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The Greek government is sending a double message to its European partners and the country’s creditors ahead of the emergency Eurogroup meeting to be held in five days and in the wake of Berlin's and European Central Bank's (ECB) persistent...

A biministerial meeting was held earlier today at the Greek Foreign Ministry under Minister Nikos Kotzias, regarding the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and the safety conditions of ethnic Greek expatriates residing on either side of the hostilities line in...

A 21-year-old Syrian national was found guilty of the naval tragedy that took place about a year ago, in January 2014, off the coast of Farmakonisi, Greece, where 12 migrants lost their lives. The man reportedly refused to accept that he...

The 1,900 miners who work in the goldmines of Hellas Gold in Skouries in Chalkidiki, northern Greece, want to continue their work, despite the new government's pre-election promises to shut down the mines. According to Greek newspaper "Kathimerini," the Skouries...

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades once again urged the Turkish side to cooperate with the island's legitimate authority in order to turn Cyprus into a modern European country. In an interview with Turkish and Turkish-Cypriot media...

Some 300 internationally acclaimed academics and intellectuals from across the globe have signed and published an open letter in support of Greece and Europe, demanding from the European governments, the European Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary...

Wednesday's emergency Eurogroup will be crucial for Greece as its European partners will judge the country's proposal for a new bailout program. The new Greek government has five days to come up with a new, satisfactory financial aid plan as...

The Governor of Bank of Greece (BoG) and former Finance Minister Giannis Stournaras appeared confident today that the Greek banks' liquidity is absolutely guaranteed and that the deposits are completely secured. In a meeting with the SYRIZA-led government Vice President,...

The number of people who learn Greek in Australia has significantly dropped due to the lack of qualified Greek language teachers, the reduction of Greek language teaching hours and outdated teaching methods. These are the findings of a scientific research...

The area around Evros River, northern Greece is suffering for the second time in just a few months, from severe floods that are putting people’s lives in danger and destroying the land. Most major flood problems have been reported in...

SYRIZA MP Zoe Konstantopoulou was voted as the new Greek Parliament President on Friday, February 6. Konstantopoulou received support from most political parties in the Parliament, with a record 235 votes in her favor, 61 blank votes and 2 null...

Zoe Konstantopoulou will be the new President of the Greek Parliament after receiving a record 235 votes. Konstantopoulou will be the second woman to preside over the Greek House after Anna Psarouda-Benaki in 2004. She is also the youngest...

Athens City Council was shocked when two teachers reported malnutrition incidents in several schools in the Greek capital. The two teachers, Andriani Prokopi and Dimitris Mariolis noted that they were called to teach starving children, while Mariolis mentioned a specific...

Three years have passed since famous Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos passed away at the age of 76, after being involved in an accident while shooting his latest film "The Other Sea" in Athens, Greece. However, the Greek Culture Foundation...

The European Central Bank will allow Bank of Greece to provide as much as 59.5 billion euros in emergency funding for the country's lenders, an ECB official familiar with the decision said in a Bloomberg report. The measure is needed...