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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras may yet have to break his promise not to impose more pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions on beleaguered Greeks because of a billion-euro hole in the country's budget in the wake of...

Not a single Greek has applied for work in strawberry fields in Manolada, the region where immigrants said they were attacked by their bosses after demanding back pay. A total of 116 farmers said they needed 4,648 workers and...

A week after his party pulled out of the ruling coalition following a dispute over Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s unilateral decision to close down state broadcaster ERT, Democratic Left leader Fotis Kouvelis lashed out at his former partners in...

Moving forward after the withdrawal of one of his coalition members, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras formulated a new alliance with the other coalition partner, the PASOK Socialists, in a new cabinet that gives his partner key ministerial positions. Samaras,...

It is estimated that Greece will receive the amount of €160-180 million for the two-year-period 2014-2015 in order to support employment among young people under 29 from the total of €6 billion that the European Council in Brussels, Belgium...

Around 300 children from different parts of the world came to The Regional Unit of Serres to participate in the 11th International Meeting of Children’s Art Groups which bear the title, The laugh of the child-The future of the...

Admitting that his New Democracy Conservatives and their coalition partner the PASOK Socialists had packed the former public broadcaster ERT with political hires before abruptly shutting it down on June 11, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras nonetheless said the decision...

Six years after the cruise liner Sea Diamond sank off the coast of the Greek island Santorini, the trial of 13 people involved in the case began a few months ago and the hearings are expected to be completed...

As numbers show, Larissa is the city that never sleeps. And that because its inhabitants drink one third of the coffee consumed in the country! Employees in the central cafés claim that those who have little or no work...

One of the books from our most tender teenage years and a favorite children's novel, A child counts the stars, by Menelaus Loudemis will "come alive" again in the form of musical expression that carries the namesake title, on...

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, one of the most famous couples of Hollywood chose Greece again this year to spend their holidays. Since June 27, they have been on Kos, a Greek island in the  Dodecanese complex, next to...

Charalampos Ioannou, an 18-year-old Greek, has developed an exoskeleton glove, thanks to which he is a finalist in 2013 Google Science Fair (GSF 2013). Inspired by his grandmother, he developed this exoskeleton glove, which helps people with disabilities that limit...

He wasn't on Greece's national team, but 18-year-old Yiannis Antetokounmpo, of Nigerian descent, has become the country's youngest player to be drafted by the National Basketball Association, picked at number 15 by the Milwaukee Bucks. Antetokounmpo played for the second-division...

Hellenic American Leadership Council Executive Director Endy Zemenides has been selected by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs to be part of its Emerging Leaders program. After a vigorous nomination and interview process, the Council named just 21 Emerging...

The 18th session of the educational program, Youth Parliament, in Greece began on June 28 and will be concluded on July 1. The fundamental aim of the program is to initiate young people into the parliamentary institutions and the cultivation...