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The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is currently working on proposals for the implementation of the agreed short-term measures regarding the Greek debt relief, Dennis Kolberg, the spokesman of German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, said in exclusive statements to the...

About 200,000 Greek entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals suspended their business activities in 2015, says the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOVE) annual report. According to the same study also, only 14.2% of people see that there are business opportunities...

In a statement from Cyprus’ presidential palace it was announced that the U.S. Vice-President-elect, Mike Pence, has reached out to President Nicos Anastasiades in a phone call. The call took place on Thursday and sources say that after President Anastasiades extended his...

According to data from Golden Destiny shipbrokers, Greek shipowners are slowly making their way back to the buying market, purchasing vessels for their fleets. The data released showed that in October 2016 Greek shipowners purchased a total of 26 vessels...

President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has announced that UN-backed peace talks for the reunification of the island will be resumed immediately and that a multilateral conference will take place on January 12 in Geneva. In November, the leaders of the...

Greece is determined to defend the "unswerving implementation" of the Lausanne Treaty, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Thursday during an event proclaiming him an honorary president of the National Research Foundation “Eleftherios Venizelos” in Chania, Crete. Pavlopoulos reiterated that Greece...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called Greek Cypriots ravenous chickens in a barn! Only a madman and not a head of a state would speak in such an uncivilized and insulting manner against another nation. This dangerous man to regional peace...

The LA Galaxy announced that former captain Peter Vagenas has been named LA Galaxy General Manager. The two-time MLS Cup winning Greek-American midfielder will serve as the General Manager and Vice President of Soccer Operations. In his new role,...

The Communist Party said on Thursday it recently discovered that the party’s headquarters were wiretapped and called on the government to act swiftly to discover the perpetrators. According to the party’s press release, it was observed that various recent telephone...

There was tension at the Malakasa migrant camp on Thursday morning as many people got out of their tents and threatened that they will burn them to keep warm. There have been several complaints about the living conditions of the...

Greek sovereignty over the Aegean islands is indisputable and backed by international law, the country’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, in response to a new series of statements by Turkish officials who questioned the legal status of several islands...

A 23-year-old man was arrested by Lesvos police early Thursday morning for attempting to rape a 22-year-old woman. The incident took place in the center of Mytilene, the capital of the island. According to local police reports, the undocumented Algerian...

Greek unemployment rate rose to 23.4 pct of the workforce in August from 23.3 pct in July, Eurostat said on Thursday. The EU executive's statistics office, in a report released here, said the unemployment rate in the Eurozone eased to...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday spoke on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to the prime minister's office, the two leaders discussed the relations between EU and Turkey in the light of the developments on the...

World AIDS Day is held each year on the December 1 following a decision by the World Health Organization and the UN General Assembly to make it an annual event. AIDS is caused by the HIV virus which is a virus of human immunodeficiency that infects...