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There is no issue of changing the 2015 Uniform Real Estate Ownership Tax (ENFIA), Finance Ministry sources said on Thursday regarding the ruling of the Council of State. The Council of State, Greece's supreme administrative court, on Wednesday officially published...

The Greek government was forced by international lenders to withdraw the  parallel economic program bill from parliament on Thursday, while the Euro Working Group was meeting on the completion of the 13 prerequisites for the approval of the 1...

The meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was completed on Thursday. Tsipras underlined the importance of cooperation between Greece and Turkey on the handling of refugees flows. On his side, Davutoglu agreed on the...

Greece's Ministry of Defense is to allocate two army camps to be used as migrant reception centers as the country is facing problems accommodating migrants who don't qualify as refugees. The two camps are located in Attica and in northern...

Greek-Australian Andrew Liveris Chairman and chief executive officer of Dow Chemical Company could become the CEO of the second largest chemicals company in the world, if the talks about the merge between Dow Chemical and DuPont are successful. If the...

Panagiotis Skoutas, Director of the Office of the State Minister Niko Pappa, highlighted today, at an event organized by the Greek-Russian Chamber in Moscow, the interest both the Greek and Russian community share in the investment opportunities that can be developed...

With all 573,000 votes from 182 countries now counted, the global NameExoWorlds public vote has selected ancient Greek names for three, out of a total of 31, exoplanets and 14 stars, which were officially named via avote organized by...

FYROM Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski says he would be open to change his country's name in the hope of ending a 24-year long dispute with Greece. Since 1991, when Yugoslavia broke up, Greece accuses Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for...

Greek-Australian journalist, political commentator and author George Megalogenis was shortlisted in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards for his work on Australia’s Second Chance. The shortlist was announced by the Australian Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley and it includes 21...

The Euro Working Group is to approve on Thursday a 1-billion-euro loan subtranche as Greece has legislated the 13 prior actions required by the bailout program. The tranche is delayed by two months as the prior actions were originally scheduled...