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The "Open House" event will be held in Athens on April 16-17 giving visitors the opportunity to get acquainted with the architectural gems of the city. The event is held for a third consecutive year with the assistance of 450...

Comicdom Con, the annual three-day comics festival, will be held in Athens on April 15-17. Comicdom Con Athens has become a standard in the Greek comics community, providing a unique celebration not only for the people who love the 9th...

The Greek police authorities proceeded with 15 arrests in Idomeni, in regards to the intensive controls after the latest incidents and reports that specific people provoke refugees and migrants. According to an announcement by the police authorities, the arrests occurred...

The tax reform plan and the security reform plan will be filed in Parliament next week, said Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, in a press conference with Finance Minister George Stathakis and Labor Minister Giogros Katrougalos. The goal is for both...

  Former president of the Aglaia Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Haris Tombouloglou, was convicted by an Athens criminal court to an eight-year suspended sentence and a fine of 40,300 euros for extortion and bribery. Tombouloglou was found guilty for demanding 25,000 euros...

The world economy is increasingly at risk of stalling, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday as it once again cut its forecast for global growth prospects. More precisely, the IMF estimated for Greece that the GDP has collapsed by 0.2% in...

More than 6,000 refugees and migrants have piled up at the former Athens airport at Elliniko living under squalid conditions with the management of "Elliniko SA" warning of a health hazard. Greek authorities are using the former airport facilities as...

Designer Mike Karolos has designed a unique stamp collection which aims to bring out the beautiful side of Greece through an illustrated and abstract way. The stamps combine nature, history, beaches and food. The collection imprints the most distinctive features...

The Archaeological Museum of Tegea was awarded with special praise from the European Museum Awards, which consists of a jury appointed by the European Council. The award ceremony took place on April 9 at the European Museum Forum in San...

The European Central Bank is in line with the International Monetary Fund on the need for deep reforms in Greece, ECB executive board member Benoit Coeure said on Tuesday. "We fully agree with the IMF on the need for a...

The Greek government's negotiations with the institutions will resume after the end of IMF's Spring Meeting, stated government spokeswoman Olga Gerovassili during her briefing to the press. She noted that the government fully complies with the agreement adding that the...

Two Turkish F-16 entered Athens’ FIR this afternoon (08.02 local time) between the islands of Lesvos and Chios without having submitted a flight plan for a second consecutive day, Greece’s National Defense General Staff said on Tuesday. The fighter jets...

Well...let me tell you something. I have come to the conclusion that Cyprus deserves what it has coming to it! It's biggest enemy are its own citizens who hardly give a damn what happens to it because they fail...

"It is inevitable to connect the completion of the evaluation, with our commitment to the debt," said European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici speaking to the European Parliament on Monday. The objective is the agreement on the...

It is time that the chaotic, illegal and dangerous migration flows are replaced with safe transit corridors, EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday said at the European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg. Avramopoulos acknowledged the...