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Thousands Celebrate Epirus Culture in Athens (video)

Thousands of people turned up on Sunday at an indoor arena in Piraeus, south of Athens, to watch a spectacular display of Epirus culture. The annual gathering of the Panepirotic Association of Greece was a great opportunity for Epirotes to...

House Speaker Asks ANEL MP to Postpone Resignation

Independent Greeks (ANEL) MP Thanassis Papachristopoulos said that the speaker of the House, Nikolaos Voutsis, asked him to postpone his resignation for four to five days. The news comes following a meeting the two men had on Friday. In a...

US Embassy Offers Ten Scholarships for Greeks to Study in the US

The U.S. Embassy in Athens announced on Wednesday the launch of a new program which will give the chance to ten Greek students to travel to the United States. The students will receive a one-year scholarship to study at...

New Electrified Athens – Thessaloniki Railway Line Complete

The new electrified railway line from Athens to Thessaloniki is ready for use and will be put into operation today, January 29, according to a statement issued by the company responsible for the upgrade. According to the state-run AMNA news...

Attica Region Touted as Ultimate Wedding Destination

Local authorities from Greece’s largest prefecture of Attica revealed this week that they plan to promote wedding tourism in the region in the coming year. The announcement was made at the unveiling of Attica's strategic plan for tourism for 2019. Speaking with the...

Tight Security Measures in Athens Ahead of Prespa Agreement Vote

The Greek police are bracing for possible violence at a demonstration against the Prespa Agreement which is scheduled to take place in Athens on Thursday evening. The metro station at Syntagma Square will be closed from 16:30 local time (14:30 G.M.T.)...

Prespa Agreement Parliamentary Vote Expected on Thursday Night

The Parliamentary debate on the Prespa Agreement began on Wednesday morning, with the final vote projected to take place late Thursday night. As the state-run AMNA news agency reports, the vote is expected to be taken after midnight, in the early...

Tsipras Releases Video in Support of Prespa Agreement

The Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, uploaded a video on Monday evening on his personal Facebook page which shows his support of the Prespa Agreement. ''The time has come to see the real facts about the Prespa Agreement'', Tsipras wrote...

''Organized Plan To Invade Parliament'' Averted

The Speaker of the Greek Parliament, Nikolaos Voutsis, declared on Monday that extremists had hatched an organized plan to invade the Greek Parliament during Sunday’s demonstration at Syntagma Square. Voutsis said evidence currently being held by the Parliamentary Guard proves...

Seven People Charged in Sunday's Riots in Athens

Six men and a woman who were arrested on Sunday’s clashes at Syntagma Square  were charged with two criminal offenses and six misdemeanors by the Athens public prosecutor on Monday. The violent clashes which occurred outside the Greek parliament on Sunday during...