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Greece
Tsipras-Mitsotakis Battle it Out in Parliament over 2 Greek Soldiers
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and New Democracy president Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday exchanged verbal attacks over the issue of the two Greek soldiers arrested in Turkey.
The main opposition chief asked Tsipras why he did not call Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
Economy
No Discussion of Greek Debt Easing on Monday's Eurogroup
On Monday's Eurogroup, eurozone finance ministers will not discuss Greece's debt easing, nor the supervision of Greek reforms after the bailout program ends in August, according to a Kathimerini newspaper report.
The report says that technical discussions have not progressed...
Greece
Elderly Greek Motorist Speeds Wrong Way on Highway
An elderly man who drove 25 miles (40 kilometers) the wrong way down a Greek highway has been arrested.
Officers detained the 80-year-old driver in Halkidiki, northern Greece, after a high-speed chase.
Members of the public called police late on Wednesday...
Economy
Greek Shipyard Faces Liquidation
Chinese state involvement in Greece's maritime sector could intensify after an Athens court ruled the liquidation of Hellenic Shipyards in Skaramagas could go ahead.
Cosco, which has had control of Piraeus port since 2016 and recently docked the world's largest containership...
Greece
Thessaloniki Unveils Holocaust Memorial Events
Greece's second city, Thessaloniki, will pay tribute to the victims of the WWII Holocaust with a series of events starting next week.
The northern city, which once had a pre-war Jewish population of 54,000, will host films, concerts and exhibitions...
Economy
Youth Unemployment Still Leads Greek Joblessness
It was revealed on Thursday that Greek unemployment fell to 20.8 percent in December -- a more-than-two-percent decline year-on-year.
ELSTAT, the Greek statistics body, issued new data which showed joblessness had fallen both in annual and quarterly terms.
In December there...
Economy
Greek State Bond Yields See Fall
Greek state bond yields declined further on Thursday, with the yield of the 10-year benchmark bond dropping as low as 4.06 percent.
The trend is seen reflecting a prevailing positive economic climate in the country.
An economic restructuring and the prospect...
Greece
Greek Photographers Impress Awards Jury (photos)
Dimitra Athenaki, “Feminine Arc”, GAP Honorable Mention.The 6th Greek Photographic Circuit has proved a huge success for artists from Chania in Crete who received well-earned recognition for their work.
The competition included over 1,400 professional and amateur photographers from 73 countries and included the presentation...
Greece
Best Greek Hotel Breakfast Award 2018 Goes to Zagorochoria
The Best Greek Hotel Breakfast in the Greek Hospitality Awards 2018 has been won by a hotel in Ano Pedina, Zagorochoria.
The winning accommodation is the Pirrion Boutique Hotel Sweet Hospitality which competed with other 148 hotels and, after a careful...
Business
Moody’s Cuts Turkey Rating Amid Increased Risk
Turkey saw a cut in its long-term issuer and unsecured debt ratings on Thursday, and a reduction in its rating outlook from 'stable' to 'negative'.
Credit rating agency Moody's said the fall from Ba1 to Ba2 was due to a...
Greece
Turkish Nationalists Hit Out at Greece After Flag Burning
"The Turkish flag that was burnt... will be flying in Athens again," the chief of a Turkish nationalist party has claimed.
The Great Unity Party (BBP)'s Mustafa Destici was referring to a Golden Dawn demonstration in Athens on Monday, at...
entertainment
Mykonos Documentary Wins International Acclaim
A documentary on the cosmopolitan Greek island of Mykonos by filmmaker Nico Mastorakis has won international acclaim even before its official release.
"Mykonos, The Soul Of An Island," is already an official entry, a semi-finalist and a two-time winner in...
Australia
Australian Hellenic Council Slams Pro-FYROM ‘Radicals’
The Australian Hellenic Council (AHC) has lashed out at recent scenes of flag burning by "radical ultra-nationalists" at protests over the name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
Organizers of the pro-FYROM rallies in Sydney and Melbourne could...
Education
Schoolkids March in Remote Greek Island of the Dodecanese (video)
Children on the remote island of Agathonisi in the Dodecanese marched during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the island chain joining Greece in 1947.
The march and the following ceremony were attended by most of the island's 150 inhabitants,...
Greece
Soldiers Held in Turkey are 'Sons of All Greeks'
The parents of the two Greek soldiers being held in Turkey for illegally crossing into the country last week have appealed to the Greek authorities to do more in order to secure their release.
Nikos Mitretodis, father of Lieutenant Aggelos...