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Greek passenger Kristina Antoniades was traveling with the Australian airline Qantas when she was asked to move seats, so that a married couple could sit together. The 35-year-old lawyer was travelling from Brisbane to Melbourne with her partner and...

On the 42nd anniversary of the November 17, 1973 student uprising against the colonels' dictatorship, a cold chill embraces Athens in light of the bloody terrorist attack in Paris. This year Athenians and visitors from other cities place flowers not...

Tuesday's Eurowoking Group is unlikely to approve the release of a two billion euro bailout tranche to Greece, real.gr reports citing sources close to the ongoing negotiations. The Greek government and its international creditors were unable to bridge the differences that separate...

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the man who is considered by French and Belgian authorities to be the mastermind of the Islamic State hits in Paris, was orchestrating a failed attack from Athens in January. An investigation on the 27-year-old terrorist that took...

Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Monday, in statements to ANT1 TV, ruled out the possibility Greece participating in military interventions. "Greece's role as a guarantor of stability in the wider region is more important," he underlined. Alternate Defence Minister Dimitris...

The non-indigenous species do not only constitute a huge problem for the Mediterranean, but also for the European rivers and lakes, according to a European study with the participation of Greece. Over 755 alien species have invaded the waters of...

  The Hellenic Coast Guard announced that a total of 1,244 refugees and migrants were rescued in several operations in the past three days. Specifically, the Greek coast guard responded to 34 incidents in the Aegean Sea, saving 1,244 migrants from...

The Greek government is sending to all directions the message that the refugee issue should be separated from the terrorism threat, in light of Friday's bloody Islamic State attacks in Paris. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Saturday that...

The second marathon negotiation between Greece and the quartet of international creditors ended at 5 am on Monday with the issues of bad loans and primary residence foreclosures still unresolved. According to sources close to the talks, the Greek team...

A special event, dedicated to all Greek migrants, was held on Sunday, November 8 in Red Hill, Melbourne and specifically in the Monastery of Kamariani, where the Greek Immigrant Monument was revealed two years ago. After the Divine Liturgy,...

The Greek crisis that kept politicians busy in the summer of 2015 has fuelled particularly negative sentiments among business leaders from the non-eurozone countries, according to a report by Deloitte published today (16 November). A second edition of the European...

A positive climate prevails among senior officials of the euro zone over the negotiations taking place in Athens with the view to reaching an agreement between institutions and Greek authorities. Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem welcomed the "good progress" achieved in...

The winner of the 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival was Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson with his film 'Rams'. Hákonarson wrote and directed the film. The movie celebrates the bonds between man and animal, especially in isolated areas, and is based with authenticity on...

The Security Council of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has ordered the army to start preparations to erect a fence on the border with Greece to contain the refugee influx. According to an AP report. FYROM President Gjorge Ivanov presided at...

Greek Police have been training for terrorist hits like the bloody Paris attacks that took place on Friday night. According to the Greek Police, the scenario of the exercise was that "jihadists of the Islamic Chalifate invade a Greek ministry,...