Greece

The Greek government said that the cleanup of a section of Athens coastline polluted by a large oil slick more than a month ago is almost over, and the remaining operation should be finished within days. Merchant Marine Minister, Panagiotis...

On Thursday gold and bronze Olympic medalist Anna Korakaki returned to Athens. The 20-year-old received a royal welcome at the airport by the Minister of Interior Panagiotis Kouroumplis, military guards and media as she made her way off the plane...

The new Greek government of Alexis Tsipras was sworn-in by the President of the Hellenic Republic; Prokopis Pavlopoulos at the Presidential Mansion at 10:30 am, on Wednesday. Pavlopoulos arrived at the Presidential Mansion at 9:30 am, with reporters and television...

The new Greek cabinet, which was announced on Tuesday evening, includes new ministries and familiar faces. The delayed announcement made by government spokesperson Olga Gerovasili at almost midnight revealed that most of the ministerial posts are held by the same people who were in...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker expressed his anger toward the Greek government on Tuesday, accusing it of misstating his proposals on the ongoing debt negotiations in an effort to mislead Greek voters. "I don't care about the Greek government, I do care about the Greek...

His belief that there are alternative solutions to liquidity problems in March expressed a senior Greek financial official just before the Government Council for Economic Policy meeting that was earlier concluded under the presidency of government Vice President Giannis Dragasakis....

The restitution of minimum wage, granting citizenship to children of immigrants born here, the rehiring of public sector employees unduly laid off, were some of the reforms that will be implemented immediately, as reported after the first cabinet meeting. Labour...

Now that the Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos announced that he agreed to form a coalition government with SYRIZA, the names of candidates for various ministries of the new government have started circulating in the Press. So far, SYRIZA...

A new opinion poll carried out by GPO on behalf of newspot.gr, shows the popularity of the MPs in the first and second Constituency of Athens, as well as the rest of the Constituencies of Attica. In particular, the Greek...

On Thursday, the Minister of Shipping, Panagiotis Kouroumblis, said that he has offered his resignation to PM Alexis Tsipras, following the oil spill that coated many beaches around Saronikos Gulf, south of Athens. The spillage was caused by the sinking...

The upgrading of public health care, the strengthening of the public health system and the combating of the so-called health poverty are among the government’s priorities, Health Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis said. "We are here and we want to send out...

Greece 's Health Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis, speaking on Tuesday to private Mega and ANT1 TV stations, clarified that he is in favor of the insured paying part of their medicine cost based on income criteria. "There will be no increase...

Here's the full list of the 300 members of the Greek Parliament as they were elected in the latest Greek general elections on Sunday January 25th, 2015. See the full list of names below per electoral district (in bold) and party....