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Earth Friendly Products is taking its 50th anniversary celebration on the road to Natural Products Expo East in Baltimore, Maryland. To mark its half century of creating environmentally friendly cleaning products for consumers across the globe, the company is...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is either having a problem accepting the truth, or he is completely disconnected from his cabinet and comrades. Or both. Although on Saturday he declared that Greece is "thirsty" for foreign investments and urged...

Aegean Airlines reported a rebound in second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, due to improved load factors and higher sales. Given the overall rise in tourist arrivals, the company is optimistic for another rebound in its third quarter profits. Greece's largest carrier; a...

Greek schools are welcoming more refugee and migrant children who have been stranded in Greece since April of last year, according to UNICEF. Major efforts by the Greek Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs supported by UNICEF to get...

Peteris Ustubs, the newly-appointed European Union Ambassador to Canada, presented his letter of credentials to H.E. the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, today in Quebec City, during a ceremony officially marking the beginning of his mandate. Ambassador...

Greece's Education Minister Costas Gavroglou, criticized the unanimous decision of the Dean and the Rector's Council of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), to seek police assistance in dealing with drug trafficking and drug use on campus, by non-students. According to...

The island of Salamis in the Saronic Gulf, south of Athens, is faced with an environmental disaster, following the sinking of a small taker carrying tons of fuel, on Sunday. Many beaches on the island are now coated with black...

A total of 19 beaches in Greece were stripped of their blue flag status for failing to maintain the high environmental standards set by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). The Blue Flag label is an international symbol of quality,...

Greek taxpayers failed to pay 2 billion euros in income tax that was due in July alone, according to the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE). July was the month when the first installment of income tax was due. The...

Residents and visitors of Mykonos demonstrated their love for the cosmopolitan island by participating in the voluntary initiative of the All For Blue international organization, for the coastal and underwater cleaning of Ftelia Beach. As it has been officially characterized...

Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest carved tombs ever found in Greece, in Orchomenos, about 100 km northwest of Greek capital of Athens. Dated back to the middle of the 14th century B.C., it is the ninth-largest chamber tomb out...

On Monday, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, announced that new projects for the government–controlled district of Famagusta, amount to 34.4 million euros. Anastasiades attended a meeting in Paralimni Municipality, that took place in the presence of ministers, mayors, community presidents and...

Dozens of firefighters battled through Monday night to contain a large wildfire in western Achaia. Earlier, Greek authorities ordered the evacuation of the village of Arla, as the wildfire threatened local homes. A bus was dispatched to the village to pick...

On Monday, Greece's main private sector union GSEE, said that it "strongly disagrees" with the decision by Canadian miner Eldorado to halt all investment activities in Greece, as well as with the government's "hostile attitude" towards investments. "GSEE supports the...

On Sunday, the Greek community of Parramatta and the surrounding suburbs of Sydney, celebrated the annual "Let's Go Greek" festival, organized by the local Greek Orthodox Parish & Community of "St Ioannis". During the all-day festival, Greek dance groups, among them...