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European Commission spokesperson Mina Andreeva declared on Friday that a EuroWorking Group must convene early next week to green-light the disbursement of the two billion euro bailout installment to the Greek Government, as well as the 10 billion euros that...

The Greek economy shrank in the third quarter of 2015 according to preliminary data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Friday. After six quarters of year to year growth, Greece's GDP fell during the third quarter of 2015 by 0.4%, in comparison to...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos has called on Turkey to prove its good intentions regarding the Cyprus problem and stressed that Turkey can not make a step towards becoming a part of the EU if it does...

An official dual probe has been launched by the Greek Supreme Court Prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani into former Greek Citizen Protection Minister Yiannis Panousis's allegations of connections between terrorists and SYRIZA party members. Panousis shook the Greek political landscape with his interview with Protothema in...

Environmentalists confirmed the presence of wolves on Mount Parnitha on the outskirts of Athens using automatic infrared photography. Using cameras that remained active for six months, following a request for technical support by Parnitha Forestry, the Kallisto Environmental Organization for...

Greek state budget for the period January-October 2015 showed a 808-million-euro deficit after a preliminary estimate. However, the deficit for the same period in 2014 was 2,448 million euros, while the revised target for the 2016 draft budget is estimated...

Thirty Greek companies are expected to present their products at the international FOODEX SAUDI 2015 exhibition, taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Greek products have not yet infiltrated the Arab Market, therefore the exhibition will offer the perfect chance...

  A new 20 euro bill will hit the streets of the Eurozone member state on November 25. The new bill, which marks the first replacement of its kind since 2002, will be transparent when struck by sun light and the portrait...

New Democracy (ND) leader Evangelos Meimarakis late on Thursday said that the main opposition party will not vote for any tax measures provided that he remains in the leadership. Meimarakis, who was speaking at a party event at Volos, Magnesia,...

Greeks are the hardest working people in Europe and rank fourth internationally, according to a new survey by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Mexicans work more than anyone else, followed by Costa Ricans and Koreans. Greeks come...

Greece was elected to the Executive Board of UNESCO for the period 2015-2019, with the highest number of votes (165 of 186 cast) in Electoral Group I (countries of Western Europe and North Africa), in the elections that took...

Greek police are on alert after jailed anarchist Nikos Romanos issued a written statement calling all anarchists to wage war against the state and "...take over city halls and blow up fascists and bosses." As the November 17 celebration and...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that the only way to tackle the refugee crisis is for Greece and Turkey to cooperate on stemming the migrant inflow. Tsipras spoke after the completion of the informal European Union summit on the...

Five Greek anti-authoritarians are being persecuted by Italian authorities with an international arrest warrant for their involvement in violent episodes. The incident in question occurred on May 1 in Milan during the protest against the international exhibition Expo Milano...

At a summit in Malta attended by European and African leaders, the European Union agreed on a nearly $2 billion aid package aimed at tackling the root causes of migration. Hundreds of thousands of people have crossed the Mediterranean...