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President Nicos Anastasiades returned to Cyprus last night after his two-day working visit to Athens. As one of his spokesmen said, the President returns home "as a tired but less worried man” because it is important that Athens and...

A Patras appeals court on Wednesday acquitted two of the four men charged with shooting and injuring 28 migrant labourers in Nea Manolada, Greece, in 2013. The migrants were working picking strawberries and they had gathered to ask for their...

"Nikki Beach," the legendary and one of the most luxurious resorts in the world, is opening its gates in Greece hoping to attract the elite of the Greek and international jet set. The Nikki Beach Hotel and Resorts chain will open a resort on...

Dr Juan Coderch was born in the city of Barcelona in Spain, where he lived the first 40 years of his life before moving to the UK. He graduated from the University of Barcelona with a degree in Classics...

According to a statement by the Deputy Minister of Development, Gerasimos Giakoumatos, the Greek government is planning to impose a price ceiling on  products sold in organized beaches with admission fee. Products such as bottled water, sandwiches, coffee and tea will...

Matthew Nimetz, the United Nations mediator in the dispute between Greece and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) met with FYROM Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Skopje.  "We have been at this for a long time and I do think...

According to Turkish newspaper Milliyet, Mehmet Muezzinoglu, Minister of Health of Turkey, is planning on inviting 5,000 Greek doctors in order to fill part of the country’s 20,000 open job positions for doctors. The Turkish official said that the Greek...

The government of Cyprus has placed itself at the disposal of the International Criminal Court to provide documentation on the colonization of the occupied area of Cyprus by Turkey. “Since 1974, Turkey has implemented a systematic policy of colonization of...

A monument of great importance was discovered near Amfissa, central Greece, during an excavation project. It is a Greek vaulted tomb that dates back to the Mycenaean period. The tomb is 9 meters long with a deep vestibule and a circular...

In most major cities in the world, Greeks open restaurants and introduce the traditional cuisine of Greece to more and more people. In distant Dubai, the restaurant Eat Greek is the ambassador of Greek cuisine in the Middle east. Greek...

The government's draft omnibus bill, signed by 13 ministers and two alternate ministers, was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday evening with the purpose of being voted on by August 8. The bill calls for the inactivation of a taxpayer's tax...

The Education and Religious Affairs Ministry is racing against time to cover as many teacher shortages as possible by September 11, when schools are scheduled to reopen for the 2014-2015 school year, in order to alleviate problems in the education...

The new, improved version of EURES, the online recruitment platform by the European Commission was released.  EURES' main objective is to offer the best services to those who wish to work within the EU and the tackling of unemployment in Europe. The scheme...

The EPCC team of the University of Edinburgh has been awarded first place for the application HPL (High Performance Linpak), used mainly in supercomputers, in the ISC Student Cluster Competition. The team consists of three Greek students, Emmanuel Farsarakis from Crete, Konstantinos Mouzakitis from...

The spokesman for the European Commission, Antoine Colombani, has confirmed the meeting of the Greek government's officials with the Troika of international lenders in Paris. Colombani said that a preparatory meeting will be held in Paris in early September between the...