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On March 17, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland visited Athens to meet with senior Greek government officials. Assistant Secretary Nuland noted that the United States wants to see Greece emerge from its economic crisis...

Internationally acclaimed Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras expressed his admiration for Yorgos Avgeropoulos' awarded documentary "Agora: From Democracy to the Market. In an interview with the Greek VIMAgazino, the director of academy who was awarded for "Z," when asked about...

Yet another concern was expressed by the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker regarding Greece's track on reforms. As he characteristically said, Athens needs to do more with its reforms program. Addressing a joint press conference after a meeting with the...

The German show that said they altered the Yanis Varoufakis 'finger video' in an attempt to show the world the truth behind Europe's "serious media" operations, now says the video is fake! It turns out that there is more confusion about...

The Greek Parliament has passed a SYRIZA-proposed draft law to address the country's long-standing humanitarian crisis, despite objections expressed from the international creditors. This first package of social measures put forward by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' leftist government drew...

The Cyprus Law Office on the case of Turkish smuggler Aydin Dikmen, has announced the authorities have recovered a total of 207 treasures stolen from the Turkish occupied areas of the island. Specifically, according to a press release, 34...

The Greek issue is not officially included in the agenda of the EU summit which starts on Thursday, a spokesman for the European Council president Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, adding that Tusk is in constant contact with top...

The Mission Chief for the European Commission's team working on Greece, Declan Costello, appears to view the Greek government's bill to address the humanitarian crisis -- currently under discussion in Parliament -- as a unilateral action, according to British...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble proceeded to yet another foreboding estimation for the Greek program's future. Addressing a news conference held in Berlin about the German government's spending plans he stated that the time for the country which is...

Vangelis Giakoumakis, the Greek student who committed suicide after being bullied by his fellow students, was buried yesterday in Rethymno, Crete. Thousands of people were present at his funeral to pay their respects and say their last goodbyes. Meanwhile, Greek...

A group of anarchists who were on a sit-in for the sixth consecutive day at the Athens Law School in downtown Athens, peacefully evacuated the premises after a no-arrest order was issued by the Alternate Minister of Public Order...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in Greek Parliament on Wednesday that the government will honor the popular mandate and fulfill all election campaign pledges, starting with the bill to tackle the humanitarian crisis that was tabled late on...

The new prison bill being currently under the government's consideration will pave the way for "November 17" key figure and convicted terrorist Savvas Xeros' release, 13 years after his arrest, due to health reasons. The Greek Justice Minister Nikos...

Former Greek Orthodox priest Adam Metropoulos was convicted of four counts of child sexual abuse in Bangor, Maine. A judge delivered the verdict on Tuesday, March 17. Metropoulos’ trial began on Monday with the testimony of a former altar boy...

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and SYRIZA MP and economics professor Costas Lapavitsas continued with clever quotes on the Greek debt issue, even though the former is in favor of the euro zone while the latter insists on a...