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  The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a set of one-off measures aimed at boosting the effective spending of 35 billion euros earmarked for Greece in the EU 2014-2020 budget. The funds include 20 billion euros from the European structural and...

Athens' "Choco Factory and Museum" is a theme park with educational and recreational content. It is located at the premises of HELEXPO and it will operate from November 7, 2015 to February 21, 2016. Visitors will have the opportunity to...

Passenger traffic at the Athens International Airport grew 14.7% in September to 1.8 million, from 1.6 million passengers in the same month last year. The Athens airport recorded a new passenger traffic record in the January-September period with a total...

The heating oil price will be around 85 cents per liter at the beginning of the winter season, on October 15, provided that the special consumption tax remains stable at last year's levels (23 cents per litre), according to...

The opera "Insenso," written by Dimitris Dimitriadis, and directed by Peter Sevastikoglou, will open the theatre circle for Wroclaw, Poland, January 15, 2016. Wroclaw is considered the cultural capital of Europe. In the theater of the renovated old train station in...

Frontex, the European Union’s border protection agency, on Monday called for the deployment of 775 additional to deal with the migrant influx on Europe's external frontier. The additional staff will join the Frontex Joint Operations Poseidon and Triton, and their...

Undeclared labor is on the rise in Greece as figures show that more than one in five working people inspected were not registered with the proper labor and insurance authorities. According to figures deriving from checks conducted by the Labor...

The Office of UNCHR hosts this week a two day regional conference bringing together religious leaders, lawmakers and human rights defenders from the broader Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region aiming to strengthen and promote cooperation in cross-boundary...

The 2016 state budget that was tabled in parliament on Monday includes new measures that demand an additional 4.35 billion euros from cash-strapped Greeks. New taxes and contributions and pension cuts for 2015 and 2016 total 6.4 billion euros. More...

The 2016 draft budget presented by the government on Monday returns people back to the harsh reality of budget cuts, main opposition leader Vangelis Meimarakis said on Monday, following the presentation of the government's policy statements in Greek Parliament...

By: Laura Swift Berlin recently agreed to curb the number of migrants it welcomed after a backlash against Angela Merkel’s suspension of EU rules limiting numbers. It followed previous scenes of crowds welcoming new arrivals, which commentators had suggested was...

Greek journalist Fani Grammatikogianni’s divorce from the former Galatasaray president and wealthy businessman Ünal Aysal has become the talk of the town in Istanbul. Lawyers for the two parties are currently trying to divide the ex-couple’s immense wealth, which...

Turkey is warning the European Union that 3 million more refugees could flee war-torn Syria and cross to Europe adding to the already huge influx. Currently, there are about 2 million refugees from Syria in Turkey. Also, an estimated 400,000...

The Greek Finance ministry tabled to Parliament the draft budget plan for 2016, on Monday, envisaging the government’s priorities for social justice and fiscal responsibility. The draft budget plan foresees that the general government will present a primary deficit of...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addressed the Greek parliament on Monday evening and outlined the agenda of the new Greek government during the first of three days of parliamentary sessions. Tsipras set three straightforward priorities for the new Greek government in...