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Reports from Genoa, Italy suggest many people may have been killed when a motorway bridge suddenly gave way on Tuesday. The major structure collapsed during stormy weather, plunging cars and trucks as much as 100 feet onto rail tracks below....

U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a defense budget bill that suspends the sale of  F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. The $716 billion John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) prohibits the sale of F-35...

A new museum at the border village of Lia near Albania -- which includes paintings by Greek painters Theophilos and Dimitris Sorogas -- was inaugurated by United States Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt on Monday. The Yfantis Museum, named after industrialist Alekos Yfantis...

The consultation process has started for the approval of a casino license for the massive Elliniko casino project, according to The Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC). The announcement last Thursday by HGC, puts the so-called Integrated Resort Casino (IRC) at Elliniko...

Nearly 103,000 thunderbolts, the highest number in the last 14 years, occurred in Greece in July, the Athens National Observatory's Meteo Service said on Monday. The high activity of electric phenomena, mostly lightning, in over the summer was recorded by...

Dozens of businesses are using a new electronic 'one-stop shop' to slash the time it takes to get a new venture up and running in Greece. The e-YMS system, which began in late July, now has at least 65 businesses...

Greece's military has reportedly suspended military cooperation with Turkey over the two Greek soldiers still in confinement in Edirne. In a report carried by Greek newspaper Kathimerini on Monday, it was claimed that a number of "confidence-building measures" with Turkey...

Greeks and friends of Greece in Australia are being encouraged to tune into to a special broadcast of a fundraising event on Wednesday to help those affected by the Attica fires. Melbourne's Greek Center will host a very special live...

Angela Merkel told the media on Monday that talks with Greece on re-admitting asylum-seekers from Germany's borders were well underway. In comments reported by the Associated Press, the German Chancellor said direct talks with Greek premier Alexis Tsipras were not...

The list of dead from the fires in Mati is growing. On Monday a 63-year-old man succumbed to his burns in hospital, raising the number of deaths to 95. At the moment, according to the Directorate for Criminal Investigations of...

Greek surgeon Petros Baggeas has invented printed three-dimensional surgical instruments with anti-microbial and anti-bacterial properties to be used by medical students. The printed tools were introduced in a seminar titled "ABCS3-Applied Basic Clinical Seminar with Scenarios for Students". The particular instruments...

American R&B star Jason Derulo tore it up on Mykonos on Sunday, sending hundreds of fans to a frenzy. Crowds of fans arrived early at a well-known beach bar in Aghia Anna to watch their favorite singer, songwriter and dancer....

Greek fishermen have reported that they were fired upon by Turkish fishing boats near Kalapodi islet, 300 meters off the coast of Leros island. Two Greek seamen, owners of fishing boats, spoke to Alpha television saying that the Turkish boats...

Despite Sunday's disappointing loss in the Canadian Open final for 20-year-old birthday boy Stefanos Tsitsipas, sportsmanship was the winner. After receiving the Rogers Cup, Spanish winner Rafael Nadal, claiming his latest title, told the crowd: "First of all, I want...

There are no more active fire fronts in the region of Psachna in Evia, local Fire Department  commander Vangelis Palios has told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, expressing the belief that the fires would be completely extinguished by Monday morning. The...