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European Union member states on Monday approved to take military action against people smugglers in the Mediterranean Sea, in order to tackle the migrant issue. Under the new decision, the operation can stop and if necessary destroy boats people smugglers...

Airfasttickets, an online agency issuing tickets from the USA, Greece and the U.K. has ceazed operations, while its employees in Greece remain unpaid for the last three months. The company took its websites offline on September 14 and closed its call...

A group of people, who are allegedly members of the "Rouvikonas" Greek anarchist group, broke into the offices of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) on Monday morning. An online post on the Greek website indymedia.gr, which claims to have...

Six Greek start-up companies that might help the ailing Greek economy participate in a week-long accelerator program that started in London on Sunday, says a Telegraph report. Reload Greece, which has helped entrepreneurs raise 1.37 million euros in funding over...

Greece is in danger of having to accomodate hunderds of thousands of refugees after Germany decided to temporarily suspend the Schengen Treaty. The Schengen agreement guarantees the right of free movement across the borders of European Union member states. However, on Sunday...

Vegas is a Greek band formed in 2008 and consists of three members vocalists ZeRaw and Melina, as well as DJ Airth on the consoles. The band’s youtube channel is one of the most popular in Greece while they...

“He was teasing my sister so I took my revenge” confessed a 15-year-old student from Patras to Greek police, after he killed a fellow 17-year-old student with a shotgun. At first the younger boy had been claiming to have killed...

Eva Asderaki made history in her own unique way on Sunday, September 13, at the US Open finals, becoming the first female chair umpire in the tournament, at the Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer match. Asderaki not only managed to make...

The heads of five of the country's largest industry and manufacturing associations joined in calling for a new industrial policy to return Greece to normality, in a joint article to the ANA-MPA on Sunday. The article is signed by Hellenic...

SYRIZA chief Alexis Tsipras and New Democracy leader Vangelis Meimarakis go to Monday's election debate with very few weapons in their arsenals. In fact, most analysts expect a lackluster confrontation with tired, unconvincing arguments and meaningless accusations between the...

In a poignant twist of fate, two Greek firemen needing rescue on the island of Lesvos, Greece, found help from four Iranians that had just alighted on the island as migrants from the Turkish shore. The four men were walking...

This year’s Heritage Open Day in the United Kingdom included a Greek Orthodox landmark in the city of Liverpool. Heritage Open Day is an annual event during which various kinds of historic and often private buildings across the United Kingdom are open to...

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova expressed Russia's gratitude for Greece's decision to allow Russian humanitarian aid aircrafts headed to Syria to fly through Greece's airspace, according to Sputnik news agency. "We appreciate Greek partners' adherence to principles and respect for...

The Greek Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai city, Egypt, has been facing a financial crisis, as a result of lack of tourism at Sinai City. The monatsery was also shut down by Egyptian authorities in 2013 fearing...

A small bus that moves without a driver, crossed the streets of Trikala, central Greece, for the first time on Saturday. The initiative was a product of work by the CityMobil2 Program, a multi-stakeholder project co-funded by the EU’s Seventh...