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Greece failed to advance to the 2014 World Cup quarter-finals due to a missed penalty  World Cup fans still talk about Greece's football journey in the 2014 FIFA World Cup that ended in the final 16 after a tough battle...

Airfasttickets has been the target of Greek and international media accusing the fast-growing online travel agency for unfair competition and bringing to the spotlight complains that include non-refunded tickets after they were cancelled by the company. Amid the high tourist...

The majority of Greeks tend not to barter goods or buy second-hand items, according to a Public Issue survey commissioned by WWF Greece and unveiled in Thessaloniki on Wednesday. This found that only 12% of Greeks had bartered some...

JPMorgan Chase & Co Chairman, President and CEO Jamie Dimon canceled his two-day visit to Athens due to medical reasons. He was supposed to arrive in Athens on July 2 for talks with the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras about...

The National Technological University of Athens (NTUA) has reopened after its administrative employees ended their long-standing strikes asking for the reinstatement of their suspended colleagues. This development allows students to return back to their classes and finish the academic semester. On Tuesday University represantives stated that...

Michalis Chrisochoidis, Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Network, visited the quake stricken Cephalonia to inspect the progress of the constructions at the Lixouri port and the road network of the island. He indicated that Myrtos, the famous beach of the...

Former Attica Bishop Panteleimon Bezenitis was found dead at Vgethi beach, Keratea, in northeastern Attica, on Wednesday, July 2. According to Greek news, the former Bishop lost his life while swimming in the region, where his summer-house is located. The body was...

After resolving the dispute between the prosecutor and the investigating judges, the judicial council finally decided that Eleni Zaroulia, the wife of Golden Dawn’s leader, Nikos Michaloliakos, will be placed under house arrest. She was charged with the offense...

The management of Greece's state-controlled power utility Public Power Corporation (PPC) and the network transmission system operator are planning rotating blackouts in different areas starting from early on Thursday morning, when the strike action called by the PPC workers' union...

"Maybe the British Museum refuses to give back the Elgin Marbles but we will offer an entire Acropolis as a gift to the Acropolis Museum", joked Michael Turner, senior curator of the Nicholson Museum in Sydney. LEGO Oedipus, LEGO Lord Elgin and LEGO Sigmund...

The company Elma SA, Mazda's Greek representative and official importer since 1981, filed for bankruptcy on Monday June 30. Within the next days, the company will announce the new representative of Mazda in Greece who will take over services of the company's cars...

Guardian journalist Antony Loewenstein continues his travelogue in Athens, Greece and comments on the Greek healthcare system. A recent incident where an unemployed and uninsured patient suffering heart disease was not accepted in the hospital, reflects the tragic situation in...

The car of a high-ranking Greek diplomat was destroyed by an arson attack on early Wednesday, July 2. No one was injured since the attack caused only material damages. The car had diplomatic license plates and was parked outside the...

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo chose Greece's most cosmopolitan island, Mykonos, for his summer holidays. The world-famous football player has visited Mykonos to relax and to comfort himself after the failure of Portugal in the World Cup in Brazil. Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in...

Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail in a recent article praised the Greek company Apivita and its founders, the pharmacists Nikos and Niki Koutsianas. The article notes that the couple never liked selling industrial, chemical-laden products to their customers and that is the reason they...