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While European leaders are preparing for the summit, the European finance ministers Eurogroup started its second meeting in less than 24 hours. Both sides presented their reform proposals, however they were not able to reach an agreement and resolve...

There are countries within the Eurozone pushing for Greece’s exit from the monetary union, warned Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, admitting that Greece's partners want the Grexit to happen. Greek people and the Greek government need to know that there...

The Greek side has not agreed with the text the institutions have submitted to the Eurogroup, said Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem. "We will present to the ministers the documents that the institutions have jointly drafted. We do not have the...

The Foreign Ministers of Greece and FYROM, Nikos Kotzias and Nikola Poposki respectively, agreed on Wednesday on 11 confidence-building measures in the sectors of education, culture, trade, transport, energy, domestic security and justice, but also ways to restore political...

  Back in the good old days -- just a few weeks ago -- every time the Greek Prime Minister went to Brussels or to a European Union meeting, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker would hug him, kiss him, even...

Doctors who had been suspended for bribery or extorting money from patients are back in the National Health System under the new law according to which all public sector employees who were suspended by the previous government, will be...

Moscow is to prolong its embargo on Western food imports in response to the extension of sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union. The embargo includes Greek agricultural products. Russia's embargo on products from European Union countries, U.S.A., Australia...

A European Central Bank board teleconference meeting on Thursday reassessed liquidity conditions in Greek banks. Bank sources told ANA-MPA that the Bank of Greece "took as much ELA it requested." However, there is no official information over if and how much...

If the Greek government majority does not support the potential agreement between Greece and its creditors whenever it comes to parliament, then a different government formation should be formed, main opposition leader Antonis Samaras told Crash magazine in an...

Tilos is a small Greek island that was known for its herbs and myrrh during ancient times, while today the island is famous for its fragrant honey, rocky beauty and a small plain that pops like a green firework. The island will become...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras completed yet another fruitless meeting  with the chiefs of the troika of lenders under tremendous pressure to seal an agreement before facing other European Union leaders at a summit later on Thursday in Brussels. There...

Swedish tourists appear to complain more than any other after their visit to Greece, while most of them stated they were unhappy with Greek restaurants and hotels. The information was made public at an event to mark the 10th year...

Big multinational pharmaceutical companies are engineering artificial drug shortages in Greece by arbitrarily adopting "ceilings" for drugs sold per pharmacy and demanding personal data on customers and patients, the Pharmaceutical Development Institute of Greece (FANIE) asserted on Wednesday. FANIE claimed...

Greece is facing an ultimatum by creditors and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is racing with time as a Eurogroup session is scheduled at 2:00 pm and the two negotiating teams must have reached a staff level agreement by then. Wednesday...

By Belén Olmos Giupponi*, University of Stirling As Greece and its international creditors race to agree on a bailout deal, the issue of the legality of Greek debt has been raised. The Greek parliament’s Truth Commission on Public Debt has released...