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Father of Dead Greek Evzone Proudly Joins Parade in Athens (video)

The distraught father of the soldier belonging to Greece's Presidential Guard who died in Athens last week marched in a parade dedicated to his memory on Sunday. Christos Thomas, father of 24-year-old Evzone soldier Spiros Thomas, braved the cold to honor...

Three New Athens Metro Stations to Open in June

Three new stations of Athens' Metro Line Three are due to open in June, according to information an Attiko Metro operator shared with the state-run AMNA news agency on Thursday. The stations are Agios Nikolaos, which is in Nikea, and Agia...

Soldier From Greece's ''Evzone'' Presidential Guard Dies in Athens

  The Greek Army General Staff (GEETHA) announced on Friday morning that a soldier who was serving in the prestigious Greek Presidential Guard Unit had died on Thursday night. The incident happened while the soldier was in the Guard's barracks in central...

Budget Airline Offers Australia-Greece Flight from $299

The Singaporean low-cost airline named "Scoot" this week launched what it is calling its “Deal of the Decade” sale, including flights from Australia to Greece beginning at $299. The jaw-dropping offer will indeed get you from Perth to Athens, but...

Israeli Initiative "Young Ambassadors" Brings Greek and Israeli Youth Together

Students from schools in Israel and Greece met on Wednesday in Athens as part of the "Young Ambassadors" initiative from Israel's "Young Leadership Center." Pausanias Papageorgiou, the Secretary General for Lifelong Learning of the Greek Ministry of Education, praised the eighty...

PM Tsipras Calls Greece ''European Example of Success''

A cabinet meeting was held on Wednesday morning in Athens, following the mini-reshuffling of the government which took place a few days ago. The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras welcomed the new members of his government, telling them that it's...

New Ministers Take Oath of Office at Greece's Presidential Mansion (video)

Six new ministers and deputy ministers were sworn in at the Presidential mansion on Monday before Prokopios Pavlopoulos, the Greek President of the Republic, and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The SYRIZA government has reshuffled several positions, filling vacancies at key ministries,...

Officials Warn Greece Might Not Get EU Cash After Reform Delay

Eurozone officials warned on Monday that Greece is on the brink of missing out on the first installment of approximately €750 million from the debt-relief scheme that was agreed on a few years ago. The Greek government has significantly delayed the implementation...

Greece's Ghost Airport Ellinikon Gets New Life (Video)

Ellinikon (which in Greek literally means ''Greek'') was the international airport of the city of Athens for nearly sixty years, from 1938 until 2001. Located only four miles from the city center of Athens, it was constructed just before WWII,...

European Elections Poll: New Democracy Wins Three More Seats Than SYRIZA

  A new poll for the upcoming European Elections was published on Monday by the European Parliament. According to its findings, the center-right European People's Party (EPP) is expected to remain the largest party in the Parliament, with far-right populist parties...