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The majority of German citizens would like to see Greece remain in the euro zone, an attitude that has changed over the last three years. A new poll conducted for German public television ARD shows that 51 percent of respondents...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated her government's hard stance on Greece's options to renegotiate its bailout program. Germany's leader said that Athens must either fulfill all requirements of the current bailout program, or ask for an extension beyond its expiry...

"My goal is to ensure the country's European course, so I'm here. And of course the stalemate does not help," said New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras after the meeting of the European People's Party. Mr. Samaras was referring to Greece's...

The European Central Bank on Thursday approved additional emergency finance for Greek banks raising the sum earmarked through the Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) to 65 billion euros. In a meeting on Thursday, ECB extended for one week its liquidity assistance...

Greek-American filmmaker Nick Cassavetes is developing a popular Swedish crime Drama, "Brothers in Crime," for Universal Cable Productions. He has teamed up with "The Walking Dead" executive producer Gale Anne Hurd to bring the series to US television. The original plot centers...

Sergio Markarian has been chosen to be the Greek national team's head-coach according to an official statement by the Greek federation (EPO). Nikos Kostenglou will be his assistant. It took them three months but finally the team's technical director Giorgos Karagounis...

It's not the first time that acclaimed cartoonist Carlos Lattuf draws about Greece and the financial drama of its people. However the latest creation of the Brazilian artist has gone viral in Greece and there is a reason. The cartoon...

A glimpse of hope arose in the European Summit as Greece and its partners appeared to find some common ground for a "bridge agreement" between the debt-ridden country and its international lenders. The Greek government agreed to hold talks with...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met in Brussels with Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem on the summit's sidelines and agreed on talks between the technical echelons of the Greek Finance Ministry and the Troika in order to build the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a meeting with his British counterpart David Cameron in Brussels on Thursday, on the sidelines of the EU summit. According to Greek government sources, Cameron said he was closely following the talks concerning Greece's...

Greece's Defense Minister Panos Kammenos concluded his two-day visit to Cyprus on Thursday and returned to Athens. Shortly before his departure, Kammenos and his Cypriot counterpart Christoforos Fokaides had a meeting with the Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian and Overseas Affairs...

The Carers Association of northern Greece (SFBE), based in Thessaloniki, will be collecting medical supplies to send to Ukraine. The Association is looking for mild medical supplies that will help cover the needs of Greeks in Mariupol who are suffering...

A documentary on two young Greeks who decided to record their humanitarian work around Africa, entitled “AfriQuest: Crossing Africa from Cape Town to Cairo” will be presented for the first time on Friday, February 13, at Booze Cooperativa in Athens,...

The famous shipwreck that has become a landmark of the popular beach of Navagio on the Greek island of Zakynthos is about to receive a facelift, if the municipal authority's proposals go through. The island's mayor, Pavlos Kolokotsas, is considering to implement...

“Now is the time to change the policy mix and move forward to those reforms that up until yesterday the previous governments did not have the political will to advance,” Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday said after...