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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras claimed that the Greek bank recapitalization was successful and cost much less than anticipated. Speaking in parliament, Tsipras said that the Greek bank recapitalization cost 5.5 billion euros while in the summer it was estimated...

A new iOS gaming app inspired by Greek history, as well as designed and developed by a Greek team, is now on the market!   "Marathon Hero", as the app is called, took over a year to develop. The ancient Greek...

The European Stability Mechanism is examining options to ease Greece's debt, including linking debt repayments to economic growth, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The report is based on a ESM document dated August 10, in which the EU...

The United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution in favor of the return of the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum to Athens, a little after Minister of Culture Aristides Baltas stated that Greece will withdraw from the legal claim...

The mayors of Elliniko-Argyroupoli, Palaio Faliro, Alimos and Glyfada have reacted strongly to the setting of migrant camps in their municipalities. Respective mayors Yiannis Konstantatos, Dionysis Chadzidakis, Andreas Kondylis and Giorgos Papanikolaou sent a letter to Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis...

On Sunday, December 6, His Eminence Cleopas Strongylis Metropolitan of Sweden and All Scandinavia attended the Holy Liturgy at the Monastery of St. Nicholas in the city of Rättvik, Sweden. A memorial was also held for the monastery’s founder,...

Mastiha is a unique product that is produced exclusively in southern Chios from the resin of the mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus). The mastic trees of Chios produces the exquisite product, which is now highly regarded as a basic ingredient...

For decades ten vehicles of the former Greek royal family located at Tatoi - Greece have remained without any maintenance. The vehicles have been described as "mobile monuments", and a few days ago the Greek Government's newspaper published the decision...

Greek teacher Angeliki Pappa was included in the list of 50 nominees for the Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Award 2016. The Teacher Prize Academy nominated Pappa for her work on dyslexia. The prize of one million US dollars will be...

The German Press stresses that Greeks are facing "poor" Christmas holidays, noting that the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has voted for another round of austerity. "Tagesspiegel" newspaper states that many Greeks see Tsipras as a traitor since he had...

The vineyard of Mount Athos or as commonly referred to in Greece the "Holy Mountain", an autonomous polity within the Hellenic Republic under the official name Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain, produces a specific kind of wine...

The breach of contracts and failure to protect those who believed and invested in Greece is causing enormous damage to a country with deficient reliability, highlights the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises in its weekly bulletin about the Greek economy. The sudden imposition of...

The European Commission is referring Greece to the Court of Justice of the EU over poor waste management on the Greek island of Corfu. The Commission's concerns relates to the Temploni landfill which has been operating in breach of...

The FYROM army has placed wooden and metal stilts in a length of about six kilometers with a two meters high wire fence. The FYROM army confirmed  that a wire fence will be built in the area of Metzitlia, the...

  After accumulated tension in relations between Berlin and Athens due to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' statement that the IMF will be withdrawing from Athens, the Greek government is taking a step back. Germany made it clear yesterday that there...