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Opposition parties on Thursday agreed to a proposal by main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) party leader Alexis Tsipras to meet on Monday over the possibility of calling for a referendum against the Public Power Corporation's (PPC) privatization. Tsipras' initiative...

Pensions in Greece have been reduced more than 30% during the last few years due to the measures implemented by the Memorandum. According to data from the Union of Social Security, 76.5% of main pensions are under 1,000 euros, while...

Greece’s betting company is offering a voluntary redundancy program to its 900 employees. Last year a majority stake in OPAP was sold to Czech-Greek fund Emma Delta, marking the country's first major privatization, as indicated by the Troika of...

Two Greek students of informatics aged 31 and 27 years old had developed a malicious software called "Lecpetex" which was spreading through social networking sites stealing digital currencies, the so-called bitcoins, from more than 250,000 computers around the world. The Cyber...

Cyprus organized a photographic exhibition on 50 years of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).  The exhibition was held in New York on July 1 and its opening was attended by UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé...

Germany's Health envoy to Greece, in an interview with Deutsche Welle on Thursday, stated that the situation of the Greek healthcare system is disastrous, adding that generic drugs would dramatically cut down healthcare costs.  Wolfgang Zöller, speaking at a briefing of...

After scoring 19,848 on the Panhellenic exams, just 152 points short of a perfect score, Katerina Misthou, has decided to attend Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB). Katerina Misthou, from the Greek island of Rhodes, had the highest score...

Martha Graham, one of the greatest American dance companies, has carved its own path in dance history. This year it celebrates the long and dynamic relationship between choreographer Martha Graham and Greece and the group will visit the country...

According to the German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche Greece is one of the top holiday destinations for Germans this summer. Greece is a “summer hit” and has managed to overturn its negative reputation among tourists, which came as a result of strikes,...

Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator S.A. (HEDNO) repeated warnings that a strike by Public Power Corporation (PPC) workers on Thursday may necessitate rolling blackouts, if the power system is threatened with collapse. From the beginning of the strike action (midnight),...

An exhibition on ancient Greece will take place at the new Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery section of the British Museum in London next spring. According to an article by Anita Singh in the British newspaper The Telegraph, “The Elgin Marbles are...

Five people who were above suspicion have been arrested by the Greek police Internal Affairs Department, with charges of immigrant smuggling. Specifically, two retired mariners aged 67 and 52 years old, a 42-year-old woman who was a bank employee, a 50-year-old...

Around this time every year, Kate Moss' photographs are all over the press. Most of them would show her in bohemian clothes holidaying in Saint Tropez or sailing on luxurious yachts in the Mediterranean dressed in impressive summer kaftan dresses and...

According to German travel operator TUI, more than two million tourists from Great Britain are expected to arrive in Greece this summer. The Spanish Iberia Airlines is back in Athens, Sky Express has added new routes between Volos and...

The British Museum has disproved its main argument for keeping the Parthenon Marbles, which was that visitors are able to see the ancient Greek sculptures for free. In fact, they are planning on separating the sculpture collection so that...