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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...

After the initiative of several Chinese couples getting married in Greece, a couple from Belgium decided to tie the knot in Greece too. The difference however, is that this couple got married at 30,000 feet over the Greek island...

A British ticket agent in Limassol, Cyprus claims that strangers stole from his car, 688 World Cup Tickets worth 120,000 euros and his laptop. The man reported to the police that he had left his car for 10 minutes...

The Greek Ministry of Infrastructure is offering social dividend recipients 12 months of free internet access, as well as training on how to use computers. The ministry's decision was announced on Wednesday by the General Secretary of Telecommunications-Post and Digital Convergence,...

While rumors regarding the upcoming cabinet reshuffle and the possible ministerial appointments are widespread, Greek General Secretary of Public Revenue Haris Theoharis announced his resignation Thursday after a meeting with Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, causing discontent among Greece’s...

Nikos Dendias presented the new system, called Center of Integrated Border and Immigration Administration, which will enable safer guarding of the Greek boarders and thus greater control on the number of immigrants who enter Greece. Greek Minister of Public...

PASOK MP Thanos Moraitis, joining a chorus of dissent against party leader Evangelos Venizelos, has become the first to call for the Socialist chief to step down as its popularity keeps plummeting. Moraitis was the first in the party to...

New March data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) point to a slight drop in unemployment rates across Greece, which remains at 26.8 percent, down from 26.9 percent in February, and 27.2 percent a year ago. According to the...

The classic notion that the average Greek likes to gamble in the hopes of winning easy money, has been ruined. As a result of the economic crisis, gambling turnover decreased by 37% over the last five years (2009-2013). According to...

The British Eurosceptic and leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage predicts that Greece will be forced to exit the Eurozone, saying that this would devalue its currency and as a result make it a “hot” tourist destination. Speaking...

Friday, June 6, 2014 marks the 70th anniversary of the Western Allied Forces landing in Normandy. Soldiers from Dodekanisa Greek islands took part in the military operations during the Normandy invasion. Stathis Papaststikos from Kastellorizo served on the Greek torpedo...

“The international jet-set appeal of Mykonos has helped the island escape some of Greece’s economic woes. Prices have fallen since 2008, real estate agents said, but sales never completely stopped, and a new wave of buyers from the Middle...

A famous saying attributed to Edward Bulwer-Lytton states that “Genius does what is must, talent does what it can.” In the case of Hawksley Workman both apply, since he is genius and talented at the same time. He does...