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Greece's football fans love setting off their flares at games all over the world. During the international friendly between Australia and Greece at Eithad Stadium flares were set off in spite of warnings from the Football Federation Australia (FFA) preceding...

Valedictorian at City College of New York, Antoni Mourdoukoutas, left his mark of inspiration on First Lady, Michelle Obama as she was set to give her last First Lady Commencement address at the graduation ceremony. During his speech, Mourdoukoutas, a Greek-Italian-American, focused...

Pocket Theater in Seattle, will present the incredible adventures of Don Quixote, narrated by two elves who travel in 16th century Spain and act most of the play's roles. On June 9 at 8:30 pm, Pocket Theater will be hosting an...

The 40 greatest Greek shipowners control 65% of the Greek fleet based on dwt, according to British shipping services Clarkson's. The fleet controlled by the Greek shipowners weighs about 230.5 million dwt; Deadweight tonnage counts how much mass a ship...

Friend of Greece, Eddy O'Hara has passed away at the age of 78. The former Labour MP for Knowsley South was a lifelong advocate in support of the reunification of the Parthenon marbles to Greece. In the 1950's O'Hara was deployed...

"The contemporary capital for street art in Europe," is the title of the photo exhibition of photojournalist Rachel Harpaz, which is hosted in Plaka. The exhibition presents photos that depict the best graffiti in the center of Athens and is about...

Greek medical staff are angered by the advertisements promoting blood donation by reinforcing negative stereotypes featuring nurses as actresses in the adult film industry. The suggestive adverts have the slogan, "Now, you too can be a hero." They feature provocative...

An unusual case made its way to private ANT1 TV's morning show on Tuesday. A patient visited a chemist with a prescription for drugs following an injury from an accident with a spaceship. The doctors report indicated that the...

There is fear that 320 migrants and refugees have drowned off the Greek island of Crete last week alone in the deadliest toll on record. The International Organization for Migration reported the deadly incident on Tuesday. The migrants who survived...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was a top-rate volleyball player before he started showing an interest in student politics. A leg injury, however, caused him to nip his budding career in the bud. Nonetheless, he can still use a...

In April, outstanding tax debt to the state rose by 700 million euros, reaching 4.332 billion euros. The amount is expected to increase to even greater levels when the next single property tax (ENFIA) installment is due. Total revenue debt,...

"City break" also known as "city tourism" is the latest trend for those who know how to travel and avoid the experience of a "superficial" trip in the popular city destinations. Athens is becoming more and more a city break...

Greek Government Spokeswoman Olga Gerovassili left open the possibility of another referendum for the country during her press briefing on Tuesday. The last referendum in 2015 posed the question on whether Greece should accept bailout conditions, with the result...

According to the CNA, the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama will showcase works from Aristophanes, Aeschylus and Sophocles that are to be performed at the ancient conservatory of Paphos, Kourion in Limassol and the Makarios III Amphitheatre in...

The European statistics authority (Eurostat) has released its latest figures showing a 0.5% drop in GDP in Greece, in the first quarter of 2016. At the same period, euro zone as a whole showed a 0.6% rise in GDP, while...