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The decision for the establishment of Greece’s first hydroplane airport was signed on Monday, December 22, by the Minister of Mercantile Marine and Aegean, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, and the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Transportation and Networks, Michalis Papadopoulos. The hydroplane airport will be built in...

Through February 1, 2015, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art features sixteen brilliant masterpieces of El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos). The exhibition "El Greco in New York," which apotheosizes the grand artistic footprint of the extraordinary Greek painter, marks four hundred years after his death and includes...

Greece was the tourist destination showing the largest increase in demand in Germany. More than two million German tourists traveled to Greece by plane over the summer, according to the German statistical office. In fact, 2,060,000 Germans made the trip...

Queen Elizabeth of England has recently sent a birthday card to Eleni Stamelou, member of the Greek Diaspora in Perth, Australia, in order to commemorate the latter’s 108th birthday. Stamelou was born in Euboea, Greece, in 1906, and currently lives...

Amirah Droudis, the Greek-Australian girlfriend of the Sydney cafe siege shooter, had her bail revoked after a magistrate decided that her being at large is an "unacceptable risk." The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had asked for Droudis' bail conditions to be reviewed...

Greek filmmaker Costis Mitsotakis has been living in the small Spanish village of Sodeto for the last 8 years. He moved to Spain in order to be close to his girlfriend at the time who was a local. However, his break-up was...

"Panoply" is a modern technology project that aims to bring ancient Greek myths to life. Animator Steve K. Simmons and his wife, Sonya Nevin, have been using scenes presented in various ancient Greek vases in order to create short...

Programs totaling 19 billion euros were approved for Greece by the National Strategic Reference Framework (ESPA) for the 2014-2020 period. The main sectors the funds will be distributed to are manufacturing, tourism, energy and the agricultural/food industry. Other sectors that show...

A SYRIZA win in the predicted Greek snap elections can trigger changes that may put an end to austerity throughout Europe, says a Guardian article. "If the radical leftist party SYRIZA does indeed triumph in a possible snap poll in the...

The environment ministry backed down on a bill seen as compromising legislation that protects Greek forests and the old Athens quarter of Plaka. The controversial bill facilitated the declassification of forests and wooded areas and protected areas. The bill deemed...

In an announcement released on Sunday evening, main opposition SYRIZA rejected Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ public call for consensus and his proposal to broaden the government’s composition until the next national elections, to take place by the end...

A 15-minute, four-goal spree by Olympiacos midway through the second half, turned a fragile 1-0 lead into a 5-0 rout for the defending champions over host Kalloni in the Greek league on Saturday (video). Captain Yannis Maniatis opened the scoring...

Thirteen Greek shipowners are featured in LLoyd's list of the "100 Most Influential People in Shipping" for 2014. Greek shipping is on top again as the Greek-owned fleet is the largest in the world in gross tonnage, ahead of China and...

The prosecution will decide tomorrow whether Giorgos Apostopoulos attempted to bribe Independent Greeks (ANEL) MP Pavlos Chaikalis to vote in favor of the nominee in the Presidential election. According to iefimerida.gr, prosecutors Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos and Isidoros Doghiakos have already reached...

As the 2014-15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague preliminary group stages came to an end, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos prepare for the next chapter where they will be paired up with the tournament's top-16 clubs in Europe. Group D's top finisher Olympiacos will...