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Political uncertainty is the country’s main issue, Greek government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos said on Friday addressing the Democratic Bloc Secretariat meeting. He explained that this uncertainty makes negotiation even more difficult and provides lenders with arguments, when the main...

Greek-Australian politician and Labor Party member Jenny Mikakos was sworn as Minister for Families, Children and Youth Affairs in Daniel Andrews’ Victorian state cabinet, on Thursday, December 4. After the elections on Saturday, November 29, Premier Daniel Andrews set a new...

Greece will be allowed to participate in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, as state broadcaster NERIT became an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Greece's participation in the 2015 competition was at stake since NERIT was not a...

The decision of the British Museum to "lend" a sculpture of the Parthenon Marbles to an exhibition held in St. Petersburg is a challenge for Greeks, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Friday in a statement. The last British doctrine...

The Bank of Greece refuted earlier today a report by German financial newspaper Handelsblatt that the troika of international lenders gave an ultimatum to Greece that the European Central Bank will stop liquidity to Greek banks unless Athens and...

The talks between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Vice PresidentEvangelos Venizelos at Maximos Mansion ended at around 11:00 a.m. today, but the two men declined to make announcements to the Press. Samaras and Venizelos discussed the negotiations with the...

Thanks to technology we are able to witness how the beautiful Greek island of Santorini was formed over thousands of years. An amazing video, entitled “Santorini through the Ages” was recently uploaded on Vimeo, showing the different forming changes that...

Greek-Australian journalist, Mario Christodoulou, received this year’s Gold Walkey Award, along with Australian journalists Deb Masters and Fairfax Media’s Adele Ferguson. The Gold Walkey Awards is the most prestigious award for Australian journalism and the recipients are chosen...

The public prosecutor investigating allegations of possible MP bribery has summoned Giorgos Soukouris, who was named by Independent Greeks MP Stavroula Xoulidou, to testify in the case as a suspect on Monday. According to Xoulidou, he had hinted that...

A group of 15-20 men wearing hoods attacked the Vyronas police station throwing molotov cocktails at around 10:30 p.m. the evening of December 4. The men attacked the station on Agiou Dimitriou street suddenly and fled immediately. The fire from...

Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks took a break from their busy acting schedule yesterday to host the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, together with President Obama and his family. The ceremony took place at 4:30 PM in President's Park, near the...

A part of the Parthenon Marbles exhibited at the British Museum will travel for the first time ever, but not to its place of origin. The marble sculpture will be loaned to Russia's State Hermitage Museum from this Saturday...

Many Greek-Australian women participated in the breast cancer information day that was organized by the Breast Cancer Network of Australia in cooperation with the Greek Community of Melbourne and the Australian Social Welfare. The day's main speakers were Oncology...

Starting today, the Greek coalition government enters a "hot" five-day period in which it has to fight several hard battles on different fronts. The most important battle is the one against the Troika of Greece's international lenders who seem to...

The possibility of extending Greece 's bailout program by six months, to mid 2015, is being considered by the Eurozone Finance Ministers, according to a document obtained by Reuters, while Athens insists it is only discussing an extension of a...