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Greeks in England May be Affected by Possible Stop of Free Movement of EU Residents

British Prime Minister Theresa May might be formally committed to stopping the free movement of EU citizens to Britain ahead of the June 8 elections, a fact that may affect thousands of Greeks living or studying in England. According to...

Free Gaza Movement Announces Ship Arrival with Humanitarian Aid

The second Flotilla for Gaza which will include eight to ten ships with humanitarian aid, will anchor by the end of the year. This was announced in a press conference in Athens by members of the Free Gaza Movement. The participants...

The First Smoke-Free Beach in Attica

Marikes Beach, which is located outside of Athens in Attica, will be the region's first smoke-free beach. In a country known for its large number of smokers, it is not surprising that cigarette butts make up an estimated 40 to...

Economic Freedom in Greece Improving, Albeit Slowly

Greece has made its way up four positions in the Global Economic Freedom Index since 2019, but this movement establishes the country in just the 78th place out of 165, according to the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the...

Stoicism: Fast-Growing Global Movement Will Hold Conference in Greece in October

Stoicism is coming home! This is according to Dr. Alkistis Agio, one of the organizers for the upcoming "Stoicon" event, which is an annual, international conference on modern Stoicism. The Stoicon 2019 will be taking place in Athens, Greece on Saturday,...

Former Greek Minister Jailed for Corruption to be Freed Amid Ill Health

Akis Tsochatzopoulos, the disgraced former minister who was sentenced to 19 years in prison for taking kickbacks, is to be released on health grounds. The former politician, who served as a minister in several Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) cabinets between...

Court Says New Asylum Applicants Can Move Freely in Greece

Greece's Council of State has ruled that migrants and refugees who have applied for asylum should be able to move freely until the authorities decide on their status. Legislation based on the legal ruling will go before the Greek parliament...

Refugee Girls Use Cyprus Music Program to Free Their Creativity (video)

Music is being used on Cyprus to help, heal and empower young women separated and alone having fled war in their home countries. Twenty-five girls from Somalia and Cameroon who fled to Cyprus to get away from conflict and persecution...

Refugee Body Asks Top Court to Lift Ban Restricting Movement for Asylum Seekers

On Thursday, the Greek Council for Refugees submitted a request for the annulment of an Asylum Service decision forbidding refugees and migrants from leaving the islands of the Eastern Aegean until their asylum application has been processed, to the Council...

Zoe Konstantopoulou to Present New Party 'Course of Freedom'

With words like "democracy," "justice," "clarity," "rights" and phrases like "debt erasure" and "claim of German debts," the former Parliament President, Zoe Konstantopoulou, launches her new party/movement, which will "rise through society and people who do not bow their...

Migrant Trafficker Claims Turkey Allows for Movement of Migrants into Greece

"If the Turkish government wouldn't want us to do what we do, we wouldn't be able to pass a fly to Greece," said a Turkish migrant trafficker speaking to Anampa news agency. According to the report, a man identifying himself...

SYRIZA Leader Tsipras: We Will Free Farmers From the Shackles of Unjust Taxation

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, who is visiting the region of Argolida, Greece, said that "we will re-establish the cooperative movement on healthy roots and will release the farmer and producer from the ties of an unjust taxation." Tsipras underlined that...

Papandreou Announces New Greek Political Party: 'Democrat Socialists' Movement'

Today, January 3, 2015, George Papandreou held an open event for the presentation of his new political party at the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece . The Greek former Prime Minister presented the identity and views of his political party, as...

Provocative Article Mentions Autonomous Macedonian Movement

Here's how the map of Europe would be redrawn if all Separatist Movements get their way, is the title of a provocative article published at Business Insider today. The map mixes existent and non-existent movements and displays scenarios with 37...

Golden Dawn Says Terrorists, Corrupt Free

Officials from the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, whose leaders have been jailed pending trial on charges of running a criminal gang have snapped back at the scandal-ridden government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader...