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Greece will not be able to exit its ongoing bailout program earlier than scheduled without an additional assistance package from its lenders, an unnamed senior European Union official stated according to Reuters. "A completely clean exit is highly unlikely,"...

AP - Greece 's top security official says his government has accepted a request from the United States to step up screening at the country's ports and airports for suspected volunteers traveling from Europe to fight with Islamic State...

Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, was received by President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias, only a few hours after he received main opposition SYRIZA President, Alexis Tsipras, at the second of a series of scheduled meetings to be held...

Any failure of a court in Messolonghi, western Greece, to consider the racist motive in the brutal attack on a Romani woman and her nephew will be a failure of justice, Amnesty International said ahead of the opening of...

Tracy Spiridakos may have been part of the "Revolution" but now she's checking into the "Bates Motel." The Greek-Canadian/American actress has locked in a guest starring role on the A&E drama, a prequel to the Alfred Hitchcock film "Psycho." According to...

The Greek Ministry of Justice is to pass a new amendment in alignment with European Union directives. According to the bill, foreign convicts will be incarcerated in prisons of their home country. The law reform is based on the principle...

In recent years, the island of Crete has become a very popular wedding destination, attracting couples from across the globe. Recently, a couple held a traditional ceremony in Crete with music that included the lyra instrument and traditional rice (gamopilafo)...

An original event organized for Greek-Australian children in order to promote Greek olive oil took place in the monastery of Panagia Kamariani inn, Red Hill, Victoria. Children and parents, members of the Greek Diaspora, visited the monastery where they...

The Delphi Bank 21st Greek Film Festival came to a close on Sunday November 2 with a subject that is close to the heart of every Greek and Philhellene. John and Coerte Voorhees’ Promakhos premiered to two sold-out Sydney...

For the 5th year in a row, Greek mothers in 52 cities across the country, gather to publicly breastfeed their babies in celebration of World Breastfeeding week. The synchronized initiative -- taking place from November 1-7 -- is aimed...

A new poll conducted by Rass for iefimerida.gr shows that SYRIZA opposition party is ahead governing New Democracy party by 5.3 percent. The poll was conducted between 29-31 October 2014 at a sample of 1,002 persons. Although SYRIZA party is...

The small island of Despotiko, west of Antiparos in the Cyclades, will soon be an open museum, rich with archaeological findings. The Ministry of Culture is planning to make Despotiko an archaeological site that will be open to the public,...

Antiquity was as white as marble. For hundreds of years this fact has been one of the mainstays in the story of the origin of Western culture. It remains firmly anchored in the notion that we still have of...

PAOK Salonika's promising early season form continued on Sunday with a 2-0 win at strugglers Ergotelis in Crete, (video), a result which extended their lead over Olympiakos Piraeus at the top of the Greek Super League to five points. Angelos...

A meeting of the Turkish national security council took place, lasting more than ten hours, while Turkey continues to provoke Greece and Cyprus over rights in the Aegean Sea. According to a report by newsit.gr, during the meeting of the...