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The Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE) has announced that it has once again appealed to the Health Ministry in hopes of stopping a legislation that would make it more difficult for Greek patients to have access to new...

The return of the institutions to Athens is accompanied by additional concessions, painful measures and the government’s negotiating failures, New Democracy said on Monday after the end of the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels. “Once again, the government is attempting to...

The Greek government on Monday agreed to legislate new fiscal measures that will apply from 2019 and on in order for creditors' missions to return to Athens to resume talks on the bailout program review. The new measures are not...

Tension reached a peak at an Oraiokastro primary school near Thessaloniki on Monday, when a group of far-rightists gathered to protest against the attendance of refugee children in school but were met with opposing anti-fascists. Riot police were dispatched...

The Greek Ministry of Education has decided to change the lesson of Religion in the new school year, according to a Proto Thema website report. The decision comes after the recent clash between previous education minister Nikos Filis and the...

The institutions' missions will be returning to Athens to hammer out a staff-level agreement on remaining reforms, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem announced on Monday after the conclusion of the Eurogroup. Athens is not obligated to legislate measures in order for...

Petrol bombs were thrown at the SYRIZA party's offices in central Athens on Sunday, Reuters has reported. Police stated that a group of people dressed in carnival masks for the weekend celebration passed by the offices and threw "two or...

New tension was generated on Sunday between Greece and Turkey regarding the Imia islets in the Aegean, according to an ANT1 television report. The report cited Turkish media claiming that Greek navy ships violated Turkish territorial waters six times around...

"Anyone who turns Europe and Germany against each other commits a sin against the future of our country. It is not a wise thing to reiterate the discussion about Greece's exit from the eurozone...We must stand up with determination...

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is going to Monday's meeting of euro zone finance ministers hoping to get a date for the return of creditors' representatives to Athens to negotiate the completion of the bailout program review. Greek government officials...