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On September 6, representatives of the Hellenic Police, the Fire Brigade and Coast Guard hosted a rally in the White Tower of Thessaloniki, the second biggest city in Greece, shouting slogans, to express their opposition to wage and pension cuts. At...

Frustrated in efforts to sell off major state enterprises, Greece is turning toward trying to get rid of other properties that can fetch anywhere from 310,000-3.4 million euros in a bid to bring in cash in smaller batches -...

A civil servant of the Greek Ministry of Interior has been arrested in the U.S.A, while trying to illegally transfer two ethnic Albanians to the U.S.A. The two Albanians allegedly have Greek passports. The leadership of the Ministry of Interior...

With summer ending it won't last long, but Greece's record-breaking tourist year has put the brakes on a runaway recession - without stopping it. According to the country's statistical agency ELSTAT, the economy shrank 3.8 percent during the second...

“2014 is a very crucial year. Even the slightest crisis reversal must turn into reality. Otherwise, neither the economy nor society could cope with another recession and another downgrade. Even if our partners prove to be patient, the patience...

A tremor measuring 4.2 degrees on the Richter scale took place Friday at 5:57am local time off the island of Crete, the Athens University Institute of Geodynamics made known. The epicenter was 371 kilometers south-east of Athens and 60...

This year, some of the Turks who flock to Sismanogleio Megaro of the Consulate General of Greece will have the opportunity to be taught online Greek language courses via Skype. Due to this year’s great demand, Sismanogleio Megaro is not...

A historic monument of Christianity is being sacrificed on the altar of modernization. The Orthodox Church of Prophet Elias in Izmir (Smyrna) in Turkey, one of the few Christian churches in the region, is set to be demolished under...

The annual Roadshow presentation of Greek enterprises to foreign institutional investors wrapped up on Sept.  6 after being organized for the 8th  consecutive year Athens Exchange in London. During the presentation, there were more than 1,000 meetings between 200 investment...

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew had a meeting with the President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves. His All-Holiness is paying an official visit to Estonia where he also met with the President of the Parliament Ene Ergma, as well...

The US-based oil company Noble Energy on Sept. 5 began a drill stem test (DST) at the A-2 well in its Block 12 concession offshore Cyprus, flaring the well to check for the possibility of natural gas in the...

According to Greek media reports, known Greek athletes who were appointed in the public sector due to their success in sports, such as Olympic medalists, are to be suspended as well provided that the joint ministerial decree does not...

A billion euros party has been set on the Greek islands. The owners of luxurious villas rent their property without declaring anything to tax authorities. The Financial Crime Unit has detected over the last two years 500 cases of owners...

Greece's already-uneasy coalition government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, and his reluctant partner, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos took another shot when PASOK leaders - including Venizelos - criticized former ND leader and premier...

The perpetrators’ target was the bank branch located on the hospital’s first floor. The incident took place at about 8.10 in the morning, when two people entered the hospital and without causing suspicion, they went to the first floor, where...