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New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a series of meetings this week in Brussels with European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Mitsotakis was in Brussels to attend the European People’s Party (EPP) meeting and used the occasion...

Moody's Investors Service has today upgraded to Ca from C the long-term senior debt ratings of Greece’s four systemic banks -- Alpha Bank AE, Eurobank Ergasias S.A., National Bank of Greece S.A., and Piraeus Bank S.A. At the same...

Over 11,000 refugees and migrants have rushed to the Greek islands in the last three days while government officials were apparently preoccupied with the EU summit in Brussels, thereby presenting Turkish smugglers with a golden opportunity to conduct their...

No European country could have dealt with the size of the refugee flows that Greece had to deal with, Greek Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs Nikos Xydakis said in an interview with Agence Europe news agency. Asked to comment...

The Republic of Cyprus has protested to the UN Secretary General the systematic violations of its national airspace and territorial waters by Turkey, in two letters dated January 21st and February 5th, 2016 which circulated today as official documents...

The EU and Britain struck a deal yesterday at the European Council meeting in Brussels to avert a possible British exit from the European Union. Following the deal, British prime minister David Cameron announced that the EU referendum will...

World-renowned Italian author and intellectual Umberto Eco died at 84 yesterday at his home in Milan, according to Italian media reports. Eco was best known for his historical mystery novel The Name of the Rose, a global phenomenon that was...

Stratfor Intelligence has released a report which contains a rather pessimistic assessment about the state of affairs in Greece. The intelligence firm predicts that the month of May will be one of huge challenges for the Greek government as this...

The Greek government has asked to have an explicit commitment from Europe’s leaders that the borders will not be sealed off prior to the emergency EU summit meeting on March 6. The focus of this summit will be the...

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot negotiators, Andreas Mavroyiannis and Ozdil Nami, will meet again on Monday in the context of the ongoing UN-backed talks for the reunification of Cyprus. Reliable sources have told CNA that Mavroyiannis and Nami, who met...

Giorgos Roupakias, the Gold Dawn thug who murdered in cold blood leftist rapper Pavlos Fyssas on September 2013 in Keratsini, is set to be released from custody next month, following a ruling today by a council of appeals court...

New people registered to Greece's Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) in January amounts to 17,950, according to data that was released by the organization today. Τhis means, there was a 2.09% raise since last month. More specifically, the total of registered...

The Bulgarian Parliament is asking for the EU to intervene on the issue of the closed Hellenic-Bulgarian borders, that are being blocked by the tractors of Greek farmers. According to the Bulgarian Finance Minister, Bozhidar Lukarski, the blocking of both...

In an article posted today on the website of liberal.gr., European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos emphasizes the importance of the European humanistic tradition and says it is something we all must be proud of,...

The "Athenians' Association" has launched a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights against the United Kingdom for the Parthenon Marbles. According to the Association, the initiative to launch the lawsuit came when the board of directors was informed...