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Three ferries with approximately 6,000 refugees on board from Chios and Mytilene arrived early on Wednesday at Piraeus port. "Blue Star Patmos" carried 1,997 refugees, "Eleftherios Venizelos" another 2,457 and "Ariadni" 1,503. Meanwhile, 873 migrants have been rescued by the Coast...

A meeting between Greece's economic staff and creditors' representatives on the implementation of the prior actions required by the bailout program is underway. On the Greek side, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and State Minister Alekos Flambouraris participated in meetings on...

Overfishing has become the scourge of our times, said noted chef Lefteris Lazarou, WWF's new campaign ambassador. Over 82 percent of the fishes in the Mediterranean are being overfished and in the last 40 years up to 50 percent of...

Eurozone members did not feel the weight of the financial crisis equally, at least until 2013. Reuters sites European Central Bank data which shows the different implications of the European financial crisis on the wealth of different countries' citizens between 2009-2013. The citizens...

Olympiacos F.C. claimed an important 0-1 victory over Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday evening at Croatia to get one step closer to qualification from the group stage to the UEFA Champions League's last 16 round. Ideye broke the deadlock at the 79th minute...

The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, reports a spike in arrivals in Greece as a result of a last minute scramble by refugees and migrants to get to Europe before winter comes and sea crossings are no longer possible. But spokeswoman...

Konstantinos (Kostas) Kanakis, along with his wife Calliope, are the owners of a historic shop situated on the main road of Leonidio in Arcadia, Peloponnese, which is considered to be the oldest store in Greece, remaining on the same spot for...

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos sent a letter to the Minister of Culture; Aristides Baltas, asking for the simultaneous restoration of Fethiye Mosque and the Church of Panagia in the Monastiraki area. The Fethiye Mosque was built on top...

AEK F.C. manager Traianos Dellas will serve his last day as club manager on Wednesday. An official announcement by the club states that Dellas offered his resignation and the club accepted it. Stelios Manolas will take over as caretaker coach. Dellas...

A Greek law student has been named the world's best oralist. Athanasios Plexidas, a law student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, was named the best oralist at the Manfred Lachs Space Law Competition held in Jerusalem, Israel between...