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Tourists, students and housekeepers are going to be called, among others, to deal with Greece’s long standing tax evasion problem, according to Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’ seven economic reforms list, in order to unlock the 7.2-billion-euro bailout assistance....

Bill Murray took out friends George Clooney and Sofia Coppola to Taverna Kyclades in Queens, New York, bringing A-list attention to the restaurant's delicious Greek food. The actor has always enjoyed Greek cuisine and decided to take out director friend...

Former Greek Employment Minister in Costas Karamanlis' cabinet and spokesperson during 1992-1993 under Konstantinos Mitsotakis, New Democracy MP Vasilis Magginas passed away Friday morning at the age of 66. Magginas, who recently faced minor health issues, undergone a routine hernia operation...

From grievous to simple bodily harm converted an Athens court the charges against extreme right Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris for the attack against Greek Communist Party (KKE) MP Liana Kanelli that took place during a live TV show...

On Friday, March 6, on the occasion of the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence, students, teachers and parents across Greece will discuss and exchange opinions, beliefs and experiences on the global phenomenon called bullying. Furthermore, they...

The Greek airports of Athens, Heraklion, Chania, Mykonos and Thessaloniki were included on the list of European airports with the highest performance in terms of increase in passenger traffic. According to the International Airports Council International Europe (ACI EUROPE) report,...

The administrative inquiry completed today, Friday, March 6, mentioned that Vangelis Giakoumakis, the student who went missing on February 6 in Ioannina, northern Greece, was being continuously bullied by his peers. The inquiry conducted in the Dairy School of Ioannina...

With Greece facing a serious liquidity problem, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has asked for a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. However, the European official replied that he will wait for Monday's Eurogroup results before he meets with...

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis sent the seven reforms list of the Greek economy to Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem, referring mainly to "real structure reforms" and not structural ones. In detail, the reforms list includes the following: Activation of the Fiscal Council...

His certainty that Greece would be in a position to receive payment earlier than scheduled if its list of reforms is approved by the institutions and the reforms are implemented earlier, expressed German Finance Ministry spokesperson Martin Jaeger. On...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has accused the European Central Bank (ECB) of holding a noose around the country's neck, amid his government's attempts to avert bankruptcy this month. In an interview to German magazine Der Spiegel, Tsipras urged...

"Through My Eyes: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Flushing, New York" is a collection of newspaper articles written by journalist/photographer Catherine Tsounis from 1987-2014. Her writings are eyewitness accounts, the raw material for future studies. The book will be...

Several key SYRIZA members are disgruntled over the presumed compromises Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis have made in the negotiations on the Greek debt so far. Some even talk of a referendum and general elections. Parliament...

“We clinched an agreement, which is not fully reflected in the reactions of the European Central Bank,” Greece 's Government Vice President Yiannis Dragasakis late on Thursday told ANT1 TV. He said that the message that ECB had been sending...

Greece repaid the first 310-million-euro installment of a loan from the International Monetary Fund due in March, a government source told Reuters on Friday. The country is facing a serious liquidity problem before Monday's Eurogroup that will decide if the...