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The European Commission is to send 1,000 Frontex staff in order to control Greek borders more efficiently, according to a Proto Thema report. The aim of the specialized Frontex staff is to block persons suspected of being linked with jihadist...

The OECD released a list that ranks countries based on the highest number of scientists per capita in fields such as mathematics, physics, technology and engineering. As it turns out Greece was placed among the 10 “smartest” countries in...

The Greek government is racing against time to resolve seven important issues that remain pending in order to legislate prior actions required by the bailout program. Specifically, the deadline for legislating these measures is December 13 so that Greece can...

Thirteen people, including six minors, were arrested on Sunday in clashes that erupted during the march for the anniversary of Alexis Grigoropoulos who was murdered by a policeman seven years ago. Of those arrested twelve are Greeks and one...

Greece is at risk of colliding with international creditors for delaying the implementation of the reforms required by the bailout program, that should have been completed in October. The security fund reforms that should have been voted in parliament by...

Greek fashion designer Kiki Divaris passed away on Saturday, December 5, at the age of 90. Divaris was being hospitalized in a private clinic in Zimbabwe, suffering from pneumonia. During her long life, Kiki Divaris worked as a fashion designer,...

New Democracy interim leader Yiannis Plakiotakis accused Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of 'fiddling' with budget figures and cheating the Greek people. The opposition leader late on Saturday said Tsipras tried "to cheat (the Greek people) and transfer the responsibility...

Greece is like a rudderless ship as the government delays implementation of the bailout program reforms, says German newspaper Die Welt. According to the report, the negotiations with creditors that lasted for months had a catastrophic effect on Greek economy. The...

No country can be suspended from the Schengen zone, said European Commissioner on Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos, dismissing scenarios of Greece being at risk. However, the Schengen Agreement is under constant evaluation regarding Europe's ability to protect its borders. During two meetings...

Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos stressed the need for consensus and understanding during a speech on Sunday. "In these difficult times we must contemplate and remember that, whatever our differences, there is something much deeper joining us; we are all Greeks...

Olympiakos earned a record-setting 12th straight win by beating host Panthrakikos 4-3 in the Greek league (video). Olympiakos, which has a perfect record and a 13-point lead over second-place AEK Athens, broke its own consecutive wins mark, which had stood...

The seventh anniversary of the murder of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman was marked with fires and clashes with the police in Athens. The skirmishes started after the end of the protest rally organized by anarchist factions in memory...

The Exarcheia area in central Athens became once again a battleground between police and anarchists early Sunday morning, leaving one Portuguese tourist injured. The riots happened a day before the seventh anniversary of the killing of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a...

  This is the third and final teaser excerpt from our upcoming documentary “The Greek” that follows professional fighter Vaggelis Chatzis. Greek Reporter has undertaken the task to turn meaningful Greek stories into documentaries and Chatzis’ story was one of the...

Argentinian authorities arrested six Syrians who flew into the South American country on fake Greek passports, a spokesman for the federal police told Reuters on Saturday. The six suspects, with one minor among them, were taken into custody at a Buenos...