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"The possibility of elections is open; the government cannot avoid them," New Democracy (ND) vice president Costis Chatzidakis said in an interview with ANA-MPA on Sunday. He underlined that New Democracy's demand for elections remains on the table and stressed...

EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Sunday in an article published at kathimerini.gr stressed the need for Constitution review "today, more than ever". Avramopoulos said he was in favour of the president being elected directly...

With music, dancing and plenty of joy, thousands of people in Athens, Greece, of various ages sent out the message that the rights of homosexual people should be equal to heterosexuals during the 12th Annual Edition of Athens Pride. The Pride...

Villagers in Gefyra Thessaloniki, Greece are in deep sorrow, as a 14-year-old boy was found dead on Sunday morning next to the village's gym. According to information, the young boy was with his friends at an event on Saturday night...

"Of course there was no genocide of the Chams," Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said Sunday  in statements to Mega TV regarding the provocative banners at the Albania - Switzerland football match. Kotzias attributed the new challenge of the Albanian nationalists to...

On Saturday and Sunday night, three boats with refugees and migrants off the shores of Northern Lesvos and in the open sea of Mytilene have caused worries to authorities, ANA MPA reports. For the past 10 days, less than 50...

The container ship Cosco Shipping Panama, which on June 26 will be the first to pass through the expanded Panama Canal, set sail Saturday from the port of Piraeus, Greece, on its way to this Central American country, official...

Greece has requested an alternative plan from the European Commision in case the EU-Turkey agreement regarding the refugee and migrant issue goes awry, Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Kotzias, revealed in an interview at Proto Programma. However, Kotzias admitted that Turkey has...

Before the Games begin in Rio de Janeiro in August, athletes from all over the world, between June 10th and 12th, are gathering and taking part in a different kind of sporting tournament in southern Greece, the Nemean Games. The Sixth Nemean...

Labor Minister George Katrougalos has been in Heraklion since Saturday morning, in order attend several meetings and speak at an event organized by the Prefecture Committee of SYRIZA. The Labor Minister visited Heraklion Mayor Vasilis Labrinos and discussed matters of labor...

Located in Mastichochoria in Southern Chios, the Chios Mastic Museum sponsored by the Cultural Department of Piraeus Bank, opened its doors to the public on June 11th. The museum aims to educate the public on the production history, cultivation, and processing of...

Based on the Greek harsh reality, Efi Pappas' animated video "My stuffed Granny" tells the story of little Sofia who loves her grandmother, despite the fact that she's always hungry. Grandma's pension is the only income that both Sofia and...

Giannis Michalopoulos, considered one of the last of the greatest actors born during the Interwar period (1923-1940) lost his life at dawn due to cardiac arrest, on Friday, June 10. He was 89 years old. He was known for combining his theatre...

The old political system, represented by main opposition party, New Democracy and its former coalition partner PASOK, were unable to accept not being in power and had actively desired the programme review to fail, government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili told...

The best way to honour the victims of the Nazi atrocities in the village of Distomo is to preserve the historical memory and stop neo-Nazism from spreading, Greek Alternate Defence Minister Dimitris Vitsas said on Friday, in a message...