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Aegean Airlines is cancelling two flights to Berlin’s Tegel Airport on Friday due to the 24-hour strike announced by ground staff at the city’s airport, the company announced on Thursday. The flights affected are: * A3 852 Athens - Berlin (Tegel)...

Progress has been made on some important issues discussed between Greece and its creditors as part of the country’s second program review but many differences remain, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said at a regular press briefing on Thursday. “There has...

The reforms carried out during the years of crisis have kept Europe at an economic and social standstill while increasing the political influence of the extreme and populist right, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday at a Party...

The drop in the average Greek salary has resulted in the rise of flexible forms of employment, both factors that have crippled the sustainability of the country's security system. Despite the numerous interventions in terms of pensions, social security experts...

Greece will get 19 billion euros in the next seven years for development in agriculture, while Greek traditional products will be protected, said European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan. The European commissioner is in Thessaloniki and on...

"Knowing international law means, above all, respecting it and not violating it," was the Greek Foreign Ministry statement on Thursday that came as an answer to a Turkish Foreign Ministry announcement referring to Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos statements on...

There are many beautiful sights to take in on the Greek island of Santorini. The island is known for its colorful volcanic stone backdrop with white houses and winding streets, climbing the cliffs leading you to villages and breathtaking views....

Transportation authorities have been closing many public metro stations around Athens over the past few weeks as they install the new ticket barriers to curb ticket fare dodgers. The latest closures are on Thursday at Peristeri station on Line 2...

Negotiations on the bailout program review between Greece and international creditors resumed on Thursday afternoon after Wednesday's closing of the issue of settlement of red business loans out of court. The two sides converged on some issues, but a European...

The Greek unemployment rate fell to 23.1 pct of the workforce in December 2016, from 24.1 pct in the same month in 2015, but remained unchanged from November 2016 (figure revised upwards to 23.1 pct), Hellenic Statistical Authority said...

The incidents of vandalism of public transportation vehicles and ticket validation machines continues to occur in and around the city of Athens. According to Kathimerini, on Monday at around 11:30 pm in the suburb of Vari on the 117 Glyfada-Vari...

The Turkish Foreign Ministry in a written statement said that recent comments by Greece's President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos show "lack of knowledge of basic international rules." Turkey's reaction followed a statement by the Greek president who said that...

The amount of tourists arriving in Greece this year is expected to set a new record of 28 million, according to the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Andreas Andreadis who commented from the sidelines of the ITB...

Greece did not absorb a single euro from the EU’s fruit and vegetables in schools program because no tender was submitted to a call, according to EURACTIV.com. The European Commission recently announced the absorption rates of a 150 million euro...

Gross domestic product in Greece remained unchanged in 2016, totaling 184.5 billion euros in terms of volume, according to figures released by the independent statistics agency on Wednesday. The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), in its provisional report on annual national...