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Greek betting agency OPAP, said the adverse impact from a draft government bill limiting the number of video lottery machines allowed to operate in the country, will be offset by a plan to extend its betting licence. "The revised terms...

Greece's plan to make country-of-origin labeling on milk mandatory from 2018, has led to a backlash from some of the bodies of the dairy industry. Greek Agriculture Minister Evangelos Apostolou announced the plan on September 7, and the bill is...

According to reports, on Wednesday a group of anarchists tried to break into Turkish Airlines offices in Alimos; south of the Greek capital, causing material damage. Suspects affiliated with Rouvikonas anarchist group reportedly tried to break into the office and...

Greek police fired tear gas at dozens of Eldorado Gold workers rallying outside the energy ministry in Athens on Wednesday to protest against potential job losses, after the Canadian company threatened to suspend investment at its Greek mines. Eldorado Gold...

Greece will grant Canada’s Eldorado Gold outstanding permits for its Olympias project this week, Environment and Energy Minister George Stathakis said on Wednesday. Dozens of Eldorado Gold workers rallied outside the environment and enery ministry in Athens on Wednesday to...

Greece's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Spirtzis on Tuesday launched an attack against German company Fraport for not sufficiently running the 14 regional airports that were privatized last year. Speaking on the radio station of the Athens Macedonia News...

A group of people from the self-proclaimed Greek anarchist group Ruvikonas (Greek for Rubicon) attacked the Turkish Airlines office in Athens, early on Wednesday. The group initially attempted to force its way into the office but only damaged the glass...

Turkey should ensure that no more intrusion of burial sites of missing persons takes place, by employing practical and effective means, says the government of Cyprus. According to Nicosia, it has been established that the intentional relocation of remains belonging...

The uncertainty over the investment at the former Athens airport in Hellinikon, continues after the postponement of the meeting of the Central Archaeological Council (KAS) that is meant to decide whether the site is of archaeological interest. Investors, Hellinikon Global,...

President Nicos Anastasiades presented to the assembled media, a puppy he adopted from a shelter for stray dogs. I really love animals, said Anastasiades, presenting the six-month old "Frit". He appealed to Cypriots to show respect, love and protection towards...

On Tuesday night, strong winds swept away large chunks of oil slick that were the result of Sunday's sinking of the anchored oil tanker "Agia Zoni II", just off Salamis island in the Saronic Gulf. Five large anti-pollution vessels are in...

Olympiacos produced a dramatic late rally, with substitute Felipe Pardo scoring twice, but the damage had already been done in a dreadful first-half display, on the opening night of the Champions League group stage. Sporting Lisbon produced a first-half attacking...

Miners from the Eldorado Gold mine in Chalkidiki, stormed the Greek Ministry of Environment in Athens, demanding that the government provides the necessary permits for the Canadian company to continue its operations in northern Greece. Dozens of miners descended to...

Italian railways are set to sign a final agreement to take over full ownership of TrainOSE on September 14 during a ceremony in Corfu, Filippos Tsalidis, TrainOSE's CEO told reporters during a news conference in Thessaloniki. The signing of the...

More than 100 Greek university students have been caught in a mass cheating scandal at the University of Patras, in western Greece. The group; mostly first-year students, submitted the same paperwork in four separate coursework exercises, the head of the...