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An emergency Eurogroup meeting on Greece will take place next week or the week after, said the chief of Eurozone Finance Ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, on Wednesday. Talks between Greece and creditors came to an abrupt halt on Tuesday due to...

Greece has made reforms in the past few months but its economy backslided in 2015, said European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi. In an interview to German newspaper Bild, the ECB chief was asked why Greece has not been able...

EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos inaugurated on Wednesday the new building of the EU Regional Task Force in Catania, Sicily. Avramopoulos met with Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano and Frontex's executive director Fabrice Leggeri to discuss...

Holy Thursday is the saddest day of the Holy Week and in the Greek Orthodox Church the events of Jesus Christ’s last day on Earth are brought to life. Before his sacrifice for the salvation of men, Jesus wanted to...

Works by artists of the 1930s Generation, named after the decade in which they came to prominence, dominated Bonhams Greek Art sale in London yesterday, 26 April. The sale made more than £1,300,000/€1,680,000, demonstrating that demand for Greek art...

Several minutes after 5 pm, the ceremony of the Greek leg of the Relay ended at the Panathinaic stadium in Athens, where the Hellenic Olympic Committee passed over the Flame to the Rio Games organizers. The ceremony took place in...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was insisting on the legislation of measures that were not in the 2015 agreement and in a format that was contrary to the Greek Constitution, Greek government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili said in a press...

The department of Prosecution against Organized crime of the Hellenic Police, has uncovered one of the biggest illegal prostitution networks with offices in Athens, Thessaloniki, France and Germany. The police have arrested 17 members, among which there appears to be the...

The specific contingency measures demanded from Greece by its creditors are unreasonable and unconstitutional, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday, according to a report by German MNI agency. Quoting unnamed sources, the agency said European Commission's VP Valdis...

The railway in Idomeni has been reopened, after the refugees and migrants in the camp have removed their tents. In addition, the police have started handing out flyers by the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform, so that the...

The head of ESM Klaus Regling, expressed his expectation that the IMF will remain in the Greek bailout program, speaking to Bloomberg on Wednesday. In addition, Regling announced that it is impossible to clarify who is right in the predictions...

More than 16,000 businesses shut down in Greece in 2015, according to European Commission figures. Since the economic slump of 2008, and the 2010 economic crisis that followed, the private sector in Greece has received a tremendous blow with a total...

"Withdraw the bill if you want to visit your villages," said the farmers to the government, who are threatening with a new "round" of actions and protests regarding the security fund reform bill that is expected to be deposed...

Nicosia has expressed grave concern over Turkey's questioning the sovereign rights of the Republic of Cyprus to its exclusive economic zone and its exploration and exploitation of natural reserves. Cyprus’ Permanent Representative to the UN, Nicholas Emiliou, in a letter...

On the Greek island of Chios the locals have a tradition to fire up (literally) the Easter celebration by holding the famous Vrontados "Rocket War" for years. However, this Easter locals of the Vrontados village decided to call a...