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An unprecedented statement was published on Thursday by a self-declared Greek Anarchist  group on a website long known for its anarchist content. The so-called "Anarchist Night Raid Groups" issued a statement in which it claims responsibility for the widespread vehicular arson...

Marriage is a serious, life-long commitment, and thus the decision to get married is never an easy one, right? Well, not necessarily, when we are talking about Cypriots! According to the latest figures published recently by Eurostat, the European Union's statistics...

Father George (Georgios), the first African deacon in the known history of the city’s diocese, was ordained a Deacon by Thessaloniki’s bishop Anthimos recently. Father George, who hails from the African nation of Uganda, moved to Thessaloniki in order to study at...

The General Secretariat for Greece's Civil Protection has issued a new plan for addressing the consequences of a possible eruption of the ancient -- yet still active -- volcano on Santorini. As a secretariat official clarified to the Athens-Macedonian News...

Greek exports have shown signs of withstanding external pressure and the economic and political turmoil that characterizes today's global economy. This was obvious according to the latest figures available concerning the country's exports for 2019, as published recently by the...

The Greek unemployment rate fell to 16.5 percent of the workforce in November of 2019, the latest month for which official data is available. The unemployment rate during the same month in 2018 was 18.6 percent, dropping to 16.6 percent in...

The municipality of the city of Naoussa in Central Macedonia announced recently that it will organize the first ''Know The Snow'' event to offer a unique winter experience to one hundred disabled people. The event will take place at the...

  The historic Omonoia Square in Athens is almost ready, after months of intense work to reshape the face of the Greek capital's most central spot. Once an aesthetic gem for the Athenians, Omonoia Square (which means the square of the...

Greece's Health authorities, as well as its Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias, are in regular contact with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC), European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakidou, and the...

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit 78 km (48 miles) southeast of the Greek island of Karpathos at 15:38 UTC (17:38 local time) on Tuesday. According to initial estimations by the European - Mediterranean Seismic Center, the...