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"Italy and Greece have paid a very high price" due to the migration crisis, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday, following a meeting with his Italian counterpart, Paolo Gentiloni, on the island of Corfu. The Greek leader reiterated...

The jobless rate in Greece dropped to 21.1 percent in April-to-June from 23.3 percent in the first quarter, according to a Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTA) report released on Thursday. ELSTAT has started issuing monthly unemployment reports since they differ according...

A number of fossilised footprints believed to belong to an ancestor of modern humans have been stolen from Kissamos on Crete,authorities revealed on Thursday. Ten of some 40 footprints on the Kasteli site have been cut away and removed from...

Santorini; one of two island destinations in Greece that international celebrities praise, is now the "objet du desir" of an American rapper, who wrote a song about it and shot its video on it. Rick Ross' album "Rather You Than...

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) wants to start the process of accession to the European Union, but Greece objects because of the ongoing name dispute. FYROM's Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov told Reuters on Wednesday, that Greece disagrees with the...

On Thursday, the Minister of Shipping, Panagiotis Kouroumblis, said that he has offered his resignation to PM Alexis Tsipras, following the oil spill that coated many beaches around Saronikos Gulf, south of Athens. The spillage was caused by the sinking...

Foreign visitors to Greece in June spent far less than they did in Spain or Cyprus, a Kathimerini newspaper report says. On average, each visitor to Greece in June spent 45 percent less than tourists in Spain in the same...

A prominent Greek geologist warned that the Agioi Anargyri village in western Macedonia; which was hit by a landslide last June caused from works at the nearby mine, “should be evacuated immediately". Professor of Applied Geology at the University of...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres plans to continue with his "good offices" mission for a Cyprus settlement “as soon as the parties have an agreement for those 'good offices'”, to be put in place. (The term "good offices"; which is...

Greece is the exception to the general trend that has prevailed in recent years among OECD member countries, to reduce the tax burden on businesses and individuals, in order to stimulate economic growth and enhance competitiveness. In a report titled...

The back and forth discussions between the Greek State and Eldorado Gold mining company continues, with the Canadian company receiving two of the permits required to continue its operation in Olympias, in Chalkidiki, Northern Greece. This is a positive development...

Greek government is facing criticism for its delayed and ineffective response in the wake of the oil spill from a sunken tanker, which has spread to some of Athens’s most popular beaches. Crews scrambled to clean up the oil that escaped...

There is a lack of trust from people towards the institutions and the political system, the former Secretary General of the United Nations, and founder and chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation, Kofi Annan, said in his speech at...

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) offered a donation of $55 million towards the New York City Public Library, for renovations of its Mid-Manhattan branch. The donation, which the library announced on Wednesday, is the second largest single gift in its...

Greece won fifteen awards at the 2017 World Luxury Spa Awards;  a division of the World Luxury Hotel Awards, which highlights the world's finest spas. Among this year's global winners was Greece's Costa Navarino Spa, which won two more regional distinctions. The...