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Main opposition New Democracy (ND) on Thursday criticized the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for maintaining a hypocritical stance towards the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), saying it was the ND-led government which first cooperated with the...

Greece must help itself because a Grexit or a Grexident is not ruled out, said German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble speaking on Austrian television on Thursday. As the verbal exchange between Schaeuble and Athens continues, the German finance minister spoke...

The main building of the School of Law in downtown Athens, Greece, has been occupied by a group of anarchists, who have issued a statement with demands. The invaders, reportedly members of a so-called anti-state movement, told the students...

The demarche made to the German government by Greece was not based on misinterpretation, Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Constantinos Koutras said on Thursday, in response to a German journalist’s question on the matter. "It was very mistakenly reported by a...

Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis has proved once again that in Greek politics, a Minister doesn't necessarily need to have any idea of the portfolio he is getting. Either that, or Mr. Kontonis lives on another planet. A planet where football,...

Greek director Costas Vakkas will present a different, radical version of Greek migrants’ history in the US through his documentary “Dan Georgakas: A Diaspora Rebel,” which will be screened at the 17th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. In an interview, Greek-American poet, writer,...

Cypriot Parliament President Yannakis Omirou commented on the reaction of both the United States and the United Kingdom regarding President Nicos Anastasiades' latest official visit to Russia, where he held talks with his counterpart Vladimir Putin, signing a number...

Greece 's former Finance Minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou declared self "innocent" in his apology today before the Special Court, where he is being tried for the infamous Lagarde List scandal. Moreover, he expressed his displeasure for his party's (PASOK) stance...

The European Court of Human Rights has earlier today ordered Greece to pay a total of 82,600 euros in compensation to five applicants, who had sued the country regarding their detention conditions in some of Greece's largest prisons; Korydallos, Larissa and Diavata. The...

Alexis Tsipras risks leading Greece to disaster and the clock is ticking down, said a Wall Street Journal report. Commentator Simon Nixon said that from the moment Alexis Tsipras forced snap elections and since the six weeks he became Prime Minister,...

At a time when the relations between Athens and Berlin seem to reach bottom, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble characterized the accusations that he described his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis as "foolishly naive," after a Brussels Eurogroup meeting on Monday...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras traveled to Paris today, where he met with OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) Secretary General Angel Gurria in order to discuss a possible Organization event taking place in Greece and focusing on...

Today, the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to increase the maximum amount of Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) that Greek banks can receive from the country's central bank by a further 600 million euros. The decision was made following a teleconference held...

The House of Representatives and the Senate of the Australian state of Victoria recently honored a Greek-Australian citizen who had been working as an electrician for almost 50 years. Electrician Yiannis Tremoulas received a special parliamentary tribute for his 48...

The latest poll shows that US viewers want Greek-American comedienne Tina Fey to become the new host of "The Daily Show"! Jon Stewart has announced his departure from the hit Comedy Central news parody series, and rumors about replacements have been circulating for...