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Greece and Cyprus could play the “bridge role” between the EU and a country such as Russia, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias told Russian foreign-language news agency Sputnik in an interview. “We’ve never waged wars against each other, there have...

Greece 's Health Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis, speaking on Tuesday to private Mega and ANT1 TV stations, clarified that he is in favor of the insured paying part of their medicine cost based on income criteria. "There will be no increase...

SYRIZA MP Costas Lapavitsas wrote an article in The Guardian claiming that austerity in Greece will not end as long as the country remains in the euro zone. Lapavitsas is an economics professor at London's School of Oriental and African...

  Inflation is a disease that can wreck a society, Milton Friedman, the late Nobel laureate economist, once said. Add rising unemployment to the diagnosis, and his profession ascribes a rather non-technical term to the debilitating effect on people: misery. That...

A man who was in Diavata prison for a triple homicide that took place in Oreokastro, Thessaloniki, northern Greece two months ago committed suicide in his cell. The man had been imprisoned after he murdered his sister, brother-in-law and...

The revocation of a Notam by Turkey, which designated an area in the Aegean Sea as an area for military exercises and as a firing range starting Monday and until December 31, was revoked following Greek demarches to the...

Actress and former adult film star Sasha Grey (real name: Marina Ann Hantzis) has been the subject of a huge controversy in Russia's involvement in the Ukrainian Crisis. As part of a Russian propaganda campaign, a video was uploaded to social...

Experts have recorded fluctuations in the year’s records regarding the seasonal flu which has caused 72 deaths, as of Monday afternoon, March 2. Another 28 people are being hospitalized in intensive care units with severe complications. Since last December when...

The economic reform proposals that Greece 's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will present to the Eurogroup next week were discussed at a Government Economic Policy Council meeting held at the finance ministry on Monday, chaired by government Vice-President Yiannis...

The Minister of Finances Yanis Varoufakis appeared on Star Channel on Monday, where he talked about the upcoming Eurogroup next Monday, where he will be presenting six reforms. These reforms will form the basis of discussion between Greece and...

The Greek government's efforts to restructure the tax system have created confusion among taxpayers as various ministers make statements that contradict each other. At the same time, Athens is trying to attach a price to a package of measures...

The Eurozone Ministers of Finance are not considering the possibility of a third bailout for Greece , argued Simone Boitelle -' spokeswoman for Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem -' in response to earlier comments by the Spanish Finance Minister. On Monday,...

Famous Greek lyricist Lina Nikolakopoulou was present in two concerts organized in her honor in Astoria and Princeton University. During an interview Press Office of the Greek Permanent Representation to the UN and the Consulate General in New York...

The gastronomical journey that took place in six Italian cities -- Milan, Bologna, Pesaro, Rome, Florence and Turin -- was possible thanks to the cooperation of tour operator Eden Viaggi and Greek hotel chain Aldemar Hotels. This year's event...

While Greece was struggling to get its proposed reform measures accepted by the European Commission (EC) in order to succeed the extension of its bailout program, the European Central Bank (ECB) renewed its long-standing tough love vows with Athens, releasing new €20...