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“The Greek Presidency of the EU Council expresses its regret on the outcome of the referendum in Switzerland on the initiative “against the massive immigration,”” announced Greece’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “The introduction of quotas on the immigration of EU...

During a press conference for his recent film "The Monuments Men," at the Berlin Film Festival, George Clooney replying to a Greek journalist, supported the return of the Parthenon marbles to Greece. "I think you have a very good...

A group of 500 anti-government demonstrators have set fire to a toll booth on a motorway east of Athens, Greece to protest a near-tripling of prices. The demonstrators on Sunday blocked the motorway, set fire to tyres and chanted slogans...

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The imposition of a new tax which will affect all food products rich in fats, is being considered for Greece. Last week, the representatives of the troika asked high-ranking officials in the Greek Ministry of Finance to calculate the expected...

The Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of PASOK Evangelos Venizelos have agreed to promote a new voting system for the upcoming European Parliament elections, held all over Europe in May. During their meeting...

At noon on Sunday thousands of people gathered in Nikaia, Athens to support Greek farmers. They blocked the national road (PATHE) for more than two hours and joined the farmers’ demonstration. Citizens, farmers and unionists from Thessaly, Athens and Thessaloniki...

The situation on the island of Cephalonia, Greece turned dire after the second powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 hit the island last week. The continuous aftershocks rocking the island are worsening the life of the locals who cannot...

Tassos Tsechilidis revealed new information Saturday on his connection to terrorist groups in Greece, triggering an alarm to the Greek police. According to the Cypriot newspaper “Politis,” after being convicted on Saturday by a Cypriot criminal court for his involvement...

Under the title “Graft revelations stun even jaded Greeks,” the U.S. newspaper “New York Times” features an extensive article about corruption in Greece on the front page of its European printed edition. Antonis Kantas, the former deputy director of armaments,...

A Turkish terrorist wanted by the Turkish authorities for her involvement in several terrorist plots in the neighboring country, was arrested on Saturday on the Greek island of Crete by local police authorities. The 44-year-old woman, who had managed to...

On Friday, the athletes of the Greek Olympic team had their first encounter with the Olympic slopes at the 12th Olympic Winter Games, held 2014 in Sochi, Russia. The Olympic team who has been in Sochi since Thursday seems...

Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras has rejected a notion from Europe's statistical agency that Greece's primary surplus will be shown as bigger than it really is and said strict mathematical standards will be applied. Eurostat head Walter Radermacher, in an interview...

After previously stating Greece didn't need nor would seek debt relief, the government now is reportedly planning to use a primary surplus that is expected to be larger than first estimated to force losses on international lenders as a...

Despite government decisions for the farmers, the unions who gathered in Nikaia, Larissa, Central Greece on Saturday to consider further protest action at the government' Αs new tax measures, called on farmers throughout Greece to join in demonstrations and...