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Municipalities cannot be granted the right to use beaches by a single, one-size-fits-all ministerial decision, the Greek Council of State said on Monday, in a case on how coastal cities can utilize beaches for revenue, whether on their own or by granting...

The relations between Greece and Cyprus have become even stronger, newly elected President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos highlighted earlier today during a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades. This is Pavlopoulos' first official visit since he took office...

A group of specialists arrived in Porto Katsiki beach in Lefkada, Greece, in order to assess the situation and determine if the popular beach can be opened to the public. The team led by Geology professor Efthymios Lekkas examined whether there was...

As negotiations between Greece and its international creditors have stalled, generating the danger of default and the country's subsequent exit from the Eurozone, the eyes of the world are upon Greece. Greece has to implement certain reforms and measures that will help...

An eleven-member committee to evaluate bids for hydrocarbon research and exploitation in three areas of Greece has been set up at the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy. It will cover the areas of Arta and Preveza (northwestern Greece), Etoloakarnania prefecture (central...

The Greek government expects 3.7 billion euros of revenues from the introduction of a reforms package currently discussed with the country’s creditors in the Brussels Group. The reforms include, among others, the introduction of taxes on Greek citizens’ deposits abroad –...

Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks was one of the thousands who gathered on Fifth Avenue in New York this past Sunday to attend the Greek Parade and celebrate Greek Independence. Hanks, is married to Greek American actress Rita Wilson and has...

We met Steve Aoki at the 30th IDMA Awards, where he won in the Best North American DJ category. With Greek summer around the corner and a scheduled performance in Greece on July 15th,  we asked him about Mykonos...

Greek main opposition leader Antonis Samaras said on Monday that his party will support the government but will not adopt any measures presented. Speaking in parliament, the New Democracy leader criticised Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for not properly briefing...

Thousands of Greek-Canadians flooded Danforth Avenue in Toronto holding Greek flags to celebrate the Greek Independence Day. The Consul General of Greece, Alexandros Ioannidis, and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne along with other Canadian officials attended the event. Children and adults marched...

Oakleigh is a Melbourne suburb in the municipality of Monash with a large Greek-Australian population. Thousands of Greek migrants live in the area and most of them arrived in the country recently. The suburb’s mayor is also Greek while the...

20 to 30 members of the anti-establishment movement occupied Athens University's main building in downtown Athens at around 10:00 a.m. Academic members called on the government to take action in order to remove the protestors from the building, and the...

On Sunday, March 29, Greek-Australians gathered in Melbourne for the official celebration of the Greek Independence Day. Thousands of Greek students, mostly third generation Greek-Australians, participated in the parade and were met with enthusiasm and applause from the thousands of...

The Greek Parliament was briefed minutes ago by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras regarding the country's negotiation with its creditors and the developments with the proposed reforms list. The discussion started at around 8.00 p.m. at the plenary of the Parliament on a...

"Stavros Papastavrou, according to documents that we have access on, had two accounts in Switzerland, at the HSBC bank. His name was included in 'Falciani list' (also known as 'Lagarde list') and the prosecutors were unable to complete their work,"...