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With the Greek government paralyzed by indecision over four separate anti-racism bills aimed squarely at the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, the extremists have hit back with their own proposal that seeks penalties against immigrants - their target - who...

“Greece has overcome the most difficult part; it still has a steep road ahead, but Greece is always a hospitable place,” said Greek Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni, after the meeting she held with Archbishop Demetrios of America with...

Patriarch John X (Yazigi) of Antioch and All The East, the primate of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All The East, installed on February 10, 2013, made a plea to the international community for the release of...

The Austrian daily newspaper, Die Presse, published a full page tribute to Chios, “the island of 53,000 people which offers calm in quiet mountain villages and small bays,” with the title, Retro-charm thanks to the economic crisis, while a...

In a revealing article cited in the Guardian, the journalist wonders where the change in politicians and bankers' attitudes in Greece comes from. These people are trying to show an image of Greece that is no longer in deep...

Piraeus bank announced the completion of its offer to repurchase its outstanding preferred stocks and subordinated debt securities. Standard & Poor΄s Ratings Services announced yesterday it has raised to ΄CC΄ from ΄D΄ its issue ratings on its non-deferrable subordinated notes...

Inspectors from international lenders are due back in Athens on June 4 to check Greece’s books again in the ongoing progress of reviewing the pace of reforms, and the focus will reportedly be on the stalled issue of firing...

EU Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Semeta on Tuesday gave his full support to the head of Greece's data service Elstat who is accused of deliberately over-stating 2009 deficit figures. "Probably for the first time in the course of many years ......

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 Richter, hit off the Attica province in Greece. The earthquake's epicenter was located 27Km East from Athens. According to the Euro-Med Seismological Center, the earthquake’s epicenter had a 10 kilometers depth. There...

The well-known theater director, Stathis Livathinos, undertook a very ambitious and highly difficult task of staging the complete Iliad of Homer. The director puts on stage, for the first time in the history of the theater, the ancient Greek...

With Turkish protesters clashing on June 3 for a fourth day with police around the country in demonstrations against a plan to tear down trees in the center of Istanbul for a shopping mall and their opposition to Prime...

The President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias, presented the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', Kirill the Grand Cross of Merit, during the latter’s visit to the Presidential Mansion in central Athens, Greece. Kirill I of Moscow was accompanied by Archbishop...

What else will we see? A notice on trash bin in Patras, " consumption by humans is forbidden," deterring those who scrounge their meal in the trash daily to give it another thought. According to dete.gr, that published the specific...

Almost 600 illegal immigrants returned to their home countries in May, while since last August a total of 10,118 people of different nationalities have returned to their countries. According to the Hellenic Police data, reimbursement decisions were based on the...

During his interview on the occasion of the centenary of the union of Crete with Greece, Greece's best-known living composer, Mikis Theodorakis, strongly criticized Democratic Left’s deputy and historian, Maria Repousi for her statement that, "The Dance of Zalongo...