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The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, will inaugurate the 80th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) on September 4. The TIF, which will run from September 5 until September 13, includes commercial exhibitions from a number of different themes and sectors, including innovation,...

AFP reported that Greek Police used a stun grenade against migrants and refugees close to the border with FYROM on Monday. The reported incident took place in the village of Idomeni during a protest held by 2,000 immigrants and refugees against the closing of...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has sent a congratulatory letter to Greece's new caretaker Prime Minister Vassiliki Thanou. Thanou is expected to stay in office until the September 20 election. "The European Commission is happy to see continuity in key...

Greece's Supreme Court decided on Monday to transfer a request to the Greek Parliament for stripping former Greek Parliament Vice President Alexis Mitropoulos' parliamentary immunity so that he can be formally charged with tax evasion. The request had been previously sent to...

Foreign media and especially German newspapers have pointed out that former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ plan regarding his re-election could potentially fail. Several German newspapers indicate that Tsipras announced a snap election in order to ensure a majority vote in...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel noted on Monday during a news conference in Berlin that it would not be possible to lower the interest rates for Greece. "I think when it comes to interest rates, we have no room for manoeuvre...

Greece's coast guard rescued close to 2,500 refugees and migrants in the eastern Aegean Sea over three days. In a total of 70 search and rescue operations, Greek coastal authorities picked up 2,492 people from the sea. The operations took place...

Former Greek Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou announced during a press conference on Monday that she will run "independently" while cooperating with Panagiotis Lafazanis' Popular Unity in the September 20 Greek elections. "I will contribute, so that this mound will become a large front that...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed that she expects Greece to proceed with the implementation of the agreed reforms following the September 20 elections. The Greek government had finalized a third bailout deal with international creditors a few days before former Prime Minister...

In the wake of last week’s grisly discovery of 71 migrants suffocated in a truck in Austria, authorities there and in Germany and Hungary have expanded border inspections of traffic. And in Greece, the coast guard on Monday reported...

Greek individuals and businesses will be obligated to pay 24.7 billion euros in taxes until February 2016, 12.4 billion of which are due immediately after the September 20 elections. Taxpayers will be called to pay billions in accumulated taxes due to poor management of...

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that the "No" at the July referendum expressed the indignation of the Greek people and that he accepts the challenge to have a public debate with New Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis. Tsipras spoke at the...

Greek-born Sydney runner Magda Karimali-Poulos was the first to cross the finish line at the beachside suburb of City Beach, in Perth, Australia, during the "41st annual City to Surf" marathon, taking out the women’s crown in 2:58:48. The second woman...

Panthrakikos - Veria  0 - 2  (video) Levadiakos - Olympiakos Piraeus  0 - 2  (video) Xanthi - AEK Athens  0 - 0  (video) Asteras Tripolis - Panaitolikos  0 - 2 Panathinaikos - Kalloni  4 - 0 (video) Iraklis - Panionios  0 - 1  (video) PAS...

The need for national consensus at this crucial period for Greece underlined New Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis in his interview to Sunday newspaper Proto Thema and expressed his certainty that his party will win the elections. "Our ambition is to be the first party....