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Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem and European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Thursday the institutions are waiting for Greece to submit specific fiscal proposals for reforming Greece’s social security system. Speaking to a joint press conference along with European Stability Mechanism...

The number of tragedies in the Aegean continues to grow as 3 more children were pulled lifeless out of the sea near Agathonisi island in the early hours of Friday January 15. Military outpost in the area called for help...

Greece’s audit center for taxpayers with large wealth charged lawyer Stavros Papastavrou -- close aide of former prime minister Antonis Samaras -- on Thursday, with a provisional fine totaling 3.3 million euros in connection with a bank deposit found...

Andronikos Bisogiannis, Greek CGI director and founder of Ixor, a visual effects and 3D animation company, has been nominated at the Guldabaggen Awards, the "Oscars" of Sweden. Awarded annually since 1964, the Guldbagge (“Golden Beetle”) is the name of the Swedish...

The head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) predicts 2016 will be another critical year for migration to Europe. IOM Director-General Lacy Swing said the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe has firmly put the migration issue on the...

As expected, Greece has given in to German demands that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to have a role in the third bailout agreement, signed by the SYRIZA-led government in August 2015. The announcement was made by Eurogroup President Jeroen...

When satire is used as a vehicle for spreading hate and to inflame public opinion, the case can be made that it no longer reflects an expression of free speech but rather a political tool that, more than anything...

Three people already lost their lives due to a mutated flu virus strain (H3N2), while another 31 are currently being hospitalized in Intensive Care Units across Greece, stated the Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO). The Center’s...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos highlighted on Thursday the need for all countries to join forces and meet the global challenges created by the refugee crisis and terrorism, in statements after his meeting with Russian Duma Chairman Sergey Naryshkin...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras revealed today that his government is trying to convince the country’s international creditors, who essentially make all decisions about the way Greece should run its affairs, of the need to proceed with job openings...

The case of a British Muslim who set up a temporary mosque on the Greek island of Lesvos for the religious needs of the refugees stranded there remains something of a mystery, but the country's authorities are investigating the case...

A burial site containing an unusually well-preserved horse skeleton, intact even down to the hooves, was among the findings discovered during landscaping works around the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center at the Faliro Delta, a prime tract of land in...

Doctors, lawyers, engineers and other professionals took it to the streets in Athens, Greece, on Thursday, protesting against the government's plan for social security fund reforms. Thousands of professionals assembled outside the Labor Ministry, demonstrating against the hikes in contributions...

Greek Alternate Minister for European Affairs Nikos Xydakis hailed his country's role in saving the lives of refugees in 2015, saying it "saved Europe’s honor," following a Wednesday meeting with German State Minister for Europe Michael Roth in Berlin. "Greece...

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave his inaugural speech as President to the party's Parliamentary group on Thursday, thanking the MPs "for keeping New Democracy upright in 2015, during the populism tsunami that swept the country." "The country's political map...