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Greece ’s largest financial source, the European Union’s National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF), will be put on hold for the first time since 1981, when the country joined the Union. According to the Greek newspaper To Vima, the European...

The Greek government reassures the society that there is not problem with the payment of salaries and pensions, according to government sources that added that all the necessary measures have been taken. In an unofficial note the government stated that...

The model of Cyprus might be the best solution for Greece in order to force the government's implementation of the structural reforms it has already agreed to with the country’s creditors. This is what the German magazine Der Spiegel...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras referred to the risk of the rise of the extreme right and populist forces in Europe if the European Union leaders do not respect the democracy, during his meeting with the president of the...

European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen referring to the negotiations with the Greek government said "We want actions not only promises." After the Eurogroup we will see how the disbursements can be held he said when speaking to Real News...

Six of ten Greek citizens think positively of the government's handlings according to an opinion poll conducted by Public Issue for the Sunday edition of Avghi newspaper. According to the opinion poll, 59% of the respondents believe that the government...

The Acropolis Museum will be open free of charge on Wednesday, March 25, to celebrate Greece 's Independence Day, it announced. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the archaeologists-guides will be leading activities for both adults and children as follows: For...

With Greece and its strictest European creditor, Germany, trapped into a new "word battle" game over the terms of Greece's bailout plan, the impersonal financial jargon of the past has changed into barefaced personal attacks, hardening Greek and German people's nationalistic antagonism,...

Missing Greek Student Vangelis Giakoumakis was found dead shortly after 8 a.m. in a swampy area of the Municipal lake of Ioannina, Greece, 800 meters from the Dairy School of Ioannina where he attended. The student's uncle, George Viviedakis, has...

Hundreds of pro-Greece demonstrators in Berlin have demanding solidarity with Greece as they marched from the German finance ministry to the city’s historical Brandenberg Gate. The protesters said they were supporting the Greek government, elected on a pledge to roll...

The long standing dispute regarding Germany's war reparations toward Greece have once again topped news headlines in both countries, amid a “cold” period in their relations. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has once again ruled out the possibility of a...

Greek Deputy Culture Minister Nikos Xydakis has earlier ruled out the possibility of a potential new funding in support of the Amphipolis excavation. While in a visit on site, where he was toured by archaeologist Katerina Peristeri, the Minister was asked...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes the Eurozone can bear a possible Grexit but worries about geopolitics, German senior officials said, according to Euro Insight. Europe’s Iron Lady appears determined to prevent Greece’s exit from the single currency by accident,...

His belief that if Greece is forced to exit the Eurozone, a domino effect will begin, sweeping off Spain and Italy, expressed Greek Defense Minister and junior coalition government partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos. In an interview to German newspaper Bild,...

The causes of the Greek problem are not to be tracked in Brussels, Europe or Germany. They should be tracked in Greece because it had been living above its capabilities for a long time, said German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in...