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Lesbos: The Sex Tourism Capital of Ancient Greece

According to a new BBC documentary, the Greek island of Lesbos used to be the Magaluf of its time. A place famous for its sex tourism and women were so beautiful that men just couldn't resist. Even though Lesbos has been...

Greek Health Minister: Govt Determined to Support the Public Healthcare System

Greece's SYRIZA-led government is determined to support the public healthcare system in any way and exhaust not just all possible options of the surplus but of every cent, stated Greek Health Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis in an interview to Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Sunday. The...

Greek Scientists to Develop Cancer Drug

Greek scientists from the University of Patras are making a significant effort to help in the battle against cancer by developing an innovative drug. The research team has been working at the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory of the Department of...

Greek FinMin Varoufakis Explains Why He Did Not Attend the Eurogroup Gala Dinner

The Greek Finance Ministry has issued a statement following a Reuters report on Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, entitled “Isolated in debt talks, Greek finance rebel gets the cold shoulder.” The article claimed that Varoufakis has become isolated from his...

Migrant to Name Her Child After Her Greek Rescuer

An Eritrean migrant who was saved when the boat that was illegally transferring her and almost 200 more illegal migrants to Greece sank just off the coast of Rhodes, gave birth to a health boy on Thursday at Rhodes...

Greek Govt Vice President: Financial Chokehold is Applied Deliberately

The liquidity problem is a "result of past settlements," stated to the Sunday edition of "Avghi" newspaper Greek government Vice President Yiannis Dragasakis, adding that the cash reserves' impasse in February and March was faced with the intensification of revenues...

Greek Govt Executives Consider Snap Election

The final countdown before the critical May 11 Eurogroup has already started. Meanwhile, the heavy atmosphere that Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis faced at the Eurozone Finance Ministers meeting have brought to light scenarios of snap elections or a referendum. The Greek...

Fitch: Cyprus May not Use Entire Bailout

Fitch Ratings said it no longer assumes that Cyprus will use the entire €10 billion of its international bailout package from two years ago. The credit ratings agency said it has affirmed Cyprus' long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default...

Greek Deputy Defense Minister Lays Wreath at ANZAC Memorial in Gallipoli

Deputy Defense Minister Costas Isychos represented Greece's government in the commemoration event at Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, for the 100-year anniversary of the ANZAC landing. Isychos, who was accompanied by the Ambassador of Greece to Ankara Kyriakos Loukakis, laid a wreath to...

Greek Foreign Minister: Do They Want to Support or Punish Us?

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias set the dilemma "Do they want to support us to have growth... or do they decide to have Greece struggle, to punish Greece, and create an example of what happens to a country...

Marathon Flame Arrives in Düsseldorf

By Aspasia Zontanou For the first time in the history of Düsseldorf, the Marathon flame travelled from Athens on Friday, April 24, to the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, protected in a special box. Düsseldorf Mayor Thomas Geisel and Greek...

Greeks in Ukraine

The first ancient Greek colonies appeared in the area of modern Ukraine in the 6th century, near the Black Sea coast and the Crimean peninsula. In the region of Mariupol there are 29 Greek villages and approximately 150,000 residents of Greek...

EU Finance Ministers: There is No Other Plan But for Greece to Remain in the Eurozone

European Union and eurozone Finance Ministers meeting in Riga was concluded with the common position (regarding Greece) that there is no other plan but Greece to remain in the eurozone. "There is no plan B or C or D...

ND Leader Samaras: Exit from the Crisis Still Possible Without Any Sacrifices

New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras addressed on Saturday a party meeting on the migration issue at the port city of Patras, Greece. The former prime minister noted that the migration problem is a reason for which an agreement...

Greek Bailout Negotiations Explained in 90-Second Video

European leaders and the Eurozone finance minister have been discussing Greece’s crisis and for the possible solution for a long time. At the moment, the country is gradually running out of money, while the Greek government is struggling to...