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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...

The public prosecutors' department announced on Tuesday, its decision to shelve an investigation into former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis over an alleged plan to introduce an alternative currency to Greece, also dubbed 'Plan B'. It said the decision to drop...

In response to the continuous influx of migrants and refugees into Greece and Italy, Frontex will deploy a total of 291 agents from 19 different European countries to hotspots in the two Mediterranean countries to assist with the registration and identification...

The remarkable fortified settlement of Osdina or Ouzdina in the region of Thesprotia, western Greece, opened to the public Tuesday, October 20, under the name "Archaeological Park of Byzantine-Post Byzantine Settlement of Ouzdina". The abandoned fortress-town of Ouzdina, that was...

It is said that a tourist’s last memory of the place he visited is leaving the airport. If the saying is true, then thousands of people may have been frustrated when leaving from Greece this summer. The fact that...

The Greek government announced a new proposed legislation that would impose VAT taxation on private education institutions. The Governmental Council on Economic Policy and the Governmental Council for Social Policy met on Tuesday to discuss a number of priorities for the government,...

Bank of Greece Governor Louka Katseli recently asserted that the capital controls would be lifted by early 2016. A recent poll conducted by Bloomberg has shown little support for this estimation as 81% of the 16 analysts that responded believe that the restrictions on the economy...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made certain clarifications on his stance toward Greece during an interview with French newspaper Liberation, in Brussels. During negotiations for a third Greek bailout package in July, the German finance minister had proposed to the Greek government a...

The program that offers residence permit to non-European Union citizens who buy real estate property in Greece worth more than 250,000 euros has been met with little interest. The policy went into effect in 2013 and so far only 983...

For the first time in 35 years, the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria, has united 45 regional organizations, reviving the old tradition of the pan-regional fundraising dinner dance. The event was held on Saturday, October 17, at Stars...