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The United States and Turkey have expressed their concern regarding the scenarios that want former "November 17" member and convicted terrorist Savvas Xeros released due to health reasons. On Friday, the leftist-led Greek government has passed a new law according to which...

Greece, Cyprus and Hungary are likely to be allowed to export fruits and vegetables to Russia, despite the ongoing European Union sanctions imposed on Moscow due to its role in the Ukrainian Crisis. According to Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the country's...

"Greek democracy cannot be blackmailed," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stated after his meeting on Monday with Citizen Protection Minister Yiannis Panousis and noted that "this is addressed to all directions, abroad and within the country." He also clarified that "those...

SYRIZA cabinet members have leaked scenarios of snap elections or referendum if Greece does not come up with an agreement with creditors until June, when the bailout extension expires. Sources close to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that this is not...

Negotiations with Greece are speeding up but there is still a long way before an agreement, said Poul Thomsen, Director of the European Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Thomsen said that Greece will probably run out of money...

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici said on Monday that Athens needs to deliver a reforms plan as soon as possible in order to stay in the Eurozone. Moscovici spoke on French television regarding the...

Freshly dipped in 24-karat gold olive wreaths have arrived from Marathon, Greece, to be awarded to the four winners of the 2015 Boston Marathon. The wreaths were presented by the Consul General of Greece, Ifigenia Kanara, to the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.)...

A meeting organized at the initiative of young and older Greek migrants in Australia reached a decision to form a committee to help in the struggles of young Greek migrants in Melbourne. The head of the organizing team, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, said that...

The Mediterranean has once again been turned into an underwater grave for at least three migrants. According to local media reports, a boat arrived on the Greek island of Rhodes earlier this morning, carrying more than 200 illegal migrants. The boat hit...

The first day of the highly anticipated Golden Dawn trial only lasted two hours as the neo-Nazi party's leadership was absent. The court was adjourned until May 7. Party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and the rest of the party's leadership, a total...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in having secret negotiations with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, a Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung report said. The four parties are called the...

Fifty one residents of a Greek village in the Russian-speaking region of Donetsk will be transferred to Greece for medical rehabilitation with expenses covered by Russian Greek Diaspora Organizations. “The Greek Diaspora in Russia will undertake the expenses related to the...

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that if Greece were to leave the Eurozone, there would be an inevitable contagion effect, according to Reuters. "Anyone who plays with the idea of cutting off bits of...

The historic and unprecedented trial of party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and the leadership of his extreme-right Golden Dawn party - the first time since World War II that a Parliamentary party in Greece or on a global level is charged...

Veteran Greek gymnast Vlassis Maras added another medal to his collection on Sunday after placing third in the Horizontal Bar event at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montpellier, France. Maras received a total of 14,666 points and was beaten...