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By Aspasia Zontanou “Dearest Mikis Theodorakis” as Thomas Geißel, Mayor of Düsseldorf started addressing his greetings towards Mikis Theodorakis, 92, who was sitting in a wheelchair near the orchestra, almost 2000 guests in the audience immidiately reacted with standing ovations...

The Greek island of Corfu is full of breathtaking views, enchanting towns, museums and other activities that you might just miss out on if you are not in the wise! Don't get caught up doing the typical tour of...

The custom of firewalking, the Anastenaria, was brought to life this year at the feast of Saints Constantine and Helen, in the city of Lagada, Thessaloniki. It took place from Sunday May 21 to Tuesday, May 23, revived by...

The parcel bomb that exploded inside the car of former Greek prime minister Lucas Papademοs on Thursday was the second against a state leader in 84 years. It was June 6, 1933 when prime minister Eleftherios Venizelos was returning to...

An Appeals Justices' Council on Friday again acquitted the former head of Greece's statistical authority Andreas Georgiou, as well as two other ELSTAT employees, of charges that he had artificially inflated Greece's 2009 public deficit figures. This was the...

The present government is not equipped to handle the new generation of terrorism, main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, attacking the government's record on terrorism issues in statements at a book launch in Athens. "I have...

After collecting evidence from the scene of the parcel bomb explosion in the car of former prime minister Lucas Papademos, Greek police suspect that the perpetrators are linked with the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire terrorist group. According to...

Greek and British scientists discovered a gene that protects the heart of the residents in the villages of Mylopotamos, Rethymno prefecture on Crete. In their research, the scientists have analyzed the genome of 250 inhabitants of those villages. Although the...

A recent poll conducted by Pulse for the news website Action24 shows that the main opposition party in Greece, New Democracy (ND) has a 13 point lead over the current SYRIZA government. The poll was conducted immediately following the narrowly approved reform package...

UN envoy for divided Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, stated on Friday that he was putting an end to a shuttle diplomacy bid to further peace talks in Geneva since opposing sides didn't agree on conditions, a Reuters report says. The...

European Central Bank Governor Mario Draghi expressed his sadness and sympathy on behalf of himself and all of the staff at the bank for former prime minister Lucas Papademos, following the terrorist attack against him on Thursday, according to...

Kornelios Korneliou, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the UN, said on Thursday that the Turkish side has never honored the agreement reached in Vienna, on August 2, 1975, vis-à-vis the enclaved population in the northern,...

On Wednesday, May 24 at the International Conference on Tobacco Control 2017 organized by the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP) in Athens, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos stressed that the failure of Greece to implement the anti-smoking...

The May 22 Eurogroup transcripts leaked to Euro2day.gr news site indicate that the International Monetary Fund is not convinced of the Greek debt sustainability and the conclusion of the bailout program review is still in the air. The website presents...

A bus accident in Agosta Serres involving students on a bus tour from the Vamvakofytos Primary School has occurred. According to the parent club's announcement on its facebook page, the trip was a day trip to Porto Lagos and...