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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is seeking alliances for the upcoming critical vote in parliament on security fund reforms and settlement of bad loans. The prime minister wants to finish as soon as possible with the first bailout program review...

Turkish authorities arrested 181 foreign suspects in the state of Jnaq Castle, western Turkey. The detainees, carrying Syrian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Iranian and Eritrean nationalities, were trying to illegally reach the Greek island of Lesbos. Anadolu Agency (AA) quoted security sources as...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann accused Greece of failing to handle the continuous refugee inflow. Schaeuble talked to Bild am Sonntag newspaper saying that Athens has repeatedly ignored the Dublin agreement that oblige migrants to...

At the age of 8, Anastasia Tsilimpiou had her first acting role on Greek television. At 10 she stepped on the theater stage and at 12 she made many viewers cry on the TV version of Victoria Hislop's best seller...

Many Athenians took advantage of the good weather and open stores on the last Sunday of the year to visit major commercial streets in the city and do some last minute shopping, shop owners said. “Work is more than satisfactory...

More than 8 billion euros will be funneled into the Greek market in 2016 through the Public Investments Program (PIP) and international organizations such as the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and more,...

Despite the loss of tourism revenues on Greek islands where thousands of refugees arrive daily, some businesses seem to profit from the inflow. The number of tourists visiting certain islands has dropped significantly since the refugee crisis escalated in the...

It is up to the government and the parliament to form consensus on major issues and create the appropriate conditions that will unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of the Greeks, that will attract investment and increase employment, American hedge-fund manager...

Thirteen Greeks are on Lloyd's Top 100 List of most influential personalities in the competitive shipping industry. John Angelicoussis is at number 5 of the list, with his shipping group being "a leader in scale and operational ability." Angeliki Frangou of the...

State Minister Alekos Flambouraris is confident that all 153 SYRIZA and ANEL lawmakers will vote in favor of the bill that includes security fund reforms and bad loans settlement. Flambouraris spoke on Skai television on Sunday saying that all parties...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has decided to participate at the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, in January. The annual meeting of the world's economic elite at the Swiss resort town is to take place January 20-23 and Alexis...

Two Greek professors, Eleni Linos, from the University of California San Francisco and Katerina Linos, law professor at the University of California Berkley, were two of the four co-authors that recently published study on gender disparity in leadership positions of medical departments...

An Orthodox monk has outdone a number of worldly competitors in a popular Russian singing competition TV show, getting 76 percent of viewers’ votes and creating a stir on social media. Photios, the hieromonk – a monk also serving as...

Greece is known world-wide for its beautiful and hot summers, the crystal clear seas and amazing beaches. However, there are several holiday villages and cities across the country that would be the perfect romantic getaway destination to celebrate New Year's day. Pelion  Pelion is...

Europe needs better control of its borders, said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday, referring to cases of forged Syrian passports in the hands of Islamic State jihadists who have crossed to Europe posing as refugees. The statement follows...