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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,...

The former House Democratic aide, Greek-American Tom Manatos, is joining the Internet Association as its director of government affairs according to Politico.com. The Internet Association is an organization that represents the interests of America's leading Internet companies and their global community...

Greece's crushing economic crisis is providing fodder for people with ideas on how to help each other, including an ad in the Greek search portal of property and automoto, Golden Deal (Chrisi Efkairia) that asked for a house rent-free...

The Canadian activist journalist and author Naomi Klein, declared her solidarity to the Greek people, who have been living under the shock doctrine the last years, as she stated in a press conference she gave at the Mikropolis Social...

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is responsible for developing a 15 to 20 percent of the total number of oropharyngeal (throat) cancer incidences. Especially, HPV 16 and 18 infections are strongly associated with an increased odds ratio of developing oropharyngeal...

Fewer children in Greece than in the rest of Europe attend kindergarten till the age of compulsory school attendance, according to a European Commission report, which highlights the importance of childcare services for the promotion of women employment. According to...

Thirty-five special guards are going to be on Greek trains as ordered by the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks after a series of negative events on many routes. Incidents caused by marginal elements, threats by fare evaders and what...

From September, one thousand people will have the chance to go on a few-days' free vacation through the social tourism programs which are reborn from the ashes under the umbrella of the Manpower Employment Organization (OAED). On June 4, the...

A 44-year-old Greek "Cruella De Vil" with eight different identities has been accused of the mysterious disappearance of 173 dogs, which she adopted from animal welfare organizations across the country and ever since, their tracks have been lost. The unprecedented...

By the end of 2016 the project on the creation of a new city center around Panepistimiou Street is to be completed. It is an ambitious project which is to be funded with 90 million euros from the regional development...