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Authorities at the Greek island of Alonnisos have made some innovative decisions in order to increase the tourism rate on the island in the coming summer season. The actions they have prepared focus on diving and hiking tourism, as well...

More than 300 business plans from Greek startups, developing small and medium-sized companies from a very wide spectrum of business activity have been submitted at the Equity Investment Forum, which will be held on Dec. 7-8 in Athens, the...

European Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos on Wednesday warned that Greece needs to improve border controls. Avramopoulos spoke to Kathimerini daily and said that Greece needs to take immediate and effective action and show results by December...

Fights between asylum-seeking refugees and economic migrants who are denied entry to FYROM broke out at the border with Greece. About 3,000 migrants and refugees are stranded at Greece's border with Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia since mid-November. Non-EU member...

Greek workers and professionals are on a 24-hour general strike today, Thursday, protesting the harsh austerity reforms that are about to be voted on in parliament. The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) and the Public Sector Employees Association (ADEDY)...

Greece is expected to step up border controls with closer cooperation with Frontex, amid talk about the country being suspended from the Schengen Agreement. Jean Asselborn, the foreign minister of Luxembourg, who holds the rotating chairmanship of ministerial meetings on...

A delegation of the Aristotle the Stageritan of Halkidiki Association board visited the Greek Centre of Contemporary Culture of the Greek Community of Melbourne to present the community with a check for 10,000 dollars. The association delegation, consisting of Vice...

Vodafone is reported to have taken on responsibility for the New Democracy (ND) party elections, only if the first round of elections are held after December 19. Up until now, the most likely date for the elections was for...

Greece's top migration official denied today suggestions that Greece's place in the EU's passport-free Schengen zone is in jeopardy because of the incompetent handling of the migrant crisis. Several European ministers and senior EU officials believe that threatening suspension from...

Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov stated today that Greek pilots have shown great restraint against the aggressive violations of the Greek national airspace by Turkish aircraft. "I will repeat what Alexis Tsipras said and I fully endorse it. Greek...