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Valaora is a Greek village in Evrytania which has remained untouched by the Greek financial crisis and the political instability, where capital controls don't pose an issue. The 300 villagers who live permanently in Valaora Haryana move to their...

Saint Fanourios Pie (Fanouropita) is a pie that is dedicated to Saint Fanourios and is traditionally made on August 27th, the day reserved for his honor. The attribute associated with St Fanourios in popular tradition is that he is the finder of...

Greece’s Association of Cruise Ship Owners and Marine Agencies (EEKFN) announced that despite the country’s difficult economic situation, the capital controls and the political instability, the cruise market has managed to remain stable over the course of 2015. Furthermore,...

Greece's controversial former house speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou is ready to start a new party, according to a report in Efimerida ton Syntakton daily. The report says that Konstantopoulou is expecting the official disbandment of the present parliament and election announcement...

Alexis Tsipras receives fire from political parties over his move to expedite elections for September 20 using allegedly undemocratic procedures. New Democracy, PASOK, To Potami and Popular Unity accuse the prime minister for cunningly trying to speed up the elections...

Himare, Albania, municipal authorities demolished the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Athanasios in the early morning hours of Wednesday to the dismay of Orthodox Christian locals. Bulldozers and municipal police arrived at the Drymades village where the church is and started...

Record numbers of migrants are entering Hungary, officials said Tuesday, as well as arriving in many other parts of Europe. The U.N. refugee agency is calling on all governments to respond compassionately to this human tide of people who...

According to an opinion poll conducted for Greece's Vergina TV, New Democracy's popularity is currently significantly closer to that of SYRIZA than it was in January 2015. SYRIZA received 24% of the respondents' vote while New Democracy got 22%. In the January 2015 elections,...

As the Greek islands have become the primary destination for migrants and refugees seeking to enter the European borders, local authorities have expressed the need for additional help to deal with this unprecedented situation. According to Greek newspaper "Proto Thema," approximately...

There is a 1962 Cold War film called "The Manchurian Candidate" in which a former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin. The Alexis Tsipras who came back from Brussels on July 13 after signing Greece's third,...

With Greece's third bailout deal officially in effect, Greek farmers are planning to express their grief on taxation and social security changes, starting on September 16. The members of the Panhellenic Coordinating Committee of Farmers, which is an umbrella organization of various farming associations and includes approximately 20,000...

While the third Greek bailout is now law of the land in Greece, the country's social security funds seem to be struggling to stay afloat. Greece's Social Security Institute (IKA) had made a request for a 180-million-euro loan to the Generational Solidarity Insurance Fund...

Archaeological excavations, carried out since 2009 at the 3.5 hectares site of Aghios Vassilios Hill near the village of Xirokambi on the Sparta plain, unearthed the remains of a Mycenaean palace, Linear B tablets and seals, fragments of wall paintings and bronze...

Greek Parliament Vice President Alexis Mitropoulos is being accused of money laundering and tax evasion. On Tuesday, Greek Economic Prosecutor Ioannis Dragatsis formally asked Greece's Supreme Court to submit a request to the parliament asking that Mitropoulos be stripped of his parliamentary immunity so that...

The difficult economic situation in Greece, the instability of the political system and the imposition of capital controls do not appear to have affected the country’s tourism industry. Once again this year, tourists showed their support toward Greece, defying...