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European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos proposed on Friday the establishment of a European Intelligence Service, upon his arrival to the extraordinary EU Interior Ministers meeting in Brussels. As he stated, after the European Counter Terrorism Center in Europol, formed...

The Greek Finance Ministry submitted the finalized version of the 2016 budget, which presents improved but still negative economic figures. The budget indicates that next year's recession will be milder than initially expected, with a 0.7% reduction in GDP in comparison to the...

An unofficial summit among the interior and justice ministers of European Union's 28 member states decided on Friday to increase the protection of the union's external borders amid intensifying security threats since the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13. The ministers...

  The Dance Section of the Critics' Circle has recently announced the full list of nominees for the 16th National Dance Awards, based on talented artists' work performed in the United Kingdom between September 1, 2014 and August 31, 2015. The...

  Greek authorities have started additional identity checks on migrants and refugees arriving at Piraeus Port after dismantling a ring that sold fake identity documents to migrants arriving on Lesvos island. About 1,500 refugees who reached Piraeus Port on their way...

Greek President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos underlined the necessity of being united and giving the battle together on major issues and on national targets that do not depend on the changes of the government, at his meeting with...

More than 5,000 refugees are trapped at the Idomene transit camp as Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is building a fence on its border with Greece. The FYROM government had announced early this week the raising of a fence in...

(Left to Right: Meimarakis, Mitsotakis, Georgiadis, Tzitzikostas) The four candidates for the presidency of New Democracy are bracing for Sunday's election giving their final speeches to potential voters. There are many differences between the four potential leaders, covering the area...

The strong earthquake that shook the Greek island of Lefkada a few days ago, made the whole island move. According to experts the 6.1 Richter earthquake caused the displacement of the island by 36 cm. Athanasios Ganas, Director of the...

"The things I saw in Skala Sykamnias are not a Greek problem. They are my personal problem as a European citizen, as a human being, as a politician of our common homeland of Europe," European Commissioner for Health and...

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre Moscovici welcomed the Greek parliament’s approval of the prior actions bill in a tweet on Thursday evening, saying it is “another step forward” for the country. “Tonight's vote in Athens is another...

Egremni Beach in Lefkada, one of the most beautiful beaches in Greece, has been swallowed by the earth after the destructive earthquake that hit the Ionian Sea island on Tuesday. Along with the beach, the 350 stone steps that led...

As the second omnibus bill that includes unpopular measures left the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition with two parliamentary members less, there is worry at Maximos Mansion that when the next bill comes to parliament for vote more lawmakers would depart. The Alexis...

  Armed individuals stormed the Raddison Blu Hotel in the city of Bamako in Mali on Friday morning, holding hostage around 170 people, according to various media reports, one of those people was Greek. Michael Skapoulis, spoke to BBC and described the attack,...

Lefkada island in Greece is still getting hit by strong aftershocks three days after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake that killed 2 people. Three aftershocks ranging between 4.3 to 4.9 magnitude occurred the first hours of November 20th.   There are no reported...