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Caretaker Finance Minister Nikos Christodoulakis on Thursday said islands receiving the bulk of migrants will be economically supported. During a press conference on the refugee issue, Christodoulakis noted that officials of the Economy ministry will be transferred to to the Migration...

The privatization program is not likely to reach its revenues target for 2015, said head of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED), Stergios Pitsiorlas. Pitsiorlas talked to Reuters saying that the privatization deals are progressing despite the pre-election period,...

Relatives of the young refugee boys Aylan and Galip Kurdi whose bodies were found washed up on the shores of the Mediterranean have spoken for the first time, a Daily Mail report says. The three-year-old Aylan and his five-year-old brother...

On September 3, 1974 Andreas Papandreou formed the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), the party that ruled for 20 years and marked post-dictatorship politics in Greece. Papandreou, son of Georgios Papandreou who was in Greek politics from 1923 until 1967 and...

Former Greek Parliament President Zoi Konstantopoulou arrived at the 4th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in New York. During her speech, Konstantopoulou called for solidarity towards the Greek people and the country which...

Greek Orthodox priest Papa Stratis was only 57 years old but the work that he left behind changed the lives of many people and will be remembered forever. The Greek priest, also known by the name Efstratios Dimou carried...

Greek depositors will possibly avoid a haircut when Greece will have to implement the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD), Fitch Ratings said in a report on Wednesday, warning however that this will only happen if the directive is...

A new opinion poll on the Greek elections broadcast on Wednesday shows New Democracy leading slightly over SYRIZA by a 0.3 percentage point. This is the first poll showing ND having an edge over the leftist party. In the poll...

European Union members Latvia and Greece are the first countries in the 28-member bloc to make use of an opt-out law, allowing them to decide whether or not to grow genetically modified (GMO) crops. As reported by the social media...

  Greece relies on more than $800 million in remittances each year, yet recent capital controls at Greek banks have blocked access to those funds. Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), co-chair of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus and Ranking Member of...

An opinion poll on Wednesday indicates an increasingly close race in Greece's upcoming parliamentary elections. New Democracy has shrunk the gap from SYRIZA to just 0.4% with the former garnering 22.6% of the intended vote against SYRIZA's 23%. In another poll on Friday,...

One of Greece's most prolific basketball players revealed on Wednesday that he will be retiring at the end of the season. Dimitris Diamantidis, who plays for Panathinaikos, told Greek newspaper Prasini that he intends to leave the basketball court behind after 17 years. "After I created my...

More than 200,000 migrants and refugees have entered Greece in 2015, with most of them coming from war-torn regions like Iraq, Afghanistan and, primarily, Syria. The Greek islands in the east Aegean Sea have particularly felt the effects of this unprecedented influx, as...

Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov has signed for Greek club PAOK F.C. on a free transfer. Berbatov, 34, was released by Monaco FC in the summer and was believed to sign for Aston Villa on Tuesday, last day of transfers in the British...

Eurogroup President and Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem spoke on the future of the Greek bailout amid the September 20 snap election. Dijsselbloem told the Dutch parliament on Wednesday that the provision to Greece depends upon the country's implementation of the agreed reforms and...