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Belgium will request the extradition of a man arrested in Greece who is suspected to be linked to a jihadist cell dismantled by Belgian security forces earlier this week, federal prosecutors said on Sunday. The 33-year-old man of Algerian descent...

Greeks of Diaspora still do not have the chance to vote in the upcoming Greek general elections, as voting will take place only inside Greece's borders. We decided to start a survey to find out more about how Diaspora...

The remains found in the grave of the Amphipolis tomb, Greece , belong to five dead and not one, as archaelogists had initially thought. Greece 's Ministry of Culture made an official announcement today saying that the laboratory results of...

The first images of the “Norman Atlantic” garage were released in a video posted on the Italian website brindisioggi.it. These first shocking images show the damage caused to the ferry from the fire that broke out in the garage on the...

Mathieu Dossevi and Yiannis Maniatis scored in the second half to give defending champion Olympiakos a 2-0 victory win over visiting Panetolikos in the Greek league Sunday (video). Dossevi opened the scoring in the 69th with a shot from close...

Thirteen surveys on voting intentions show that SYRIZA is most likely the winner of the January 25th general elections. New Party To Potami (The River) gets crucial third place. Kathimerini daily has combined 12 surveys from research companies and a...

A haircut on the Greek debt capital will not be discussed, said several EU executives, including Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb, according to a report in real.gr. "There is no political will among euro zone member states for debt...

Any new Greek government will have to deliver on the commitments of its predecessors and continue reforms, the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker told Reuters news agency. His comments are seen as a clear warning to SYRIZA, which...

Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Greece about the consequences of a Greek debt restructuring after the January 25 elections where anti-memorandum SYRIZA is in the lead. The leftist political party, SYRIZA, claims that if elected...

The leader of the Movement of Democrats Socialists, Giorgos Papandreou, has proposed a new referendum in which the Greek people would decide on how the new government will negotiate the debt. Mr. Papandreou stressed that the referendum would give the...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Monday in an interview with daily Ethnos offered clear assurances for an immediate cut in the Uniform Real Estate Ownership Tax (ENFIA) as well as in income and corporate taxation in the case...

Despite the rain, hundreds of Greeks gathered outside the Acropolis Museum on Sunday to hold a candlelight vigil asking Britain for the return of the Parthenon sculptures. The rally was organized by President of the Central Union of Greek Municipalities (KEDE)...

The British Museum will be hosting an exhibition entitled "Defining beauty: the body in ancient Greek art" from March 26 to July 5, 2015. This major exhibition will focus on the human body and the way it was portrayed...

Greek main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras gave an interview to the Sunday edition of "Ethnos" newspaper, in which he requested a "greater acquiescence for the country's salvation," not a "consent to complicity," referring to what he described as a...

Hundreds of worshipers traveled to Thessaloniki, Greece, in order to pay their respects to the recently canonized St. Paisios, whose tomb is located at the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian. It is estimated that a total of 1,500 people visit...