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Mine Landslide in Northern Greece Forces Village Residents to Ecavuate

The municipal district of Anargyroi in northern Greece has declared a state of emergency as an Amyntaio mountain mine landslide damaged ten homes and forced villagers to evacuate on Saturday. Whole pieces of earth were detached from the mountain where...

Greek Parliament Turns into an Arena as New Democracy-SYRIZA Battle over Health

New Democracy MPs and SYRIZA ministers on Wednesday turned the Greek Parliament into an arena, accusing each other of corruption and clientelism in the health sector. Deputy Health Minister Pavlos Polakis and former health minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis of the ruling...

Unknown Assailants Bomb Greek Businessman's House

Greek businessman Theodoros Savvaidis became the target of a group of unknown assailants who bombed his home in Vouliagmeni, near Athens, at 11:35 pm on Monday, August 3. According to the Greek newspaper Proto Thema, the initial reports claimed that...

Can Cheese Unite Greek and Turkish Cypriots After 41 Years?

The European Union has solved a long dispute over a special cheese from Cyprus by deciding to recognize it by both its Greek and Turkish name. The famous halloumi cheese -- or hellim for Turkish-Cypriots -- is now officially a protected designation...

Public Employees React to Evaluation

Greek public employees' union federation ADEDY and other public-sector unions announced that they will have recourse to the Council of State, Greece 's Supreme Administrative Court, to contest an extension of staff evaluation measures that they consider illegal and unconstitutional. The unions will...

Papandreou: PASOK Should Quit Coalition Government

Just a few days after voting against Greece's omnibus reform bill, former Greek prime minister and PASOK leader George Papandreou has further distanced himself from the government by urging PASOK members to exit the coalition led by conservative New Democracy under...