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While time and money is running out for Greece, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pushes for a deal with creditors having to deal with SYRIZA extreme leftists insisting on a rift with creditors and Europe. During the Sunday meeting of...

The Greek government has been forced to back down on several of its pre-election campaign pledges as negotiations continue at a slow pace while state coffers are emptying at an alarming rate. The so-called "Thessaloniki program" that Prime Minister Alexis...

Libyan air force bombed a Greek oil tanker off the Lybian coast on Sunday, injuring some of its crew members and damaging a large part of the vessel, said a national army source. A Libyan air force fighter jet attacked...

Hundreds of people demanded that the historic Istanbul Hagia Sophia museum be converted into a mosque during a rally in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 24. People gathered outside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia with some carrying signs that read: “Hagia Sophia needs...

The Russian singer who participated in this year’s 60th Eurovision Song Contest spent the first years of her life in Greece. Polina Gagarina’s “A Million Voices” was one of the competition’s big favorites and was eventually voted as the...

New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyiannis said she fears that Greece may be forced to enforce capital controls if no deal is reached by the coming three-day Pentecost weekend. Speaking on Greek national television on Monday, the New Democracy lawmaker said the Greek...

SYRIZA's Central Committee and Parliamentary Group unanimously passed a resolution urging the Greek government not to submit to "memorandum-style" agreements. The resolution notes that the government has for four months refused "shameful ultimatums" but stressed that this does not mean that...

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras on Sunday slammed the Greek government for "inadequacy," in statements after arriving at 'Nikos Kazantzakis' airport in Iraklio, Crete. Samaras is visiting the city in order to attend an ND party...

The Greek government will not be able to meet a payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in June, Greek Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis told 'Mega TV' on Sunday. "The four installments for the IMF in June amount 1.6 billion euros...

Greece's economy seems to have reached its lowest point, as the Greek government is unable to pay 4.4 billion euros to its suppliers. Meanwhile, the Greek insurance funds are facing the same problem with administration striving to find more resources. Over...

Fears that Greece’s negotiation with its creditors will not be fruitful have impacted the country’s political and economic sector, but also tourism. Foreign travel agencies have already demanded Greek hoteliers to sign a Greek default clause. Specifically, organizers of international conferences have...

Talks between the Greek government and the Brussels Group - the three institutions representing Greece's creditors - are to continue next Tuesday, it was announced. The technical talks were concluded in Brussels on Saturday night and will continue after Tuesday...

A stray pit bull was caught on video by security cameras while savagely attacking people at a gas station in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. After the attack at Neo Rysio area in Thessaloniki nine people had to be taken to a local...

“Know thyself.” It’s an ancient Greek aphorism attributed to philosophy—but for the Academy of Hellenic Paideia, (AHP) a Greek school program opening its doors in September, it’s a way of life. According to the school’s mission statement, the idea...

Addressing SYRIZA's Central Committee meeting on Sunday, Productive Reconstruction Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis accused Greece's creditors of "the harshest, open blackmail" in their handling of the negotiations with the Greek government. The head of SYRIZA's Left Platform strongly criticized the European...