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About 500,000 immigrants mostly from Syria are waiting in Turkey to enter Greece, according to information by the Greek secret services. At a time when the citizen protection ministry decided to reduce by 30 percent the border guard forces in Xanthi,...

The special committee that will pursue war reparations, the repayment of the loan received during the occupation and the return of stolen archaeological treasures from Germany starts work today. The committee convenes a few days after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras...

While Greece's lenders are pushing the Greek government to accept their terms in order to allocate funds so the country will not go bankrupt, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis seems to have another ace up his sleeve. The second top thinker in the...

No one can blame Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for not trying hard enough to hold the country from falling off the cliff. Like a captain in a ship hit by the roughest storm, he fights tooth and nail to...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos, on his second day in Cyprus, visited the Greek Contingent in Cyprus (ELDYK), in line with the provisions of the 1960 Constitution which established the Republic of Cyprus, as well as the...

"The ties between Greece and Russia can be upgraded to a new level and Greece can become a bridge between the West and Russia," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told TASS news agency, ahead of his upcoming visit to Moscow...

The newly elected leftist-led Greek government coalition is expected to submit a proposal for the creation of a committee to examine the previous governments' handling of the country's debt crisis. Specifically, according to government sources, the so called «memorandum examination...

The Hellenic Club in Canberra is now one of the most important cultural centers in the Australian capital, according to Canberra Times. The newspaper published an article describing how locals have embraced the Hellenic Club like “no ethnic venue has been embraced...

The arrival of MS Hamburg cruise ship in Thessaloniki port on March 31 marked the beginning of the cruise season for the popular Greek city. More than 30 ships are expected to arrive in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, throughout the season. The number...

Argyris Sfoundouris was only four years old on June 10, 1944. He was playing with his three sisters in his home in Distomo, in central Greece, when suddenly some men in uniform broke down the door, dragged his parents out in...

SYRIZA-led government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis expressed his optimism earlier today that the negotiations between Greece and its creditors "will have a positive outcome." In an interview to Greek television, Sakellaridis underlined that a Eurogroup meeting "should take place soon," and that...

No matter how many years have passed, Hagia Sophia continues to surprise us. According to statements by Turkish Philosophy professor at the University of Istanbul Ferhat Aslan, everything you know about the church will change. In an interview with Turkish newspaper...

A conflict within the Greek government was generated over the potential continuation of the single property tax (ENFIA). According to the creditors, the continuation of the ENFIA tax is included in the list of proposed reforms, while the government...

Talks between Greece and its international creditors have not been proven fruitful, although the negotiations are expected to continue, a European Commission representative said earlier today. "The constructive talks are ongoing since Friday but we are not there yet, so...

Greek unemployment rate rose slightly to 26% of the workforce in December, from 25.9% in November, to remain the highest in the European Union, followed by Spain (23.2% in February), Eurostat said on Tuesday. The EU executive's statistics agency, in...