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A draft bill on the recapitalization of Greek banks will be voted on by Sunday so that the actual process can start on Monday, government Vice-President Yannis Dragasakis said in a statement on Thursday. The bill was tabled in Greek...

The Greek government is rushing to vote on bills for prior actions in order to get a compliance report by lenders before the November 9 Eurogroup. According to analysts, Greece must go to the meeting of Eurozone finance ministers with...

A new maritime tragedy in Greek waters culminated in two separate wrecks leaving 22 people dead and 144 rescued between the islands of Rhodes, Kalymnos and Kalolimnos. on Friday, the Hellenic Coast Guard and volunteer rescuers pulled 19 dead bodies out...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday, with talks focusing directly on the ongoing refugees crisis plaguing Greece and the rest of Europe, the economic crisis, as well as bilateral relations. During the...

The Greek prosecutor against corruption filed for the criminal prosecution of former general secretary of Public Revenue Katerina Savvaidou on felony charges for infidelity against the service. Only a few days ago Savvaidou had been dismissed from her post,...

The new 576 page book of Martin Hose and David Schenker, entitled "A Companion to Greek Literature," was finally released by Wiley-Blackwell, the international publishing business of John Wiley & Sons. According to its official synopsis, this newly published book "presents a...

The meeting between Greek farmers and the Deputy Finance Minister Tryphon Alexiadis turned out to be a fruitless one. “We can’t change what has already been written,” said Alexiadis to farmer association representatives, who protested against tax hikes by...

"The new development law will be implemented as of January, 1, 2016," Greek Economy Minister George Stathakis said on Thursday. "Youth entrepreneurship will constitute the basis for Greece 's growth. We are giving priority at all levels, and this is...

The saga of filling the coach position in Greece's national soccer team will have its final episode on Friday, when German Michael Skibbe will sign the contract. The Greek Football Association (EPO) has hired Skibbe as the new national team...

Greece fell two places to 60th, from 58th place last year, in World Bank's list of 189 countries setting up and operating businesses. The Doing Business 2015 report by World Bank, records reforms made by the countries which made it...

"Greece could become the Silicon Valley of Europe", economist Alexander Kritikos said in an interview with ANA-MPA on the occasion of a conference "Greece after the elections, Reconstruction of Greece, German development ideas for the reconstruction of the Greek economy",...

The European Union is best suited to help stop the war in Syria and promote peace in the Middle East, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said during a meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Athens on Thursday. The President...

They became symbols of social struggle, they became known all over the world, they served as SYRIZA's handy propaganda tools, they became icons in social media, now they became secretaries. It would be a good scenario for an episode of the...

The issue of missing persons cannot be resolved without the effective cooperation of Turkey, President Anastasiades has said. In a speech delivered on Thursday by Commissioner Photis Photiou at a Church memorial service for the missing persons of the 1974...

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici will visit Athens this upcoming Tuesday November 3 for two days. Moscovici was originally scheduled to visit the Greek capital on October 14, but had to postpone his trip due to...