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  UNESCO Good Will Ambassador Marianna V. Vardinoyiannis has launched a new campaign with the title “Return (the marbles), Restore (Parthenon), Restart (History)” for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles. In a statement during a press conference held at the Acropolis...

Greek police arrested two Greek citizens after discovering they had set up a fraud against hundreds of thousands of Germans. The two men, 44 and 36 years old, had deceived 360,000 people in Germany by persuading them to participate in non-existent lotteries...

The man brought in to oversee and improve tax collections in Greece, Haris Theoharis, was forced out by the government for being too aggressive in chasing high-profile tax cheats, the The Bloomberg news agency reported. Haris Theoharis said he was leaving...

A new survey which rates nations according to their contribution to humanity ranked Cyprus in 18th place. Ireland  tops the list.  The Good Country Index which was, combines 35 separate indicators from the United Nations, the World Bank and other international institutions. Anholt...

After previously saying Cyprus doesn't exist as a country, an official document submitted by Turkey to the European Union - which it wants to join - has referred to the Republic of Cyprus as a “defunct” state, according to...

There are currently 2,500,000 Greek taxpayers who are required to submit their tax returns by July 1st. Compared to last year’s taxes, an increase in taxation of self-employed and renters is expected, according to accountants, while taxes of employees and...

(AP) — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Obama administration will seek to introduce legislation granting European citizens the same privacy protection rights available to U.S. citizens, when their data is being transferred from the European Union to...

After British media devoted tributes praising two open-air cinemas in Greece -- Cine Paris in Athens and Cine Kamari on the Greek island of Santorini -- the latest "cinema sensation" hitting Brit tabloids is Cine Manto on the Cycladic...

International media praised the Greek national soccer team for its qualification to the next round of the World Cup in Brazil, after winning Ivory Coast 2-1 on Tuesday evening. The French newspaper "L'Equipe" said that "The elephants fell from Olympus"...

Andreas Kalvos was a romantic Greek poet born on Zakynthos island, Greece in 1792. He died in 1869 in Louth, UK, where he had spent his last years running a young ladies' school with his wife Charlotte. In honor of his...

Speaking at an ordinary general meeting of shareholders of telecommunication company OTE on Tuesday, its chairman and CEO Michael Tsamaz confirmed OTE's interest in Forthnet group. Tsamaz commented that OTE is watching all market developments and is making contacts...

The European Commission has proposed to supply Greece with 6 million euros from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in order to help 508 former workers of the bakery manufacturer Nutriart and its providers and to stimulate young people who are...

FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — Georgios Samaras scored an injury-time penalty to put Greece into the second round of the World Cup with a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast. Samaras was adjudged to have been brought down by substitute Giovanni Sio...

Lamda Development, the company that bought the land of the old Athens airport, presented the plans for the architectural project in the coastal area of Ellinikon on Tuesday, June 24. The company’s CEO Odysseas Athanasiou stated that construction work...

The cuts in the salaries of judges were deemed unconstitutional on the principle of proportionality and the constitutional rule of equality and thus their salaries will return to pre-crisis levels. According to a report by the General Accounting Office of the...