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Greece is determined to cooperate with the US government and US authorities in order to fully enforce the US’s Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FACTA), which has ordered that all credit institutions operating outside the US will have to inform...

Two artists from Spain inspired by the Greek mythology created a stunning art installation for the North West Walls Street Art Festival in Belgium. With its impressive stories and emblematic gods, Greek mythology is a valuable source of inspiration for artists...

In a letter to the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras stated that he is appointing Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek Minister of National Defence, as Greek Commissioner. Originally a diplomat, Dimitris Avramopoulos, has served in many ministerial posts...

According to a survey by the Research Institute for Tourism of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, the number of five-star hotel rooms in Greece has increased by 31.4% in a span of four years, from 2009 to 2013. The survey...

Anna Vissi, one of the most famous Greek singers, celebrated the 40th anniversary of her career in music yesterday, June 26 at Jackie O club, on the island of Mykonos, along with the winner of this year’s Eurovision contest,...

A significant figure in the field of judo, teacher Christos Papailiopoulos, the man who organized the first judo school in Greece passed away last night, June 26, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 86 years old. Papailiopoulos was...

Hassan Moustafa was a Turkish-Cypriot goatherd whose love story inspired a movie called Akamas, directed by Greek-Cypriot Panicos Chrysanthou and presented in Venice Film Festival in 2006. Hassan Moustafa passed away on Thursday, June 24, aged 79. Hassan met his wife,...

The two-day North Face Zagori Mountain Running 2014 opened in the region of Ioannina, western Greece, on Saturday with top Greek ultra-runner Dimitris Theodorakakos coming first in the new 80-kilometer race (Ultra race). In its fourth year, this year the...

Greece Loses to Hosts Turkey The Greek National team lost their final group stage game against Turkey for the 2014 Men's U-18 European Basketball Championship, but managed to qualify 1st in their group after a triple tie which found both teams...

A bicommunal medical mission, consisting of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot doctors, is expected to travel to Gaza to help the Palestinian people, Cypriot MEP Eleni Theocharous has told CNA. This is the first time Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot...

In Holland, there are many Greeks who work for many hours as unskilled laborers in greenhouses, farms, taverns and restaurants, while they are paid below the minimum wage rate, according to Greek newspaper I Efimerida. There is a new generation of...

Angeliki is a Greek woman living in Gaza with her five children and her Palestinian husband, whom she met when he was studying in Greece. They fell in love and she moved with him in his country of origin....

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin called for a relaxation of Eurozone economic policy in statements after a meeting with Greek Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis in Athens, Greece. "European policy needs new directions toward a recovery," Sapin said outside the Finance...

According to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), during the January to May period of 2014 the Greek trade deficit showed an increase of 9.5%. Even though imports recorded a small decline, the trade balance was offset by the large...

A group of 40 Greek and Italian activists set off in a flotilla from the port of Chania on the island of Crete, Greece, on Friday to protest for the destruction of Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons in the sea,...