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Europe must develop a vision to inspire its citizens, otherwise it will be driven to an existential crisis and a deadlock, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday after a meeting of the EU’s 27 leaders in Bratislava. "If we...

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) on Friday voiced concerns that a new law restricting the number of television broadcasting licences in Greece to four will undermine pluralism and independent journalism in the Greek media. In an announcement posted...

Greece will be able to start issuing bonds and borrowing from the markets soon, possibly by next year, European Stability Mechanism Managing Director Klaus Regling said in an interview with the Slovakia's "Hospodárske noviny" newspaper published on Friday. According to...

The first week of talks between Greece and creditors failed to prefer concrete results. The government's efforts for the creation of a "special irreversible bank account" have been futile after representatives of Greece's creditors (European Commission, European Central Bank,...

"What Europe needs is new vision and a specific agenda for change," said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday upon his arrival at the EU informal summit in Bratislava. "We need a social Europe with growth, employment and welfare for everyone;...

After the determination of the Greek community and diplomats who fought to keep Greek language programs from being abruptly yanked from the curriculum of the Northcote High School, some progress has been made. Northcote High School has announced that they...

Human smugglers trying to convince refugees and migrants to make the dangerous journey to Greek islands are up to new tricks. Taking advantage of the confusion caused in the row between Turkey and the European Union over the implementation...

Attica Bank has become the unofficial battleground in the war between Bank of Greece governor Yiannis Stournaras and the Greek government. The reason is that the BoG chief is doing his job and doesn't allow the Alexis Tsipras administration...

The Ministry of Education circulated a memorandum to schools around the country banning the use of cell phones and other electronic devices with the capability of recording sound or images. The memo merely asserts regulations already in force. The document...

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, said that Western partners’ persistent attempts to speed up negotiations on Cyprus issue and push for a solution at all costs are unacceptable. Replying to a question during a press briefing on Thursday, Zakharova pointed...

With the consent of Bank of Greece and major shareholder TSMEDE, Theodoros Pantalakis will be the new executive director of Attica Bank, a problematic lending institution. Bank of Greece governor Yiannis Stournaras had previously turned down a proposal by the...

More Greeks are enrolling in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) at Harvard than students from any other country. The statistics are from Mathesis, a stats agency at Crete University Press, that gathered data from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of...

The Institute of Geodynamics has reported that an earthquake of 4.3 Richter magnitude occurred at 9:55 am in Northern Evia, an island located north-east of Athens. At its epicenter the quake was 24 kilometers deep and was felt as far as Athens. There...

As the woes of Marinopoulos supermarket chain continue to play out while creditors are waited on to implement the Sklavenitis takeover, August saw a surge in the amount of checks bouncing to a total of 215.4 million euros, ekathimerini.com reports. The court...

Greece's President Prokopis Pavlopoulos spoke in an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, on Thursday regarding many predominant issues facing Greece and Europe and what he feels needs to be done to better society. “Europe will exist with one face, one...