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Economy
ND Leader Samaras Criticizes Government for Closed Shops on Sundays
The leader of the main opposition New Democracy (ND), Antonis Samaras, criticized the government following a visit to the town of Kalamata in southern Peloponnese, Greece on Sunday, saying the town’s shops shouldn’t be closed when cruise ships are...
Greece
Main Opposition Leader on Tsipras-Merkel Meeting
Main opposition New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras on Monday stressed the need for Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to handle the meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel "in a practical and realistic way having the needs of the country...
Crime
Greek Student's Lawyer Does Not Rule Out Murder
The lawyer representing Vangelis Giakoumakis’ family is not ruling out the scenario that the young student could have been murdered.
According to lawyer Dimitris Boukas, it is possible that Vangelis committed suicide, but at this point there are also other...
Diaspora
German Newspaper's Friendly Welcome to Greek Prime Minister
German newspaper Bild published an unprecedented friendly welcome to Greece and its Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, ahead of today's meeting between the Greek prime minister and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.
With the headline "Welcome to Berlin, Mr. Tsipras"...
Australia
Greek Wine Promotion in Australia
A Greek National Interprofessional Organization of Vine and Wine delegation visited Melbourne and Sydney for eight days in order to encourage contacts, on a commercial and cultural level with counterpart Australian bodies.
Organization president Markos Kafouros, told the Greek program...
Greece
Greek FM Kotzias in Favor of Political Solution on German War Reparations
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is more in favor of a political rather than a legal solution on the issue of German war reparations, which could be determined by a joint team of Greek and German experts, German newspaper...
Greece
Greek Justice Ministry Calls on Imprisoned Hunger Strikers to End the Strike
The Greek Justice ministry called on the hunger strikers who are serving sentences for terrorism-related crimes to stop their protest and asked their doctors to respect their choice not to eat but to intervene immediately in an emergency.
"Doctors in...
Economy
Tsipras Warns Merkel, The Whole Letter: 'Impossible for Greece to Make Payments'
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sent a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on March 15 saying that it is impossible for Greece to fulfill its obligations to lenders unless it gets short-term financial aid.
Financial Times has obtained the...
Greek News
Americans Dream of Vacationing in Greece
If money was not a key issue, then this year, Greece would be filled with thousands of Americans, looking to have a great vacation.
Greece was placed among the top five holiday destinations for tourists traveling from the U.S., according...
Economy
Greek Energy Ministry Amendment Cancels Rises of Special Duty in Electricity Bills
The Greek Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy announced on Sunday it is cancelling the increases in the special duty for the reduction of gas emissions (ETMEAR), which had been decided by Greece’s power regulator RAE, with an...
Australia
MP Luke Simpkins Urges Australia to Recognize FYROM as Macedonia (Video)
Liberal Party Federal Member for Cowan, Luke Simpkins MP during his speech in the Australian Parliament in Canberra on 17 March 2015 urged his colleagues in Government, for Australia to recognize FYROM as the Republic of Macedonia which is...
Greece
03/22/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video
Niki Volos - Panionios 0 - 3
OFI - PAS Giannina 0 - 3
Panaitolikos - Levadiakos 0 - 1 (video)
Panthrakikos - PAOK 3 - 1 (video)
Xanthi - Atromitos 1 - 0 (video)
Asteras Tripolis - Ergotelis 2 - 1 (video)
Olympiakos Piraeus...
Archaeology
Acropolis of Athens Was Built to Withstand Earthquakes, Engineers Say
"This is an incredible construction, using ingenious solutions to insurmountable engineering and construction problems," said Professor of Civil Engineering Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Kyriazis Pitilakis describing the Acropolis and the Parthenon.
The question of how the Acropolis structures and...
Economy
Germany Pushes Greece to Expedite Reforms List
With Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras due to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, Germany is putting more pressure on Greece to expedite reforms.
SPD Parliamentary Group Chairman Thomas Oppermann said that Germany is losing patience with...
Diaspora
Germans Protect Greek Restaurant from Racist Attacks
The Mayor and citizens of Kirchseeon in Germany joined together to support the owners of a Greek restaurant who have been receiving threatening racist letters and phone calls.
Athos restaurant is located in Kirchseeon, a town 35 kilometers outside Munich....