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Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Strikes Greek Island of Kefalonia; Again
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off western Greece early on Monday, near the island of Kefalonia. The strong quake struck 8 miles west of Argostoli in the Ionian Sea at a relatively shallow depth of 8.5 miles at 0308 GMT, the United States...
Greece
02/02/2014: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video
Olympiakos It still stretched its gap at the top of the Super League to 14 points, as PAOK lost at Platanias.
PAOK dropped three more points losing 2-1 at Hania to Platanias that has climbed out of the bottom three....
Crime
Greek Police: Kalashnikovs Found in car in Athens 'Clear'
According to the Greek police authorities, the ballistic examination of the three Kalashnikov rifles that were found on Saturday in a stolen car in Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece, showed they have not been used in previous terrorist attacks or...
Economy
German Document Reveals New Greek Aid Package
German magazine " Der Spiegel" reported on Saturday that Germany is preparing a new aid package for Greece . According to a five-page document of the German Finance Ministry presented in the magazine the new package will be in...
Economy
Greek Deposits of 60 Billion in Switzerland
According to the economist Gabriel Zucman, the deposits of Greek citizens in Swiss banks are amounting to 60 billion euros. The French professor of the London School of Economics and researcher at the University of California, Berkeley published his book...
Greece
Greek Farmers to Protest on Monday
Farmers from all over Greece have announced that they will proceed with new demonstrations on Monday, February 3.
It is estimated that farmers will set up roadblocks in several places across Athens-Thessaloniki highway, as well as in the road network...
Greece
Four Greek Music Festivals that Will Rock You
Even though Greek Music Festivals were not really popular back in the day, it appears that they have recently become rather popular. Every year, music festivals are a topic of conversation for young Greeks who await and plan for...
Economy
Bild: Wealthy Greeks should paying for their own debts
Recent headlines from the German newspaper "Bild" have started a new propagandistic campaign against Greece. The newspaper claims that the Greeks have a lot more money than the German people and should pay wealth tax to recover from the crisis.
"We...
Economy
Greek Finance Ministry: Only 220 out of 800 Million in Taxes Paid
It appears that the tax collection during the last days of January was not effective, as only 220 million euros of taxes were paid. According to the Greek Finance Ministry, the total amount of taxes that should had been...
Greece
Jacques Delors: 'I do not Regret Greece's Entry into Eurozone'
The Greek governments are to blame for the country's present state, former president of the European Commission Jacques Delors said in an interview for Kathimerini newspaper on Sunday.
"When the government of a country does foolish things, unfortunately this results...
Europe
Legal Battle of Greeks in Istanbul
The Greek community of Istanbul has turned to the Turkish Court asking for the return of three orthodox churches and many other properties that were given by the Turkish state in the so-called ''Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate" which isn't recognized...
Greece
Greece 's Far-Right Golden Dawn's Plan B: National Dawn
With the Greek government having arrested its leaders and trying to dismantle the party, the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn has chosen the backup name of National Dawn to use in upcoming municipal elections if it is banned.
Golden Dawn spokesman Ilias...
Crime
Greece Presses Postbank Prosecution
The Greek government said it continues to crack down on corruption by arresting financial officers, businessmen and their associates in the latest scandal involving a Greek bank that provided hundreds of millions of euros in unsecured loans.
The government arrested...
Greece
Greek Riot Police Clash With Anti-Fascists
Riot police and anti-fascist protesters in Greece have clashed in central Athens, leaving at least two people injured.
Greek Police said more than 3,000 supporters of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party held a rally on Saturday to commemorate a 1996...
Greece
Famous Greek Movies You Need to Watch
Greek cinema has a longer history than people usually think when they associate the words Greece and cinema. Several Greek films have come a long way and are actually famous outside the country’s borders.
Perhaps the first movie that comes...