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Greece's unemployment rate rose slightly to 23.4 percent of the workforce in August, from 23.3 percent in July, but fell from 24.6 percent in August last year, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Thursday. In a report ELSTAT said that the number...

Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras said that Greece will soon ease capital controls, however, full liberalization would depend on progress regarding Greek debt relief. The country’s debt burden is also a precondition for entering the European Central Bank’s...

The Region of Western Macedonia will organise the Gastronomy and Tourism Festival on November 11-13 in the city of Kozani, with the goal of promoting traditional products of the area such as the saffron, wild mushrooms, beans and pies. "Our...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) announced on Thursday that it would accept an appeal submitted by the European Commission (EC) against Greece in 2011 for the country's failure to protect the endangered Caretta Caretta loggerhead sea turtle in...

The Greek Parliament's presidents conference convened on Thursday in a spirit of consensus regarding the consolidation of the National Council of Radio and Television (NCRTV), under the guidance of Greek Parliament President Nikos Voutsis. Following a number of failed...

Speaking at an event honoring the anniversary of the death of Turkish statesman Kemal Ataturk, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan amped the rhetoric against Greece. He reiterated his positions regarding Turkey's "borders of the heart." "Turkey is larger than Turkey....

On Thursday, thousands of Turks lined outside the house in Thessaloniki where Kemal Atatürk was born, to honor the day of his death on November 10, 1938. The house of the emblematic Turkish leader, which now serves as a museum, is...

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Kilkis, an industrial area in northern Greece at 14:12 (local time) on Thursday. The European Mediterranean Seismological Center, put the quake’s epicenter near Kristoni, 12km northeast of Polykastron. It was at a depth of...

Imagine a young Donald Trump and place him in a university campus in 2016. Imagine him saying the same things today's Donald Trump said during his campaign; the infamous words on Latinos, women, refugees and everything else that came...

The Greek government on Thursday condemned the attack against the French Embassy in Athens and expressed its solidarity to the special guard that was injured. The government also said that the Greek police will do its duty to locate the...

The Ionia Highway, the main section of Motorway 5, that will bring the northern Greek roadway in Epirus to the 21st century is just a short breath away from completion. The motorway is 84.92 percent ready with just a...

On Wednesday, Turkey and Greece kicked off a new cooperation with the initiation of Sea Guardian, NATO's new maritime security operation. The security operation took place in the central Mediterranean Sea with the participation of Greek submarines and a Turkish...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged Greece’s creditors to recognize the efforts made by the country to achieve fiscal consolidation by offering debt relief, during his address at an event to mark the 100th anniversary of the Union of Greek Shipowners,...

A hidden paradise awaits you in the eastern Aegean Sea. Fourni Korseon, or simply known as Fourni, is an archipelago of small islands, inhabited mainly by fisherman and enjoys a healthy tourist season in the summers due to beautiful beaches,...

More than 300 CIA agents and private security personnel as well as 3,000 Greek police officers are expected to participate in the draconian security measures which will be deployed during the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama in Athens...