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It Isn't Coincidence That Some Capitals Call Us Tough, Says FM Kotzias
It is not by chance that in some capitals they call us tough, said Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in an interview with the Sunday edition of Ethnos newspaper.
In his interview Kotzias referred to all the pending issues concerning...
Economy
One in Two University Graduates Cannot Find Work in Greece
One in two Greeks with a university degree cannot find work in the first three years after graduation, a Eurostat study says.
According to the study correlating high level of education and employment opportunities, Greece ranks last among European Union...
Greece
Refugees Riot After Migrant Woman and Child Die in Car Accident
On Sunday, Riots broke out late in the evening in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki outside of Oreokastro Migrant Camp which accommodates some 1,300 refugees.
According to Greek authorities, refugees who are residents at the center flooded the streets...
Greece
10/16/2016: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video
Defending champion Olympiakos scored a goal in each half at Panionios to win 2-0 (video) and go top of the Greek league.
In other action:
Panaitolikos - Kerkyra 4 - 0 (video)
Asteras Tripolis - Platanias 2 - 0 (video)
Panathinaikos - Xanthi ...
Greece
Tsipras Re-elected SYRIZA President with 93.54% of Vote
The second SYRIZA conference re-elected Alexis Tsipras as party president with 93.54% of the total vote.
Out of the total 2,926 delegates, 2,758 voted with 176 of them casting a blank ballot and 34 ballots were not valid. No other...
Archaeology
Greece's Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities Celebrates 40 Years
Greece's Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities on Friday celebrated 40 years of documenting and protecting the country's rich underwater heritage.
The ephorate presented the latest impressive findings of archaeological research of the 2015-2016 period in a conference at the Acropolis Museum....
Greece
Digging for Clues of Missing British Toddler Ends in Greece
British police have officially ended the excavation of the site on Kos island where toddler Ben Needham went missing on July 24, 1991.
The search was declared over on Sunday morning, exactly three weeks after it began. Digging on another...
Economy
German FinMin Rejects Greek Debt Relief Talks Before 2018
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble acknowledged that Greece has made progress in reforms but, again, he rejected any talk on debt relief before 2018.
Despite the Greek government's belief that creditors will negotiate debt easing measures before the end of the...
Greece
Greek Migration Minister Defends Government's Handling of Refugees
Greece's Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas defended the government's handling of the refugee crisis, although he admitted that some mistakes were made.
Mouzalas spoke at the SYRIZA Conference on Saturday giving an unofficial report of the administration's handling of the...
Greece
Continuing Tremors Force Ioannina Citizens to Spend Night Outdoors
Several aftershocks that followed the 5.3 magnitude earthquake that shook Ioannina on Saturday night forced most citizens to spend the night on the streets and city squares.
The main earthquake was followed by 4 more powerful aftershocks, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5...