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The issue of the privatization of the port authorities of Piraeus and Thessaloniki has been the subject of disagreement between the ministries of finance and shipping. A senior finance ministry official said on Monday that the ministry is in favor...

Two siblings fighting over inheritance issues were involved in a crime that took place today in Korydallos, in Piraeus, Greece. The incident which occurred today, February 10 early in the morning resulted in the murder of two people. The tragic...

British Finance Minister George Osborne late on Monday spoke of the increasing danger of a miscalculation leading to a "very bad outcome" between Greece and the euro zone, Bloomberg reports. Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg Television, the British official...

"Genesis" is the name of the first Greek doctors association operating in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The association was founded at the end of 2014 and was officially presented just a week ago in a packed Dusseldorf Municipality hall....

A police and emergency rescue unit (EMAK) succeeded in extricating seven irregular migrants from an islet in the Evros River in northern Greece where they had been abandoned by a migrant trafficker. Authorities used two boats to transport the migrants...

Two Greek-Australian artists were included on “The Power Trip 2015” list of “The 50 Most Powerful People in Australian Art.” Barry Keldoulis, a Sydney gallery owner, curator and Sydney Contemporary Art Fair and Melbourne Art Fair director, took the...

Shortly after taking office as the next Greek Finance Minister, Yianis Varoufakis requested the help of financial advisory Lazard in order to deal with the negotiations regarding Greece’s public debt which has reached 176% of GDP. Matthieu Pigasse, head of...

The demand for gold coins has increased significantly in Greece over the last three months, as Greek investors are looking for a “safe haven” in light of the country’s political instability, notes the British Royal Mint. According to Bloomberg, the...

Defense Minister and president of junior coalition partner ANEL, Panos Kammenos, said that Greece has a Plan B in case negotiations with its European partners fail. He said that Greece can turn to the U.S., Russia or China for...

Snowfall and freezing temperatures have hampered traffic in several parts of the country as a result of the new wave of bad weather that has hit Greece as of early Monday. Snow chains are necessary in the region of...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will announce the name of the candidate for president of the Hellenic republic this weekend. The presidential election procedure has been pushed back due to negotiations on the debt issue. According to information from close associates...

Greeks in Germany are calling on all the Diaspora members and European citizens to support the Greek government’s struggle against international creditors. Using the slogan “Europe with Democracy and Solidarity” they have organized a campaign through social media, in support of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt8kAJmq6ww US President Barack Obama said he looks forward to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's appraisal of the financial situation in Greece as well as the ways to achieve growth. At a joint press conference, after a meeting held between the...

Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kassoulides ruled out earlier today the possibility of a future installation of Russian naval or military bases in Cyprus' territory. Talking on the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, he denied that an...

His opinion that Europe has lost the necessary balance between the markets and state institutions expressed Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis in an article published in Greek newspaper "Efimerida Ton Syntakton." As he highlighted, ever since the northern European...