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His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America is in Selma to join President Barack Obama and other leaders to commemorate the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" and the March on Selma. Archbishop Demetrios, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in...

The international Press and social media have met with scorn Greece's proposal to use undercover non-professional tax inspectors in order to fight tax evasion. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis proposed that "students, housekeepers and even tourists" could be employed...

Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos came under fire over the weekend from Ankara, which accused him of having a “provocative attitude” toward Turkey. The Turkish Foreign Ministry announcement: "We consider the recent actions and statements, which are raising the tensions...

The issue in the negotiations with Greece's creditors is not whether to apply the reforms or not, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said from Venice on Saturday, but what process will be followed. Speaking on the sidelines of a...

The Turkish-Cypriot community objected to halloumi cheese protected designation of origin (PDO) status and claims a separate production control mechanism in the Turkish-occupied territories. Cyprus first made an application to secure PDO status for halloumi cheese in July 2014. Halloumi is...

Convicted Greek terrorist Christodoulos Xeros was transferred from the Domokos prison in central Greece to the Agia prison on the southern Aegean island of Crete on Saturday morning. Xeros, convicted for his participation in terrorist group "November 17" and other terrorist involvement,...

Greek bankers estimate that the amount of non performing loans created in the first two months of 2015 amount to 2 billion euros. This is twice the amount of new bad loans created in the last two months of 2014,...

64% of Greek people think positively of the new government's course so far, according to an opinion poll for newspaper "Efimerida ton Syntakton" published on Saturday, while 31.4% see it negatively/probably negatively. Asked in addition, "Are you happy by the progress...

New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras will once again see his leadership challenged when he will meet with the party's political committee on Sunday. After a long meeting of the New Democracy parliamentary group where Samaras tried to affirm his position as the...

Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias said that jihadists will flock in Europe if Greek economy crumbles. Kotzias spoke during an unofficial meeting of European Union Foreign Ministers in Riga, Latvia. He stressed Greece's geopolitical importance in the Balkans...

Food for Thought Network invites you to a special event celebrating International Women’s Day. The topic is Girls and Education. Distinguished guests to provide the keynote address are: Greek-Australian State Minister for Families and Children and Minister for Youth Affairs Jenny Mikakos...

Those who foresaw a "credit event" and Greece's financial destruction were proven wrong once again, the country's government said on Friday. It reiterated that the Eurogroup will start processing the country's reform proposals on Monday. Among other things, the government said...

Greek opposition "To Potami" urged the government on Friday to end uncertainty and its huge cost on the economy and citizens by making the necessary decisions at Monday’s Eurogroup. "The credit crunch can lead to uncontrollable situations. It’s time to make...

The Greek government will table a draft bill to parliament on Monday regarding the reopening of former public broadcaster ERT. The bill will include provisions for the return of employees laid off in 2013, when the New Democracy-led coalition government...

The Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee will be holding a major new fundraising event - the Lemnos Gallipoli Photographic Exhibition. The exhibition showcases forty of the most important images from the photographic record of Lemnos' role in the Anzac story. This photographic archive is...