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Greece Cancels Existing IMF Bailout Program

Greek government sources and the International Monetary Fund itself confirmed today that the bailout program agreed in 2012 has been cancelled at the request of Greek authorities. According to Ministry of Finance sources, the joint decision was made in order...

Professor Believes Greek Language Will Endure

“We could say that the future of the Greek language is not expected to be either favorable or bleak. I do not share at all the pessimistic voices of purists and doomsayers. The future of a language which has...

Bulgarian President Supports Efforts for a Cyprus Settlement

President of Bulgaria Rosen Plenveliev has reiterated his country's support toward the efforts for a settlement of the Cyprus problem, underlining that his country will never support frozen conflicts and division practices. Plenveliev was speaking during a dinner he hosted...

Greece Files Complaint With Austria Over Meeting With Balkan States on Migration

Greece has filed a formal complaint with Austria over its decision to call a meeting of Balkan states on the migrant crisis. "Political Director of the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Petros Mavroeidis, presented yesterday to Austrian Ambassador to Greece, Mrs. Andrea...

Eurobarometer: 8 Out of 10 Greeks Distrust Parliament, Government, Parties

Eight out of ten Greeks distrust the government and the overall political system, a new Eurobarometer survey shows. The new report by the survey body of the European Commission also shows that Greeks do not trust mass media, and television...

Greece Decides to Take 50,000 More Refugees

The Greek government decided to accommodate 50,000 more refugees on its soil and then negotiate again with the EU on how to tackle the continuous migrant inflow. In an extraordinary cabinet meeting on Monday evening, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras decided...

Turkish Warplanes Continue Violations of Greek Airspace

Six Turkish fighter jets and two CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft entered successively in Athens FIR on Monday without submitting a flight plan. The Turkish warplanes violated the Greek airspace 36 times at different points of the Aegean Sea. Athens FIR...

Greek Farmers Continue Blockades After Failed Talks With Tsipras

Talks between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and representatives of protesting farmers on Monday evening failed to find a solution on a month-long blockade of Greece's national highways. Tsipras told the farmers that their "positions and proposals have to take into...

Greek Lessons OnLine: Learn Greek With a Great New Service

Do you want to learn Greek but haven't yet found the right and most suitable way to do it? Now there is a great new online service available for anybody wishing to improve their Greek skills, or Philhellenes looking to...

One Publisher and Two Journalists Arrested for Blackmail

The police arrested one publisher and two journalists for blackmailing public organizations, companies and banks. The persons arrested are Panayiotis Mavrikos, publisher of the newspaper “Acropolis” and reporters Panagiotis Mousas and Christos Fragou. Mavrikos reportedly blackmailed public organization executives and bankers,...

Prison Break Attempt at Korydallos Via Helicopter

One of the leading members of the organization "Epanastatikos Agonas," Pola Roupa, attempted to help her partner and comrade Niko Mazioti escape from Korydallos prison via helicopter. According to the information currently available, a woman who bears a striking resemblance...

Greek Farmers to Decide Further Actions After Government Proposals

After four and a half hours of talks, Greek farmers left the government mansion saying that they will present the prime minister's proposals to their unions to decide whether they would continue their protest actions. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has...

IN-EDIT Music Documentary Festival, Greece Edition (video)

IN-EDIT Festival returns to Athens! From February 24th until the 28th, the biggest international festival for music documentaries will present the best and most interesting recent music documentaries. The idea began in 2003 in Barcelona, where for the first time, a...

Les Echos: Greece Has Only a Couple of Weeks Left to Avoid Chaos

According to daily French financial newspaper Les Echos, Greece is fighting for its life to avoid isolation as one country after another are sealing off their borders to refugees and migrants. European officials may have been able to reach an...

Afghan Refugees Occupy Train Tracks in Idomeni

A group of about 150 Afghan refugees and migrants occupied the train tracks in Idomeni in recent hours. The group took down the wire fence along the tracks of Idomeni in order to protest the ban to enter the...