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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...

Nowadays, an infant’s Greek Orthodox baptism takes place inside the church, however, the Koudoumas Holy Monastery in Heraklion, Crete, decided to change things up. A couple from Crete baptized their son in a Christian Orthodox liturgy, reminiscent of ancient times,...

The interest around the ancient Greek tomb of Amphipolis may have decreased dramatically over the last months, however, the “brand name” created during the excavations and thanks to the mystery regarding the dead who were buried in Casta hill,...

Greek television station owners have reacted to government announcements that the number of licenses to operate will be reduced, while there will be a competition for licensing from scratch. Owners and major shareholders are considering not to participate in the...

Greece will most likely remain under "memorandum" regimes until at least 2018 unless there is an "honest agreement" with its creditors, the head of the Greek Parliament's Budget Office Panagiotis Liargovas said on Tuesday. He was testifying in an...

We are entering the final stretch with the worst public image," SYRIZA deputy and Greek Parliament Vice President Alexis Mitropoulos told ANT1, stressing that at this phase "we have to tell our people honestly that we will implement a...

A series of events will commemorate the victims of the massacre committed 71 years ago by the Nazi occupation forces at Distomo, in the prefecture οf Voiotia, in central Greece. The mayors and community leaders of towns and villages that...

The meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on the sidelines of the EU summit with Latin America and Caribbean leaders is in doubt, reports say. According to reports by Reuters...

Greece continues sending new proposals over the debt issue but creditors continue to reject them as lacking, thereby prolonging the impasse in negotiations, says a Financial Times report. According to the report, European Commission officials in Brussels have called this...

The inauguration of “The Greeks - Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” exhibition took place in Ottawa, Canada, in the grand hall of the Canadian Museum of History. Approximately 1,000 people attended the largest inauguration event that has been held...

The annual Bilderberg Club meeting will take place from June 11 to 14 in Telfs, Austria, with the participation of 140 people from 22 countries. Three Greeks will be among the participants: Titan Cement Group CEO Dimitris Papalexopoulos, former Greek interim Prime...

The International Labour Organization (ILO) reaffirmed its support of the Greek government’s efforts to restore social dialog and collective labor agreements during a meeting between Director-General Guy Ryder and Greek Labor Minister Panos Skourletis on the sidelines of ILO's...

The issue of the ongoing Greek negotiations must be discussed in the European Parliament, Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) leader Guy Verhofstadt said on Tuesday during a press conference in Brussels. "As far as Greece is...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reportedly said that meeting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Brussels on Wednesday over the debt issue would be a waste of time. The Greek PM is meeting on Wednesday evening with German Chancellor Angela...