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Greece will be represented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013 with two entries. Constantina Voulgaris’ A.C.A.B. All Cats Are Brilliant, and Elias Giannakakis’, Joy(Hara), will be screened during the festival that will run from June 19 to 30. The...

Τhe magazine Der Spiegel, describes the situation in Greece as a summer nightmare, "a play" being performed before millions of tourists. Angry protests, strikes, given the layoffs of thousands of public sector workers undermines the image of the "center...

A doctor has recorded the moment he delivered a baby inside an intact amniotic sac. Obstetrician Dr Aris Tsigris published the photo of the newborn on his Facebook page after delivering the baby via caesarean section in Amarousion, north of...

Talk about a mea culpa. The International Monetary Fund is set to admit that it has made a number of big mistakes over the last three years in its handling of the bailout of Greece, which has been the...

Ryanair launched domestic services in Greece, with Tuesday’s first flight between Chania,Crete and Thessaloniki. The low-cost carrier said it could be the first of many inter-Greek routes if the government accepts Ryanair’s tourism rescue plan. The airline said it carried more...

University students from Greece can hope for a better tomorrow, thanks to a $1 million donation to York University from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. This generous gift will support exchange students from Greek universities pursuing studies at York U. “With...

There was disruption to ferry and hydrofoil services at Piraeus on Wednesday morning due to a protest by seamen who were demanding unpaid wage. Several crossings were delayed as the sailors demonstrated against six ferry companies that they said owed...

Some pretty amazing little guys from the 2nd Elementary School of Eleousa in Ioannina, created a radio station called, School Radio. You’re probably wondering what kind of program this particular radio station broadcasts. Well, it sure includes everything: Songs,...

The countdown to the grant opening of the Archeological Museum of Pyrgos has started and the museum is expected to be ready by mid July. On May 2, the Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports,...

The number of foreign arrivals at five of the country’s regional airports on the some of the most popular islands posted an increase of 20.5 percent last month compared with May 2012. Arrivals at Corfu, Rhodes, Zakynthos, Hania and Iraklio...

Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin has asked President Vladimir Putin to support its participation in the privatization of the Greek port of Thessaloniki, a news report said Wednesday. The selection of candidates may begin as early as June, according to...

Another rift has developed in the Greek coalition government with PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos and Democratic Left (DIMAR) chief Fotis Kouvelis trying to delay a bill that would let Greeks buried under pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed...

Greek-Australian developer, George Kostas, has left his job as Brookfield's head of Australian construction, being there since 2009, in order to run one of the biggest shopping center developers in Dubai. In spite of a prolonged battle given by two...

Inspectors from Greece's international lenders saw some procedural problems on their first day in Athens - after three years of pleading, urging, insisting and demanding - the government still has done little to revamp a tax collection system that...

Anavra, a Greek village and former community in Magnesia, Thessaly and current part of Almyros municipality, is a village-standard among all European countries. Sixteen years ago, this village was an abandoned place where few residents and many animals coexisted. Today,...