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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday advised Greece's new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras not to promise too much to Greek people because the euro zone will not accept his proposals. In the aftermath of Tsipras' announcement of the new...

President of the Euro Working Group Thomas Wieser and EC financial representative Declan Costello left Athens empty-handed after meeting with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis. According to a Proto Thema report, the two men...

Foreign media reached a conclusion after Alexis Tsipras’ statements in the Greek Parliament on Sunday evening, February 8. The Greek Prime Minister appears determined to put an end to austerity measures, even if that leads to a Grexit. Reuters’ reporter...

Former prime minister Antonis Samaras criticized the new government policy announced yesterday by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and expressed his concerns about the possibility of a Grexit. According to a Real.gr report, Samaras listened in silence to the policy statements...

The notorious "Lagarde List" should include a total of 2,148 names and not the 2,062 that are listed so far, according to a report in Ta Nea newspaper. The Lagarde List is a spreadsheet containing over 2,000 names of possible...

Many Turks have expressed admiration for Alexis Tsipras and the new Greek government that is defying pressures to yield on austerity. According to a report in To Vima newspaper Turkish women, in particular, express support for Tsipras in the social...

Olympiakos emerged unscathed from its big challenge at Toumba, sharing a goalless (0-0) draw with challenger PAOK on Sunday, to remain the huge favorite for another Super League title, although its lead at the top from second-placed Panathinaikos has...

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, in an interview with Italy's RAI 3 public television to be aired on Sunday evening, underlined that “the Greece's government will suggest a New Deal for Europe, like US President Roosevelt had done. A...

Alan Greenspan, former chief of the US Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006, predicted a Grexit. Speaking to BBC, Greenspan said he could not see who would be willing to put up more loans to bolster Greece’s struggling economy. “I believe will...

Greece cannot service its huge debt and will seek a bridge loan rather than an extension of its bailout, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said during the presentation of the new Greek government policy on Sunday night. Tsipras received a warm...

Greek Deputy Defense Minister Kostas Isichos called for an immediate end to the “continuously escalating violence” in Ukraine, announcing that there are plans for Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias to visit Moscow, Kiev and possibly Mariupol, where the presence...

“We should save Greece and Europe from a Grexit option,” Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann underlined in a newspaper interview ahead of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' visit on Monday. In the interview to be published on the Sunday issue of Austrian newspaper “Kurier,”...

Greece is in the center of media attention across the world this week. Reuters published an article on the possible scenarios that may play out over the next days and Thursday’s EU summit. The week will begin with the G20 Finance Ministers'...

The Hellenic Scholarships Foundation awarded young Greek-Canadian scientists that excelled in their studies, for the twenty-sixth consecutive year during an event organized at the McGill University reception hall. The evening was presented by President Dr John Hadjinicolaou and Dr. Eva Kehayia, Physiotherapy...

Dr. Athanasios Angelis, Greek cardiologist at Hippokratio Hospital in Athens, Greece, presented his research regarding erectile dysfunction at the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging in Vienna. According to Angelis, all a man needs to fight the erectile dysfunction problem is...