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The new Greek government has not formally approached the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to table its proposals, according to the organization's spokesperson, Gerry Rice. Rice said there is no official dialogue between the Greek government and IMF. “Therefore, we can neither assess the...

The Political Secretariat of newly-elected SYRIZA issued its first statement since the party's victory on the January 25 Greek general elections. The statement emphasized the support toward the governmental policy as well as its intention to stay on the path...

A 4.4-magnitude earthquake has hit south of the island of Crete, Greece, according to a preliminary reading by the Athens Geodynamic Institute. The tremor struck at 6:18 p.m. local time on Thursday, with the epicenter at 5km (3.1 miles)...

Addressing the first meeting of SYRIZA's parliamentary group, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras promised the coalition government that his party will engage in tough negotiations and put a final end to the Troika and its policies. He stressed that...

New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras on Thursday, during the first meeting of the party's parliamentary group after the January 25 elections, expressed his concern over the recent developments and defended his policy while criticizing the new Greek government's...

Greek banks will not have any liquidity problems following the European Central Bank's (ECB) decision not to accept Greek bonds as collateral, as banks will use the Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) mechanism, JP Morgan said on Thursday. The US investment bank...

Greece's newly appointed Alternate Minister of Migration Policy Tasia Christodoulopoulou introduced the Ministry's initiative policies regarding migration. Among others, the program includes granting Greek citizenship to second generation migrants who were born and raised in Greece, as well as...

Greek National Defense Minister Panos Kammenos held a brief meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg yesterday in Brussels, a day ahead of the Alliance Defense Ministers' meeting to be held today and which Kammenos could not attend due to...

The situation in Ukraine and other international matters, such as the South Stream and Turkish Stream pipeline projects, dominated a telephone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras earlier on Thursday, the Kremlin announced. Putin invited...

Greece must negotiate with the troika of international lenders on the basis of the bailout program, said German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, after the meeting with his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis in Berlin today. The two officials did not come to...

Greek-American former CIA analyst and case officer John Kiriakou was released on Tuesday, February 3, after spending two years in prison. Kiriakou, originating from the Greek island of Rhodes, was imprisoned for disclosing confidential documents to journalists, regarding CIA’s torture methods...

The Greek government reacted to the European Central Bank's decision to stop accepting Greek bonds as collateral for its liquidity operations on February 11 and Athens announced that it will stay true to the popular mandate and will not...

The members of the new Greek Parliament took the oath of office on Thursday, February 5, in the presence of Archbishop Ieronymos. The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece performed the standard benediction, and then the parliament members swore...

The Greek police cyber-crime unit faced an unprecedented case. For the first time they arrested a young man from Thessaloniki, northern Greece who was not only searching and distributing child pornography, he was also creating his own videos and...

"The only thing we ask for is not to be put under pressure by means of an ultimatum. To give us time until the end of May or the beginning of summer to be able to put our suggestions...