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The International Monetary Fund report on the progress of the Greek economy in 2016 and in subsequent years shows that contingency fiscal measures will be necessary for the country to reach its bailout program targets. According to the final document...

A small number of remains were discovered a few days ago during excavations in a field in the village of Angastina, located in the occupied district of Famagusta. The discovery has raised the hopes of finding other missing persons...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday sent a message to Turkey saying that "there are no gray zones in the Aegean" in light of recent Turkish provocations challenging Greece's sea borders. Tsipras was in Malta for the informal EU...

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on the government to deal with the repercussions of the refugee issue on the local communities. Mitsotakis on Friday visited the refugee camp of Moria, Mytilene, and he was briefed...

Greece must fulfill its commitments under the bailout program or else it will end up in an impossible position, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday, according to Reuters. Schaeuble spoke at a business meeting in Saarbruecken in Germany...

The EU funds granted to Greece in order to deal with the refugee issue were granted in a transparent manner, Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas on Friday said speaking to Parliament. The minister explained that the government has no...

The death toll has risen to 36 after the flu claimed the lives of ten more people over this past week, data from the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (KEELPNO) showed on Thursday. KEELPNO recorded 168 serious cases since...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday agreed to accelerate initiatives from all parties involved in order to complete the bailout program review in February, according to Greek government sources. The same sources said that...

  The Hellenic coast guard was alerted on February 1, of a crew member aboard the Turkish Navy Ship "MAKBULE ANA" who had been photographing the Salamis Naval Base during transit in the area of Perama, Pireaus. Arrested at the Elefsina...

Two men with their faces covered entered in an apartment in the Peristeri neighborhood in Athens on Thursday, shot a couple in the head and stabbed their son in the jaw. According to police, the perpetrators entered the home of...

Speaking to reporters in Ankara on Thursday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirimn spoke of 130 islets in the Aegean for which it is not clear who they belong to. Other than challenging the ownership of the islets, Yildirimn also criticized...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades met on Friday morning, in Malta, with the British Prime Minister Teresa May, with whom he discussed developments on the Cyprus problem. CNA has learned that May informed Anastasiades about her recent visit to Turkey and...

The education ministry rejected press reports on Thursday that the Institute of Educational Policy was planning to remove the teaching of Sophocles’ classic play “Antigone” from the high school curriculum. “No such proposal has been officially submitted,” the ministry said,...

The Australia Day awards took place on January 26, at the Whittlesea council offices in South Morang Victoria, where four Greek-Australians were nominated for their remarkable contribution to the community. Commenting to Neos Kosmos local Councilor Mary Lailos said "It's...

Almost 300 people from the agriculture industry across Greece gathered together symbolically outside the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair on Thursday, to send a "political message" that they are present and will be monitoring developments relating to their businesses. The rally...