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Greek authorities will open financial offers submitted in a tender to buy 67% of Piraeus Port Organization on Tuesday, a process characterized as the country's biggest challenge so far in its drive to put Greece again on the map of international...

Tourist arrivals in Greece grew by 8.6% in the January-September period this year, Hellenic Statistical Authority said in a report on Monday. The statistics service, in a report based on a survey conducted by the Bank of Greece, said that...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged to renew and expand New Democracy upon officially taking over the presidency of Greece's conservative party on Monday. With the final results coming out, Mitsotakis received 52.43 percent of the vote while Vangelis Meimarakis received 47.57 percent....

Greek conservatives elected Kyriakos Mitsotakis as their new leader, hoping to have the opportunity to revive their prospects and to confront leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, says Reuters. New Democracy is seeking to recover from the heavy defeat in September,...

Greece's Minister of Finance Euclid Tsakalotos and his economics team are in the middle of a series of meetings with European counterparts ahead of the crucial assessment of the Greek bailout program. On Friday Tsakalotos met with Italian Finance Minister...

Epirotes and Greek benefactors have organized 3 events in Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore to benefit 2016 Epirus. "Epirotes Sing for Epirus at the 'Sergiani (Epirotan music and dance) for Epirus,'" explained Mr. Paul Kotrotsios, MBA, Founder & President...

Greece's draft law on social security reforms may pass with a higher percentage than the government majority, State Minister Nikos Pappas said in an interview with Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper on Monday. The government's proposal puts an end to the...

Government Vice-President Yiannis Dragasakis outlined plans for a series of targeted policies to bring about economic recovery in 2016, in an interview published by the newspaper "Avgi" on Sunday. He noted that SYRIZA must now form "social alliances" for...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis was born in Athens in 1968, he is the son of former Prime Minister of Greece and honorary president of New Democracy Konstantinos Mitsotakis. He was only a few months old when his family moved in self-exile...

"We are moving forward together and let's forget what is dividing us," said New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis after his election victory. The new conservative party leader said that people gave a clear mandate for the renewal of New Democracy....

Olympiakos continued its perfect run in the Greek league Sunday by beating visiting Levadiakos 3-1 (video) for its 17th straight win. The defending champion took a 2-0 halftime lead through goals from Brown Ideye and Felipe Pardo. Alejandro Dominguez added...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis was elected as New Democracy president on Sunday. It was a close encounter as Kyriakos Mitsotakis overcame his opponent Evangelos Meimarakis to secure the support of New Democracy's followers. The number of people who came out to vote on...

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos continued a round of meetings with other Eurozone finance ministers over the weekend, meeting his Portuguese counterpart on Saturday and traveling to Paris for talks with French Finance Minister Michel Sapin on Sunday afternoon. During...

Thirteen flights out of Athens International Airport were delayed by an average of 40 minutes on Sunday morning after authorities sounded the alarm for a female passenger flying to Madrid, who tested positive in a random screening for explosives....

The vote on pension reforms will not shake the government's majority, Economy Minister George Stathakis predicted on Sunday while talking on the "Mega Weekend" television show. Defending the government’s approach, he said SYRIZA’s Parliamentary group would support the changes. He...