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The meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande was concluded early on Thursday with the agreement to intensify talks and reach a deal before the end of June. The three leaders met on the...

An Interior Ministry bill modifying Greece's laws on acquiring Greek nationality was passed in principle. The bill affects the rights to Greek nationality of children that are second-generation migrants. The draft bill was supported by the ruling SYRIZA/ANEL coalition, "To Potami"...

The Greek Justice Ministry posted the draft bill that extends civil partnership agreements to same-sex couples but doesn’t allow adoption for pubic consultation. In a statement accompanying the bill, the Ministry said the new law aims to include homosexual couples and correcting...

The Greek Council of State, the country's top administrative court, ruled that main and supplementary pension cuts in the private sector that were enacted in 2012 are against Greece's Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. According to the decision, private sector...

The Greek government is requesting a nine-month extension of the current loan agreement to ensure the funding of Greece's economy, government sources in Brussels said on Wednesday. According to the sources, the request includes funds from the European part of the...

Standard and Poors has lowered the long-term sovereign credit rating on Greece to 'CCC' from 'CCC+' because of the absence of an agreement between Greece and its official creditors. S&P says that the Greek government will likely default on...

FIFA said it has suspended the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup because of the ongoing corruption scandal involving the world football governing body. It would be "nonsense to start any bidding process for the time being," FIFA Secretary...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on the sidelines of the EU-CELAC summit in Brussels on Wednesday, government sources said, and agreed to meet again on Thursday. "The two men exchanged views in detail...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is said to have significantly increased the ceiling of emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) provided to Greek banks on Wednesday by 2.3 billion euros. According to Greek media, during a teleconference of the central bank’s board,...

Although Germans remain persistent regarding Greek reforms on taxes, state asset sales and retirement benefits, German Chancellor Angela Merkel appears to be more flexible in unlocking further financial aid to Greece if the country decides to initiate at least one major overhaul, two...

Greek main opposition New Democracy spokesman Costas Karagounis, responding to comments made by members of Greece's government on Wednesday, said that they are slowly starting to tell the truth "but remain trapped in the lies they said until now and...

"The future of migrants arriving in the country must concern not only Greece but all the European countries," said Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos during a meeting with a delegation of German members from local Parliaments, the General Secretary of...

As Europe is struggling to cope with a massive influx of over 100,000 migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea seeking a better life in the continent this year, the European Union (UN) took the initiative to propose its 28 nations' interior ministers...

On Tuesday evening, a Turkish interceptor ship entered Andros’ firing range, while the Greek Navy was performing an ongoing exercise. The Turkish ship crew claimed that “the firing range was not recognized” over the radio when a Greek frigate approached...

"The ball is clearly in Greece’s court," European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Wednesday. Schinas underlined that Greece needs to be consistent with what was discussed between the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the president of the European...