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Mexico Navy's sail training tall ship "Cuauhtemoc" docked on Wednesday at Souda port, Crete, Greece. Cuauhtemoc that is carrying out an education trip was welcomed by the ambassador of Mexico to Greece Daniel Hernadez-Joseph and representatives of the local authorities. "The...

A painful chapter in the lives of two Greek families, one from the northwestern Greek town of Parga and one on the island of Lesvos, will come to a close next week when the remains of their loved ones...

A man of the Greek Presidential Guard wearing Pontian traditional attire fainted during the ceremony to commemorate the Pontian Genocide (May 19) on Friday. The incident occurred at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier, in front of the Greek Parliament...

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned him that if he doesn't succumb to creditors' demands in the summer of 2015 there is fear of a new Goudi Coup. "Alexis Tsipras, in the summer...

The number of registered unemployed is reduced by almost 98,000 in April as the tourist season started in Greece, according to the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). Compared to March, the number of jobless Greeks registered in the unemployment office (OAED)...

A preliminary report into the causes of the fatal train crash in the village of Adendro, near Thessaloniki, Greece, last week confirmed it was due to excessive speed, a preliminary report delivered to Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis showed on...

New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis was visiting the island of Aegina on Saturday when he commented on the fourth memorandum. Two days ago the fourth memorandum was voted by SYRIZA and Independent Greeks' deputies. A fourth memorandum which,...

The Greek island of Agios Efstratios declared a state of emergency on Friday due to an ongoing seasonal locust plague, officials said. Much of the plant life in the Aegean Sea island, which is home to about 200 residents, has...

Three of the seven associates of fugitive Artemis Sorras were granted time until June 21 on Friday to prepare their plea for a sleuth of felony offenses in relation to an ongoing investigation into the activities of Sorras’ political...

A 14-year-old girl was the second recorded victim in Greece of the dangerous Blue Whale game played in the social media. The new victim is a teenage girl who inflicted serious wounds on herself with her parents believing that she...

European commissioner in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici called on Greece’s lenders to agree on a comprehensive deal for the country, in a statement to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Friday. “I am aware how difficult it...

Municipal services throughout the country are set to shut down for four days, from Saturday until the following Tuesday, due to strike action announced by local authority staff unions demanding permanent jobs for local government contract workers and municipal...

Various events took place in Athens during the memory of the Greek Pontic genocide by the Ottoman Empire under Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal during World War I. The aftermath of 1914–1923, claimed about 200,000 to 250,000 deaths and is...

For over 60 years the Athens and Epidaurus Festival has been a highlight of the Greek summer, offering a diverse program of music, theater, dance and visual arts that take place at various venues around the city of Athens. The...

The European Commission welcomed on Friday the voting of the measures in the Greek parliament, adding that now a credible strategy that will guarantee the sustainability of the Greek debt will be sought. Asked to comment on the voting of...