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Human smugglers trying to convince refugees and migrants to make the dangerous journey to Greek islands are up to new tricks. Taking advantage of the confusion caused in the row between Turkey and the European Union over the implementation...

Attica Bank has become the unofficial battleground in the war between Bank of Greece governor Yiannis Stournaras and the Greek government. The reason is that the BoG chief is doing his job and doesn't allow the Alexis Tsipras administration...

The Ministry of Education circulated a memorandum to schools around the country banning the use of cell phones and other electronic devices with the capability of recording sound or images. The memo merely asserts regulations already in force. The document...

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, said that Western partners’ persistent attempts to speed up negotiations on Cyprus issue and push for a solution at all costs are unacceptable. Replying to a question during a press briefing on Thursday, Zakharova pointed...

With the consent of Bank of Greece and major shareholder TSMEDE, Theodoros Pantalakis will be the new executive director of Attica Bank, a problematic lending institution. Bank of Greece governor Yiannis Stournaras had previously turned down a proposal by the...

The Institute of Geodynamics has reported that an earthquake of 4.3 Richter magnitude occurred at 9:55 am in Northern Evia, an island located north-east of Athens. At its epicenter the quake was 24 kilometers deep and was felt as far as Athens. There...

As the woes of Marinopoulos supermarket chain continue to play out while creditors are waited on to implement the Sklavenitis takeover, August saw a surge in the amount of checks bouncing to a total of 215.4 million euros, ekathimerini.com reports. The court...

Greece's President Prokopis Pavlopoulos spoke in an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, on Thursday regarding many predominant issues facing Greece and Europe and what he feels needs to be done to better society. “Europe will exist with one face, one...

Athens District Attorney Elias Zagoraios and the Crime Department of the Greek Police decided to exhume the body of journalist Alexandros Velios who ended his life with non-assisted euthanasia and made his decision public in social media. On September 4,...

The Counterterrorism unit of the Hellenic Police are investigating an armed bank robbery committed in Malesina, central Greece, suspecting that members of a terrorist group were involved. The robbery took place on Tuesday, when three persons wearing female wigs entered...