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Taxpayers who use their credit and debit cards to make payments will be eligible to claim a tax-free threshold in 2017, according to a new bill drafted by the Finance Ministry and tabled in Parliament Monday night. This means that...

According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials, IMF chief economist Maurice Obstfeld and European Department Director Poul Thomsen, the financial institution is not demanding more austerities from Greece. The IMF has taken to its blog in order to defend...

An interesting study highlighting the new wave of newly arrived Greek migrants to Melbourne was recently completed by Greek researcher and associate of the World Tourism Organization, Nikolaos Gkolfinopoulos. The study focused on Greek-Millennial Migrants (GMMs) who came to Australia...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reiterated his invitation to business leaders to invest in Greece during the 18th Annual Capital Link forum: Invest in Greece” held in New York, saying the country has turned a corner and is exceeding...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci will have on Tuesday afternoon a meeting here, in the framework of the UN-led talks on the Cyprus problem, while the two negotiators of the two sides Andreas Mavroyiannis...

“If this government is a problem, then election is a solution,” main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an article published by the magazine "Newsweek" on Monday, saying he was confident that ND will win an...

Labor reform issues and the fiscal gap in 2018 will be the focus of the meetings between the Greek government and the heads of institutions who will return to Athens on Tuesday for talks on Greece’s second program review,...

To date there are over 60,000 migrants stranded in Greece as bordering EU countries have closed their borders and in efforts to help provide shelter for asylum seekers, the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has initiated a program in which...

hAthens City Haltl was lit with the colors of the Turkish flag on Monday evening in memory of the victims of the terror attack in Istanbul on Sunday and in support of the Turkish people, as the mayor of...

The archaeological collection of the city of Kozani including exhibits from the prehistoric, classical and Roman years that were unearthed in excavation throughout the region of Kozani reopened its doors to the public after 20 years. The initial exhibition was...

Two teenagers drowned while another three people were rescued by migrants and fishermen, as their car plunged off a quay at the Mytilene Port on Lesvos, early on Monday. The car swerved and fell off a quay at 3:30 am...

Over 37,600 salaried employees in the private sector lost their jobs in November, according to Greece's labor ministry figures released on Monday. According to the labor ministry's Ergani computer system, an upward turn in employment shown in the summer months...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to embark on a series of international meetings to discuss the migrant issue, Cyprus, Turkish provocations and Greece's bailout program review. On Wednesday PM Tsipras will be in Brussels, ahead of the European Union summit...

SYRIZA MP and former justice minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos suggested decriminalizing flag burning, causing reactions from opposition parties and junior coalition partners ANEL. According to the former minister, society and politicians should morally and politically condemn the act of flag burning,...

The European Union’s annual report Social Justice for 2015 revealed that Greece ranked last place among the EU's 28 member states. The ranking is not of much surprise, given the current economic crisis gripping the nation and social reforms the...