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Consumers issue SOS for Greek feta cheese

Professors, journalists and consumers have banded together to found a ‘Friends of Feta Club’ to promote the Greek cheese's EU status as protected designation of origin (PDO). Feta has been designated a PDO by the European Union, after several legal challenges by...

Lawmakers Drop Audit of Bank of Greece Governor's Assets

The audit case of Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras' source-of-wealth declarations has been shelved, the Greek parliament's Review Committee on Asset Statements revealed on Wednesday, following no proof of irregularity. In a statement, the committee said that "following a...

Erdogan Adviser Compares Greek 'Fly' to Turkish 'Giant'

An outspoken aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lambasted Greece, saying any conflict over the Aegean would be like "a fly picking a fight with a giant". Yigit Bulut made the comment on Turkish television as tensions between...

Black-Market Cigarettes Cost Greece €600Μ

Around 4.6 billion contraband cigarettes are sold in Greece every year costing the state €600 million ($741 million) in lost taxes. The claim was made at a conference involving Transparency International, the General Secretariat on Corruption, Europol, the Economic Crime...

FRONTEX: Migratory Flows to Greece Down in January

The number of irregular migrants to enter Greece in January dropped 43 percent compared to the previous month, as there were 1,850 recorded arrivals, FRONTEX - the EU's border security agency - said. According to the agency, Syrians and Iraqis were...

Aegean Should be ‘Sea of Friendship’ Turkey Now Says

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Wednesday the Aegean should be a “sea of friendship” between Greece and Turkey in comments that may signal Ankara’s intention to de-escalate the crisis between the two NATO allies. His remarks came a...

Varoufakis Offers a New 'Mera' as he Reveals Name of Greek Party

Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has revealed that the new political party he is forming in Greece will be called MeRA25. Making the announcement on his personal website, he said that MeRA25 (an acronym for European Realist Disobedience Front), will...

Washington Urges Greece, Turkey to Calm Down

The U.S. State Department has encouraged Greece and Turkey to "de-escalate" current tensions in the Aegean, after a Turkish coast guard vessel rammed a Greek patrol boat on Monday night near the Imia islets. "Turkey and Greece have long-established diplomatic...

Leadership 100 Conference a Great Success (video)

More than 500 esteemed members of Greek diaspora attended the 27th Annual Leadership 100 Conference that took place in Key Biscayne, February 1-4. Leadership 100, is a non profit organization whose mission is to promote Orthodoxy and Hellenism in the US...

Greek-American Judge Blocks Trump’s Decision to End DACA

Greek-American Judge Nicholas Garaufis on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that protects from deportation immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children. According to Reuters, U.S. District Judge Nicholas...

Turkey: Imia Islets Belong to Us, Greek Gov't Misinforms its Citizens

Ankara escalated tension in the Aegean on Tuesday by issuing the most provocative statement so far, claiming that the Imia islets belong to Turkey and that the Greek government is misinforming its people. The official statement issued by Turkey's Foreign...

Greece, FYROM Foreign Ministers Meet at UN in Vienna; No Statements

Talks between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) ended at the United Nations in Vienna without statements on Tuesday. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his counterpart Nikola Dimitrov met with UN special representative Matthew Nimetz for...

EU: Turkey Needs to Respect the Sovereignty of EU Member-States

The European Commission is closely monitoring the situation in the Aegean, Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Tuesday, while warning Turkey of the need to respect the sovereignty of EU member-states. Schinas was commenting on the incident involving two vessels...

Turkish Paper: 11 Turkish and 8 Greek Ships Patrol Imia

Tension in the Aegean is rising as 11 Turkish and eight Greek warships patrol around Imia islets, following Tuesday morning's incident of a Turkish Navy ship ramming a Greek coast guard boat. According to Hurriyet newspaper, 11 Turkish navy and...

Energy Boss Talks Up Cyprus Gas Fields

Energy companies have claimed Cypriot offshore gas fields could contain between 170 and 230 billion cubic meters of gas. Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Italian energy giant ENI, made the claim to reporters in Cairo this week as tensions mount in...