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The Greek government will not be able to meet a payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in June, Greek Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis told 'Mega TV' on Sunday. "The four installments for the IMF in June amount 1.6 billion euros...

Greece's economy seems to have reached its lowest point, as the Greek government is unable to pay 4.4 billion euros to its suppliers. Meanwhile, the Greek insurance funds are facing the same problem with administration striving to find more resources. Over...

Fears that Greece’s negotiation with its creditors will not be fruitful have impacted the country’s political and economic sector, but also tourism. Foreign travel agencies have already demanded Greek hoteliers to sign a Greek default clause. Specifically, organizers of international conferences have...

Talks between the Greek government and the Brussels Group - the three institutions representing Greece's creditors - are to continue next Tuesday, it was announced. The technical talks were concluded in Brussels on Saturday night and will continue after Tuesday...

A stray pit bull was caught on video by security cameras while savagely attacking people at a gas station in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. After the attack at Neo Rysio area in Thessaloniki nine people had to be taken to a local...

“Know thyself.” It’s an ancient Greek aphorism attributed to philosophy—but for the Academy of Hellenic Paideia, (AHP) a Greek school program opening its doors in September, it’s a way of life. According to the school’s mission statement, the idea...

Addressing SYRIZA's Central Committee meeting on Sunday, Productive Reconstruction Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis accused Greece's creditors of "the harshest, open blackmail" in their handling of the negotiations with the Greek government. The head of SYRIZA's Left Platform strongly criticized the European...

The University of Patras in Greece has once again been put under the spotlight, thanks to Evangelos Skodras’ double distinction for the development of EyeType. Skodras is a PhD student at the Wire Communications Laboratory of the Department of Electrical...

ATHINEO, the first Creative Brewery and Beer Museum in Greece, opened its doors to the public recently and aims to become a reference point for beer history and tradition in the country. It is located in the exact place where...

The unprecedented and prolonged uncertainty period currently prevailing in the Greek economy has frozen investments and keeps unemployment at a very high level, as investors await an agreement with the country’s creditors, the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) said...

European Union countries are locked in an increasingly bitter battle over proposals to set quotas for accepting asylum seekers and other migrants fleeing Africa and the Middle East. What has become of European solidarity in handling the Mediterranean migrant...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci send a message of peace hoping that a solution will emerge in the Cyprus problem. The two leaders made statements to the press on Saturday after they walked the streets of old Nicosia, across...

Olympiakos has won the 27th Greek Football Cup and the 17th Double in the club’s history, after playing at the Olympic Stadium in Athens against Skoda Xanthi. The match ended with Olympiakos scoring 3 goals, while Skoda Xanthi scored 1. This...

Tension broke in downtown Athens, Greece, near the Polytechnic School around 5 pm on Saturday, May 23. The episodes started after the end of an anti-authoritarian rally that took place in the area, at the German Embassy. A group of anti-authoritarians stopped...

Sweden, represented by artist Mans Zelmerlow and his pop anthem "Heroes" won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Greece's Maria Elena Kyriakou with her song “One Last Breath” finished 19th in the Grand Final that took place on Saturday in Vienna, Austria. Winner Sweden scored...