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An 85-year-old man is being accused of harassing a 5-year-old girl in village in western Fthiotida, Central Greece. According to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, the 5-year-old girl was taken to the hospital by her 60-year-old grandmother as she felt pain in...

Fifty-three members of SYRIZA's Central Committee, most of them affiliated with Panagiotis Lafazanis' Left Platform, resigned on Wednesday. In a letter, they stressed that they were unable to serve the new Memorandum signed by Greece, which they said delivered...

As Greeks prepare to head to the polls for the third time in nine months, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is the subject of an article in the Wednesday edition of French newspaper Liberation. In his profile of Tsipras, journalist Jean Quatremer...

The Greek Finance Ministry announced on Wednesday that tax auditors who have been physically or verbally attacked, will return to the businesses where the incidents took place. The announcement follows an incident on the island of Mykonos, where two tax...

Greek athlete Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou won the bronze medal at the women's pole vault finals during the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, after clearing a 4.55 meter jump in the semis on Monday. Greece's pole vault champion was rewarded with the bronze medal...

The final lists on Greek students’ admission to higher education were announced on Wednesday, August 26. Every year, Greek students take the Panhellenic exams in May and then submit their University preferences. By the end of the summer, the Greek...

Nearly half of Greeks, 45 percent, said they are opposed to the punitive sanctions the European Union has imposed on Russia, according to an opinion poll. The survey was conducted by U.S. based Gallup in the period May 14 to June...

Valaora is a Greek village in Evrytania which has remained untouched by the Greek financial crisis and the political instability, where capital controls don't pose an issue. The 300 villagers who live permanently in Valaora Haryana move to their...

Saint Fanourios Pie (Fanouropita) is a pie that is dedicated to Saint Fanourios and is traditionally made on August 27th, the day reserved for his honor. The attribute associated with St Fanourios in popular tradition is that he is the finder of...

Greece’s Association of Cruise Ship Owners and Marine Agencies (EEKFN) announced that despite the country’s difficult economic situation, the capital controls and the political instability, the cruise market has managed to remain stable over the course of 2015. Furthermore,...