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Lavrentis Lavrentiadis, remanded in custody for the Proton Bank scandal in Greece, was released on a 500,000 euro bail.  He was accused of money laundering and the embezzlement of 701 million euro from Proton Bank through unsecured loans to...

Greek revenues from tourism have increased more than 25 percent during the first four months of 2014, compared to last year. Both tourist arrivals and revenues are estimated to skyrocket this year in Greece. According to data released by the Association of...

According to the European Commission's annual report on employment, the young unemployed in Greece stand little chance at finding a job. The report shows that the fragile economic growth does not generate stable jobs while young Greek people and especially the unskilled are...

The EU Member States decided on Tuesday to grant Albania a candidate status on the country's accession to the European Union, but negotiations will be long and require the country to make significant judicial reforms, announced the European Commission. It was...

Greece' s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' hopes for a burgeoning economic recovery have taken another hit from the courts with a ruling by the State Audit Council that retroactive pension cuts on judges, prosecutors and members of the State...

Humanity is witnessing chaos in a number of countries across the world, as innocent civilians are forcibly trapped in a vicious cycle of hopelessness, brutality, and indifference. According to data released by the UNHCR on the occasion of the...

As the Greek Justice system builds a case of running a criminal gang against the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, photos have surfaced showing its leaders giving Nazi salutes in front of a giant Swastika flag. Party leader Nikos Michaloliakos, who...

FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — Greece is running out of time to make its mark on the World Cup. It hasn't scored in Brazil and is stranded at the bottom of Group C with one point, tied with Japan but...

More than 500 members of Greek orthodox churches and communities alongside clergymen of all degrees will participate in the 42nd Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress organized by the Clergy-Laity Committee of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

Gary Corby is an esteemed Australian author whose series of four books about ancient Greece has become a great hit. In the latest installment of the series, “The Marathon Conspiracy,” protagonist Nicolaos, ancient Greece’s first detective, is faced with...

The Greek government is preparing an important showcase, in cooperation with the Greek Embassy in London and the Research Center for Energy Management (RCEM). The event will take place in London on July 1 and 2, and it is...

AirFastTickets, a Greek online travel agency, has been suspended by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) because of debts to airlines amounting to 45 million euros. Nikolaos Koklonis, owner of the online travel agency received a letter from IATA which...

eGreece has been shocked after the discovery of the largest quantity of heroin that has ever been recorded on a European or international level, after police dismantled an active drug circuit. Now that new evidence has come to light, Greek Shipping...

A draft bill to privatize the "small PPC" - a spinoff of the Public Power Corporation - will be tabled in Parliament on July 2, according to government sources on Monday. The decision came at a meeting at the government...

Shopkeepers at Kleisovis Street in the center of Athens took the initiative to decorate their street and make their daily lives more colorful. The Cube Athens which operates on the pedestrian zone of Kleisovis Street, spoke with the shopkeepers of...