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Greece’s exports recorded an 8 percent drop in the first half of 2016, with exporters attributing the slump to exhaustion after continuing recession and capital controls. The 8 percent decrease is the third largest among the 28 European Union member...

The Greek government is planning to establish permanent camps that can accommodate up to 1,000 migrants and refugees all over Greece. According to a government official who spoke to Reuters, the aim is to decongest the northeastern Aegean islands that...

According to reports by the ANA-MPA, the Greek island of Lesvos has seen an alarming influx of migrants arriving in the last 24 hours, with some 206 reaching the island's shores from a period of Wednesday to Thursday morning. Other...

Crowds gathered to welcome Silver Medalist Spiros Gianniotis at Athens airport on Thursday, where he received a hero's welcome on Thursday. Two days after his success in Rio, he arrived at around 11:40 (local time) to a packed arrival's...

Olympic champion Eleftherios Petrounias inspired applause in the stadium once again after performing at the Gymnastics Gala, the demonstration program of gymnastics athletes the day after the completion of the sport competition. The 'Lord of the Rings' -- as sports...

Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis announced on Thursday the suspension of the start of all 2016-2017 football championships after a rift with the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO). He suspended games until September 5 on he grounds of safety. The decision had...

An IMF study places Greece in a high-risk category concerning the aging population over the next twenty years. At current rates, the age demographics will not assist efforts to reduce unemployment and increase competitiveness in an environment burdened with...

A search and rescue exercise entitled Salamis 01/16 will take place on Thursday afternoon in the sea area south of Cyprus, and within its area of responsibility, according to an announcement of the Cyprus Defense Ministry. The exercise will be...

After decades of being closed off to the public, the Greek Culture Ministry announced on Wednesday that the Tower of Winds, or the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes, in the Roman Agora under the Acropolis will be open to the...

On Tuesday Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras renewed his commitment to pursuing German war reparations from World War II, stating that the Greek government will do “whatever is necessary” to receive the German payout. According to the German newspaper published...