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The FYROM army has placed wooden and metal stilts in a length of about six kilometers with a two meters high wire fence. The FYROM army confirmed  that a wire fence will be built in the area of Metzitlia, the...

  After accumulated tension in relations between Berlin and Athens due to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' statement that the IMF will be withdrawing from Athens, the Greek government is taking a step back. Germany made it clear yesterday that there...

Ten Greenpeace activists were arrested after climbing a tower at a power plant belonging to Public Power Corporation (PPC), Greece's main electricity provider in Kozani, Greece. The activists were protesting against the coal power plant, demanding for a switch...

Greek authorities finished transferring about 2,300 migrants from the Greece-FYROM border to a former Olympic sports arena early Thursday morning. Greek police used 45 buses to transfer a total of 2,300 migrants, mostly from Morocco, Iran and Soudan, from the...

Greek Police have arrested a man who is suspected of supplying arms to Lebanon-based Islamist terrorist group Hezbollah. The suspect, arrested Tuesday in Aspropyrgos, is alleged to own a firm based in Amman, Jordan, trading in a range of goods...

Students, young professionals, academics, NGOs and private sector representatives will come together from December 10-13, 2015 in Athens, for the Second Digital Forum, titled “Disrupt our future.” The event, which will open at the Impact Hub Athens (athens.impacthub.net), will focus...

A unique 'archaeological' scuba park off Attica prefecture's eastern coast -- the southern Evoikos Gulf -- will feature 26 well-preserved underwater shipwrecks. The initiative to showcase the underwater attractions is envisioned in an agreement reached on Wednesday between Attica...

On the occasion of the International Day against Corruption, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Wednesday received the head of Transparency International Greece, Costas Bakouros, at the presidential mansion. Pavlopoulos described corruption as the most dangerous enemy to democracy. Apart from...

The opening of the energy market, the privatization fund and the management of bad loans are the issues stalling negotiations between Greece and creditors. The issues need to be resolved by Friday night at the latest, otherwise Athens will be...

In a historical decision, the Greek Parliament is to recognize the State of Palestine on December 22. Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has already signed the decision according to which "Palestine" will be the official name of the State of Palestine....

A new draft bill that would give full civil partnership rights to same-sex couples is to be tabled in parliament amid reactions from the Church of Greece. The explanatory memorandum emphasizes the need for official recognition of same-sex couples based...

Olympiacos F.C. were unable to secure a result that would put them through to the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League after suffering a 0-3 defeat to Arsenal at the Karaiskakis Stadium on Wednesday evening. Arsenal striker Olivier...

Ever since the Greek debt crisis erupted, back in late 2009, each successive government actively sought to defuse a sharp backlash against the bailout programs imposed on the country by the notorious trio of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),...

As the refugee crisis keeps developing, recent changes in the status quo in Greece's northern border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has had a significant effect in the operations of the railway track that connects Thessaloniki and the...

The German government referred the to International Monetary Fund's official support of the Greek bailout in an effort to increase the likelihood of IMF presence in the program. German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert said on Wednesday that the IMF's participation in the...