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A 16-year-old young man from Australia was recently crowned junior world champion in surfing, taming waves up to ten meters in the championship that was held in Hawaii. One hundred and thirty teens from all around the world participated...

Greece's international creditors will resume talks with Athens this week to review progress on the economic reforms it must make to get debt aid funding, eurozone finance ministers agreed Monday. "The Troika intends to return to Athens later this week,"...

Jeroen Dijsselbloem has said there is no need to discuss debt relief for Greece until August, with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble suggesting that the summer will be the time to also discuss a possible third bailout. Eurogroup chief Dijsselbloem...

Greece was recently awarded for the entertainment it provides to its visitors. The ceremony took place in Turkey at one of the most promising international touristic exhibitions that recently took place in Istanbul. The exhibition called EMITT and its organizers...

Two documentaries about the Golden era of Greek cinema entitled “Work Like Crazy” by Aggeliki Milonaki and “From the Courtyards to the Living Rooms” by Dionysia Arvanitou and Panayiotis Koundouras were presented during the weekend, February 15 and 16...

The Greek education community is strongly reacting to a recent phenomena of police “interference” in schools. Jointly the Secondary School Teacher Union of Piraeus along with the Parent Association of Keratsini are going to demonstrate outside the offices of...

Two Chinese companies, with a letter sent to the Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, expressed their interest in jointly acquiring a 55% stake in Athens International Airport (AIA), Eleftherios Venizelos. According to the letter, signed by the chairmen of Friedmann Pacific...

In the race for the upcoming local elections, which will be held in May all over Greece, a candidate for the mayor’s office of the city of Athens has come out as HIV-positive. Gregory Vallianatos, a 58-year-old Greek journalist, widely...

Many luxurious yachts belonging to Greek tycoons remain unsold, many of which were built by some of Greece's most famous. The luxurious past of these yachts and their historic connection with the famous Greek tycoons doesn't seem to have...

The reforms in the primary healthcare sector has caused an intense conflict between the Greek Heath Minister, Adonis Georgiadis and the doctors of EOPYY, Greece's main public health care provider. Over the next few days, the Government Gazette  will publish the...

The number of Greek homeowners who will have to pay property taxes is reaching the 5.5 million mark. In 2014 property taxes are seven times higher than in 2009. Greek homeowners will have to pay 715 million euros in...

More than two years after he was hounded out of office by protests, strikes and riots over austerity measures he imposed on the orders of international lenders, former Prime Minister George Papandreou said he laid the groundwork for a...

The viability of the Greek debt and the financing gap for the years 2015-2016 will be discussed “from the summer onwards,” European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro Olli Rehn told an interview...

George Clooney, whose statement on the return of the Parthenon marbles to Greece has caused intense reactions in Britain, came back on the subject and released a statement arguing that he strongly believes in the things he said, while...

Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Ireland's banks are in good shape and there will not be any surprises in European Central Bank stress tests due later in 2014, the head of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Klaus Regling said...