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The migrant situation on the Greek island of Kos is out of control, forcing the mayor to ask for help and riot police arriving from Athens. There are about 7,000 refugees and illegal migrants already on the Aegean Sea island,...

On Tuesday afternoon, Finnish Finance Minister Alexander Stubb cooled down talk of a final agreement between Greece and its international creditors. Greece and creditors reached an agreement earlier on Tuesday, after a thorough 24-hour review of all the reforms included in the Memorandum. However,...

The European Commission has warned Greece that even though the draft deal has been signed, it still requires the approval of European leaders to be completed. "What we have at the moment is a technical level agreement... and small details...

The much-anticipated bailout deal between Greece and creditors is signed and the Greek government has to implement the following reforms in order to receive the 86 billion euros the three-year program will provide: Reforms that should be voted and implemented...

The agreement between the Greek government and creditors has been the main headline in several foreign media. Reuters noted that Greece and its creditors have reached an agreement on the terms of the rescue program, thus enabling the country’s stay...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had phone contacts on Monday evening with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Parliament President Martin Schulz aiming to speed up the negotiations in order to reach an agreement by...

Greek director Athina Tsangari will screen her new feature film "Chevalier" for the first time at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland on August 12, 2015. "Chevalier" is among the 17 films in competition. The film was shot in Greece and...

The Urban Picnic Festival in Thessaloniki is an initiative to showcase archaeological sites within the urban city network that are often overlooked. It is a three-day festival that was first organized in 2012 in the Roman Forum of Thessaloniki,...

The capital controls imposed in Greece on June 29 cost 16,658 private sector employees their jobs, said an ERGANI Centre report. Traditionally, July is a month when there are a lot of hirings since it is the peak of the...

Greece and international creditors have agreed on a new multi-billion euro bailout agreement after the two negotiating teams spent the last 24 hours checking the text line by line, a Finance Ministry official said. The agreement will keep Greece in...

Spanish art collective Luzinterruptus was inspired by the recent Greek referendum results, where the people said a big "No" to the measures proposed by Greece’s creditors. Furthermore, it drew inspiration from the Greek government recently revealing the existence of a...

A new study by a German think tank revealed that Germany has gained more than 100 billion euros since 2010 due to the Greek crisis. "The debt crisis resulted in a reduction in German bund rates of about 300 basis points...

The European Commission approved on Monday a 2.4-billion-euro program for 19 European Union countries that aims to provide solutions to the migration crisis. Greece will receive a total of 473 million euros from two distinct funds. 259,348,877 euros of Greece's funds will come...

The Greek government is not considering elections and talk of elections at this point is not useful, government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili said in a statement on Monday. "Election talk, which is promoted in the past few days, is neither useful, nor...

A video circulated on Monday afternoon depicting a Greek police officer on the island of Kos slapping a migrant while holding a knife in his other hand, causing immediate reactions within the country. In the video, shot outside Kos' police station, the officer is allegedly...