the North and West of the continent. In the case of Greece, where the unemployment rate reached 25.7% in January 2015, while unemployment among young people reached 57%, the brain drain is a serious issue.

Greece has lost 25% of its GDP since the crisis began - equally to the GDP lost by Western Europe and the U.S. during World War II. The country’s "intellectual capital" continues to be a strong national asset but, according to professor