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Seeking legal action is only one of the options available to Greece on the issue of the return of the Parthenon Marbles, Alternate Culture Minister Nikos Xydakis said on Thursday, following his statement on Wednesday that the government will...

The European Central Bank (ECB) should not be used as Greece’s rescuer, the head of Germany’s central bank Jens Weidmann told a German newspaper, warning that the decision for Greece’s future in the Eurozone is clearly political. Asked whether he...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with representatives of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) on Thursday. Welcoming the delegation, the prime minister asked for the Greeks abroad support underlining their importance particularly when the Greek-American community in the US has...

Dr. Despina Siolas and her husband, Laurentino Ibarra, witnessed the unique Holy Friday Greek Orthodox celebration in Tripoli, Greece. They also decided to take a trip around the Peloponnese. Driving to Mani showed them the rugged Peloponnesian mountainous landscape. They...

Dr. Despina Siolas and her husband, Laurentino Ibarra, witnessed the unique Holy Friday Greek Orthodox celebration in Tripoli, Greece, with their relatives Pitsa Gerou Macarouni, a philologist, her husband Christo Macarouni and three sons, and her God brother, Dr....

More than 500 hundred kids gathered at Sepolia, a working class neighborhood in Athens, to watch their old buddies, NBA players Giannis and Thanassis Antetokounmpo, play basketball and give hope to their crisis-hit dreams. After all Giannis and Thanassis who play...

A new report by the Open Society Initiative for Europe finds that independent journalism and media in Greece face a serious crisis. Read below the summary of the "Media Policy and Independent Journalism in Greece" report conducted by Dimitris...

A team of South Yorkshire Police detectives have travelled to Greece as part of the continuing investigation into the disappearance of Ben Needham, who was last seen in Kos 23 years ago. The detectives together with Ben's family will make...

A senior Greek official involved in the privatization process of the Piraeus port revealed to Reuters that Greece has asked three firms to submit binding bids by September 2015 for a 51% majority stake. The agency reports that unblocking the...

Experience Greece's new spherical video about the beautiful capital city of Athens in the sprawling hilly basin of Attica delivers a unique enhanced experience through a wonderful walking tour around Acropolis, Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, Thiseio and Monastiraki. Notwithstanding the fact that traditional videos offer just one angle of reference,...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, along with other NATO Foreign Ministers, sang "We Are the World" together. NATO Foreign Ministers met on Wednesday in Antalya, Turkey, for a two-day meeting. The state officials discussed the...

The latest Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report on education, the largest worldwide ranking regarding school systems that has ever been conducted, found that Asian countries have the best educational systems in the world. Furthermore, the report noted that...

Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens went to worship the holy relics of Saint Barbara at the church bearing the same name in Egaleo, Athens, where he criticized SYRIZA parliamentary representative Nikos Filis for his comments on the separation of church and...

The recognition of LGBTI rights in Europe still poses a challenge to this day, since it appears that in several cases, states and societies have failed to respond adequately. ILGA- Europe in collaboration with Rainbow Index conducted a report and found that...

Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis and current PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos condemned former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos as witnesses at the Court of Appeals on Wednesday. Tsochatzopoulos, who serves a lengthy sentence for money laundering, has made an appeal...