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The floundering Democratic Left (DIMAR) which is essentially rudderless while trying to decide whether to accept the resignation of its leader Fotis Kouvelis, fell to 13 Members of Parliament on June 6 when one of its lawmakers, Vasilis Economou,...

Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide-book publisher in the world has included two Greek destinations in its new guide with the top 50 secret places in Europe. The guide presents popular and lesser known locations in Europe that are worth visiting. Milia, a settlement...

Greece's top tax official, Harry Theoharis, said his abrupt resignation on June 5 was for "personal reasons" and said he wasn't squeezed out for allegedly mishandling the critical job of trying to bring in more tax revenues. The position of...

This summer the Greek National Opera will be hosting many interesting productions and offering these events for free to a Greek audience. The two biggest summer productions will be staged at the Herod Atticus Theater, in partnership with the Athens...

When famous Greek designer Vrettos Vrettakos designed his favorite comic book heroes on paper and then using fabric, no one could have imagined his promising future. Just a few years later, Greek and international VIPs gather in his boutique...

In the midst of the financial crisis, Greece has been placed among the 10 most miserable countries in the world, according to findings of a CATO Institute survey. Greece was ranked 10th on a list with the most miserable countries,...

The Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE) of Greece has already conducted 500 inspections of cases in the notorious "Lagarde list." As reported violations were discovered in all 500 cases. The SDOE director Theodoros Floratos reported that so far about 25% of the...

Using the latest advances in technology and robotics, archaeology will strive to extract more secrets from an ancient shipwreck that once yielded the unique Antikythera Mechanism, representing one of humanity's earliest steps on the road to high technology. The 2000-year-old...

Greece will buy Russian gas at a price of $396 US dollars per 1,000 cubic metres, Georgios Chelikidis, the General Manager of Prometheus Gas S.A., a Greek-Russian joint venture with participation of Russia’s Gazprom Export, told ITAR-TASS on Thursday. He...

The American anthropologist and archaeologist, Jerolyn Morrison, stated that 100 years ago, Cretans used to eat food that was more similar to the food of Minoan Crete than to the food of modern Greece. Furthermore, in order to demonstrate the...

Two pieces of ancient Cycladic art, the figurine of a woman with a height of 88cm and a copper utensil which resembles a frying pan were returned to Greece by the German State Museum Baden in Karlsruhe, which illegally...

The 2nd  Tinos World Music Festival organized by the Cultural Foundation of the island of Tinos, Greece will be held from June 6 to 8. The audience will have the chance to enjoy music from Bulgaria, Turkey, Armenia, Syria, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan,...

The Greek Ministry of Finance is interested in hiring legal and financial advisers for the sale of their 55.19% share of the Greek Saltworks company. The task of the legal advisers is to examine whether the Greek State can proceed...

The counter terrorism unit is on alert after a robbery took place in a branch of Piraeus Bank in the village of Sykourio in Larissa, central Greece at 2:10 p.m. on Thursday. It was reported that there were five thieves...

Google launched its Street View map service in Greece, with Santorini, Mykonos and Paros being the first islands to be mapped. From today on, visitors can travel in Greece, turn into neighborhoods and get lost on roads that they...