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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...

British author and columnist Hugo Dixon, who contributes to a number of publications, commented on the social security reform plan the Greek government recently drafted. During an interview with Greek TV station MEGA TV on Saturday, Dixon argued that the plan ensures...

Vassilis Papakonstantinou, a famous Greek singer that has been performing since the 1970's, has come under criticism in the past day after news broke out that he received payment for performing in Greece through Bulgaria, allegedly for taxation reasons. Papakonstantinou...

The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will become the first Greek university to offer an academic program on Islamic studies. The four-year program will be called "Introduction to Muslim Studies" and could be attended by 30-50 students according to Kathimerini newspaper. Professors from various departments such as...

Greek Labor Minister Giorgos Katrougalos appeared sympathetic to public criticism of a social security reform proposal he recently authored. During an interview with Kathimerini newspaper on Sunday, the Labor Minister discussed the 170 page proposal he crafted. The plan includes unifying...

Hundreds of Greek Cypriot refugees from the Turkish occupied village of Argaki, in the Morphou area, celebrated a holy mass on Saturday at their village church of St. John the Baptist for the first time since the village was...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon believes that while there is no official timeline for the Cyprus negotiations, there is a real unique window of opportunity for the process to finally succeed. In his Good Offices Mission report, the Secretary General...

A recent survey conducted by ORB International asked respondents across 14 different European countries their thoughts on the EU and the Eurozone. Sixty two percent of Greeks said they would prefer to stay in the European Union if there were a...

A bus full of refugees overturned in the western province of Balıkesir in the early hours of Saturday, killing eight people and injuring 42. The bus was speeding when it overturned, the Doğan news agency reported. The victims included the...

A new round of research into US government archives and other sources alleges that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide in his bunker in Berlin but fled to Argentina, potentially through Greece and the Canary Islands. Ex-CIA officer Bob...

Greek government officials were not happy with Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem's recent comments on the Greek bailout's upcoming review, Kathimerini newspaper reported. Dijsselbloem claimed on Thursday that the review will take months to complete, and not weeks as expected. A...

Hotel Grande Bretagne, located in downtown Athens, was included among the seven of the world's most elegant hotels by Conde Nast Traveler. "If these walls could talk! Originally the mansion of a wealthy local aristocrat, throughout its 173-year history, this lavish property...

The first Greek bailout review is expected to begin on January 18, according to one European Union official, Reuters reported. The same European Union official noted that it could practically start later. Successfully completing the bailout review would pave the way for additional...