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For the second consecutive year and with a cultural program even richer than last year, the ''Weeks of the German Language'' kicks off on October 21 in Cyprus. The activities will include festivals, German cinema (with subtitles in English), concerts,...

According to data revealed by the Bank of Greece, 10.5 million people visited Greece between January and June 2018. The number for the same period last year was 8.5 million. The country saw a huge increase that reached 22.9 percent, or...

Athens' Metro revenues have been rising at the rate of 10 percent-12.5 percent per month since the introduction of e-tickets, Urban Rail Transport's (STA.SY.) CEO Giorgos Thomopoulos told the Athens News Agency (A.M.N.A.). STA.SY. is the organization that manages the...

The issue of independence of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has been agonizing Orthodox Christianity the last few years. With Moscow strongly against it, and Ukraine in favor, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople issued a decree on Thursday, with which...

According to a report of the First Channel on the Serbian State television, the Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Zoran Zaev, has already found the 80 votes that are needed in the Parliamentary vote...

There are many things to do in Meteora that might surprise you -- including truffle hunting. That's right, the serene and spiritual monasteries, perched high up on rock formations, towers over the magical and beautiful forests below which hold the...

Lamia residents and authorities are alarmed after a rare, giant bug was seen outside the City Hall. Authorities called the animal lovers society for information on the bug that was seen for the first time in the area. As it turns...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid a visit to the Haidari concentration camp, west of Athens on Thursday, which was operated by the Nazis during the Axis occupation of Greece in World War II. Steinmeier and his wife laid flowers at...

The Hellenic Red Cross (HRC) was expelled from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) after the latter said the Greek chapter failed to fulfill commitments required to restore its credibility. IFRC requested months ago that...

Locals reacted with anger after a Holy Cross was destroyed by unknown vandals earlier in the week on the Greek island of Lesvos. The symbol of Orthodoxy was erected by a religious group in September at the rocky shore of...

Berlin sees that the issue of war reparations to Greece is an issue that is legally and politically closed, said German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert on Wednesday. The response came after the Greek government raised again the issue of war...

Museums and archaeological sites are closed on Thursday as Culture Ministry staff went on a 24-hour strike in protest that monuments are to be included in Greece's privatization fund, the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations S.A.. The privatization fund...

Three women whose bodies were found on the Greek side of Evros River were stabbed to death, the coroner said in a preliminary findings on Wednesday. The coroner said their death, from stab wounds in the neck, occurred within the...

The Greek government reacted strongly to Defense Minister Panos Kammenos' proposal to his U.S. counterpart for a Balkan defense zone as a Plan B to FYROM's accession to NATO. While in Washington for an official visit, Kammenos proposed to U.S....

Realtors, lawyers, accountants, notaries, members of the banking industry, high-end retailers, and money transfer agents are in the high-risk money laundering group in Greece, according to a Finance Ministry report. The report entitled "National Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk...