Politics

The federation of High School Teachers (OLME) has decided to suspend mobilizations. Teachers will return tomorrow Wednesday to National Exams evaluation centers to complete grading of tests. OLME president Dimitris Peppes said the administration board (6 votes in favour 4 votes...

The European Court of Human rights adjudicated a claim for damages to 9 Greek-Cypriots because of the loss of their properties. The European Court decided that these 9 Greek- Cypriots have to receive a compensation for moral and material damages...

The Euro barometer poll, notes an increase in poverty percentages during this past year in Greece. 93,7% of Greeks, indicate to be poorer, whilst there is an equivalent of 74,7% in the EE. In addition, 43% of respondents indicate that, they...

A main opposition New Democracy (ND) sector head on Monday ridiculed the government's call towards non-EU nationals in the country to submit documentation to acquire long-term residency permits. Theodoros Soldatos, the secretary of ND's immigration policy sector, said efforts by...

Addressing a party event, main Opposition New Democracy President Antonis Samaras implied that his party is prepping itself for election processes, with the forthcoming local elections being top priority. The ND head also stressed there will be more talks with...

According to AFP, Alexei Kudrin (photo), Russia's finance minister Saturday said he expected Greece to require a restructuring of its debt by creditors. He said such a move would be acceptable for the market and insisted it would be...

Several of the former ministers whose accounts are to be opened and examined as part of the Siemens kickbacks investigation on Friday expressed objections to a decision that they said had singled them out unfairly. The Parliamentary...

Labour Minister Andreas Loverdos on Friday briefed President Karolos Papoulias on the changes to labour law agreed between the government and representatives of the IMF, the ECB and the European Commission and on other issues that fall under the...

With a National Council for the Greek Language and a General Secretariat under its authority, at the Ministry of Education which will be taking over the overall coordination for all issues regarding the support and upgrade of the Greek...

Debt-ridden Greece is on track with the reforms required as part of the rescue package that saved it from bankruptcy, a delegation from the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and the European Commission said Thursday. The delegation was in...

Prime minister George Papandreou met on Thursday in Brussels with his FYROM counterpart Nikola Gruevski on Thursday in Brussels, where the Greek premier is attending an EU summit and the latter is holding contacts with the European People's Party...

Chief Prosecutor I. Sakelakos has issued order to ban exit from the country of businessman George Tsougranis, former Transport Minister Tasos Mantelis best-man. The sum of 450.000 marcs- with final recipient Tasos Mantelis- had been deposited in his bank...

Chinese vice Premier Zhang Dejiang –accompanied by members of the Ministers' Council- paying an official visit to Athens to promote economic relations between the two countries. He was received by the President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias at...

The Parliamentary examination committee investigating the Siemens kickbacks scandal has asked that it be allowed to continue its investigation until September 30, by unanimous decision of its members. The request has been initially agreed to by Parliament President Philippos...

Greece and FYROM are close to an agreement on the name “Republic of Macedonia of Vardar” under the pressing intervention of the US and the EU. This name covers the Greek request with regards to the geographical designation, whist it is...