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Two assailants riding a motorcycle shot bullets at the building housing the Mexican Embassy in Athens on Sunday morning. Signs of the incident were found on Monday afternoon when people who work in the building discovered the bullet holes. The Mexican...

It is in Turkey's financial and international interests to uphold the agreement with the European Union on the handling of refugees, Alternate Defence Minister Dimitris Vitsas said in an interview on the state broadcaster ERT on Monday. He linked...

On Monday forty Czech police officers left to help Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) protect its border with Greece, Petr Petik, deputy police president said in a press conference. "They are very well-trained for this service so the work...

August 1 marks the 195th anniversary since the first Greek newspaper “Elliniki Salpinx” was published in Kalamata by Theoklitos Farmakidis. The newspaper was published using the printing equipment that Demetrios Ypsilantis had brough to Greece from Trieste. Farmakidis, was born...

The Australian magazine New Idea reported that Athina Onassis -- heiress of Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis -- found comfort in the arms of her close friend Prince Harry of Wales, after her devastating divorce with Brazilian Alvaro de Miranda...

Twenty six protesters, who were arrested in Thessaloniki after storming in the Thessaloniki Cathedral and disrupting the liturgy, were cleared on Monday, August 1. They were found innocent on the counts of exhibiting offensive behavior during the time of...

Fires have been raging on the Greek island of Evia for the last three days. The Limni area in northern Evia is in a state of emergency, while the fire department is battling a double front. At the moment,...

Hundreds of thousands of Greek professionals, doctors, lawmakers, civil servants, journalists, judges and others are subject to declare all their assets as of October 1, according to a new bill. The people who will be asked to declare all assets...

"The Greek-Bulgarian High-Level Cooperation Council held on here on Monday will allow Greece and Bulgaria, two highly important countries of the Balkan peninsula, to make a significant new start toward establishing very close and constructive relations," Greece's Prime Minister...

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis sent a letter to Citizen Protection and Migration Policy Ministers Nikos Toskas and Yannis Mouzalas asking for the evacuation of squats used for migrant accommodation. In the letter, that was also forwarded to Prime Minister Alexis...

Two young Greeks discovered an ancient tomb near the region of Zagori. Archaeologists were excited to find that the tomb had not been looted and they estimated that it dates back to the Byzantine times. The tomb was found right...

According to a statement released on Monday from the union representing Greek judges and prosecutors, threats have been made towards prosecutor Maria Troupi, who is involved with the Noor 1 case, as two big, burly men threatened her mother...

The famous Greek composer and pianist, Yanni will be closing the Jordan Festival 2016 in September at the Amman Citadel. Numerous concerts and events have been planned to take place at the Citadel as part of the festival, featuring...

A new museum in Vergina has received some 4.5 million euro funding approval from the EU and is set to open in 2017 under the proclamation, "Aigai: The first city of the Macedonians, from Hercules to Alexander the Great...

A man from Athens who allegedly threw a dog off of a third-floor balcony of an apartment that he owns in Amerikis Square will face an Athens prosecutor on Monday. The disturbing allegations against the owner of the apartment are...