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The leader of Turkey's opposition party Iyi (Good party) on Wednesday threatened Cyprus with invasion following the country's drilling for natural gas in its Exclusive Economic Zone, the boundaries of which are disputed by Ankara. Speaking in the Turkish parliament,...

Economic growth in Greece will exceed two percent in 2019 and 2020, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) stated in its Economic Outlook report, released on Wednesday. The report notes that the GDP in Greece is projected to...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Canadian health authorities issued a warning to consumers not to eat romaine lettuce. This type of lettuce has been suspected of containing E. coli bacteria and is...

A London police officer who threw a homeless man out of a Heathrow Airport police station and watched a DVD as he died outside has been fired. Pericles Malagardis, a 63-year-old man who was sleeping outdoors on Heathrow Airport property,...

Philanthropist George D. Behrakis (L) and Trikala Mayor Dimitris Papastergiou (R) The ninth Panhellenic Student Conference, titled "Education for a World Without Smoking"    was held at the Athanasios Trigonis Cultural Center in Trikala recently. The conference is an ongoing project...

Airlines will now be required to provide the Hellenic Police (ELAS) with detailed information on passengers travelling into and out of Greece under an EU directive to curb terrorism and crime, according to a Greek Travel Pages (GTP) report. The...

The Republic of Cyprus announced on Tuesday plans to build a hospital in Mati, the region of Greece which was devastated by the July wildfires, in a gesture of solidarity with Greece. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades made the announcement after he...

Former Foreign Minister of Greece Nikos Kotzias revealed on Tuesday that he has referred to the prosecutor charges that Greek diplomats were allegedly involved in issuing illegal visas to unaccompanied children. During an interview with the Union of Newspaper Reporters, Kotzias...

Stamos Zoulas, the former editor-in-chief of Kathimerini, one of Greece's most respected daily newspapers, died in Athens on Tuesday aged 81. Zoulas was born in 1937 and studied political science at the Panteion University in Athens. He began his career...

The Greek government issued the first two licenses for the cultivation and processing of medical cannabis on Monday, and announced that another twelve licenses will be issued by the end of this year. "There is huge interest, mainly from Canada...

The European Union is considering establishing an intelligence school which will be led by Greece and Cyprus, the journal Politico reported on Monday. "Eyebrows will be raised by the proposal to have Greece lead the academy, with help from Cyprus,...

In 2011, sisters Anthe and Vasiliki Mitrakos founded a cultural foundation that grants merit scholarships to students of Hellenic descent studying in the US. Their love for Greece, culture, the arts and media would lead them also to create...

Australian tourists visiting Greece are the biggest spenders per capita among all nationalities, according to a new study by INSETE, the research institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation. On average, each Australian tourist spent 95.2 euros (US $109) daily in 2017....

Three 15-year-old teenagers from Kyparissia died after the car they had taken without permission crashed on the highway between the Peloponesse cities of Pyrgos and Methoni. The fatal accident happened on Monday morning, after the boys decided to leave school,...

An increase in fuel prices has significantly burdened shipping companies, creating pressures  to increase ferry ticket prices, according to Mihalis Sakellis, chairman of the Association of Passenger Ship Operators, speaking on Monday.doing business Sakellis noted that an increase in business...