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Greece is and remains a safe destination and this must be Parliament's message to those choosing to spend their holidays in the country, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday. Addressing MPs during a debate on security requested by...

TripAdvisor has announced its list with the most beautiful islands in the world for 2016. With Maui being the champion of the list of most beautiful islands in the world, the Greek island of Santorini shares similar glory as it...

The April 21, 1967 coup that abolished democracy in Greece is a tragic experience that teaches all people to rigorously defend human rights, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Wednesday in a message to mark 49 years since the...

Uruguayan football coach, Gustavo Poyet, was fired by AEK on Tuesday, one day before the team would face Atromitos in the first game ever since the Greek Cup commenced again. AEK owner, Dimitris Melissanidis, labelled Poyet as "immoral," after the...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that Greece does not need any additional measures, but rather time and to take ownership of the measures agreed. In an interview published in MNI and Euro2day.gr, Juncker explained that the European Commission will...

The government and the institutions representatives on Wednesday reached an agreement on the 1.8 billion euro package of indirect taxation, according to a government official. The same source said that this package provides for the increase of the core VAT...

Private sector union GSEE announced on Tuesday it will hold a 48-hour general strike when the government tables the social security reform bill in parliament, to protest the “unfair and ineffective” measures included. “GSEE has already decided to hold a...

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said that the European Union and IMF common goal is to help Greece out of the crisis and return to growth. Speaking to French newspaper Le Figaro, Lagarde said that the differences between...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday in an effort to find a political solution to prevent additional fiscal measures for the completion of Greece's bailout review. The two state leaders spoke on the telephone with...

Great Greek actor, Giannis Voglis, died on Wednesday at the age of 79 after suffering from a long-term disease. For the past long while, he was intubated at the hospital, and according to information, in two and half months,...

A 17-year-old Afghan female migrant died on Tuesday at Laiko Hospital in Athens from what appears to be a series of complications. The teenager was staying with her family at the makeshift migrant camp at former Athens airport at Elliniko....

Telegraph has introduced the series ‘Phrases to get you furthest’- a video series where essential sayings, fun phrases and quirky idioms are taught in different languages. In its most recent video, a native Greek speaker teaches several key words and...

Russian tourist operators have recorded an augmentation of 10-15% in demand for vacation in May, in comparison to last year, with popular destinations abroad being Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Montenegro, Italy, France, and the Czech Republic. Russians appear to prefer the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the progress in negotiations to conclude the first review of the Greek programme during a telephone call held on Tuesday, Greek government sources revealed. They said the prime minister...

The interior and administrative reconstruction ministry decided to abolish the double writing of Greek names or surnames in Latin characters in identity cards and passports and to impose a single transliteration to avoid confusion. The decision follows the opinion of...