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Crime
Prosecutor Calls Greek Soccer Chiefs Over Violent Attack on Referee
A prosecutor has called the chiefs of two of Greece's biggest soccer clubs and the head of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) to answer questions regarding the violent attack against a referee last week.
The attack that resulted in the serious...
Economy
ECB's Draghi Says Greece Reaping Reform Benefits
AP - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi says Greece is starting to reap the rewards from its wide-ranging economic reforms.
Addressing lawmakers of the European Parliament on Monday, Draghi highlighted the fact that Greece was the fastest-growing economy in...
Archaeology
New Video of Antikythera Shipwreck Treasures
A new video of the Antikythera ancient shipwreck has been released by kithera.gr showing the impressive underwater findings.
The video is seven minutes long and presents all important information regarding the findings so far, along with the historical facts pertaining...
Crime
Leader of Greek Party Probed for €6 Million in Defense Kickbacks
Leader of People's Orthodox Party (LAOS) Giorgos Karatzaferis is facing serious charges of money laundering and receiving kickbacks from arms supplies during the tenure of Akis Tsochatzopoulos as Defense Minister.
Karatzaferis is facing three felony charges if the probe conducted...
Australia
Greeks Rescue Historic Building in Melbourne
Loco Hall, a historic building in North Melbourne that was originally built in 1914, was saved thanks to the Panarcadian Association of Melbourne “O Kolokotronis.”
During its 100 years of operation, the building has served as a movie theater and the Locomotive Association...
Europe
British Cypriots Protest Against Occupied Cyprus Regime
While British Cypriots protested 31 years of the self-proclaimed, illegal regime in occupied Cyprus this weekend, Turkish boats continued a recently initiated illegal survey of Cyprus waters in the island’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
Picketing the Turkish Embassy in London last...
Economy
Troika Delay Evaluation Date
The troika of international lenders have not yet set the date for when they will visit Athens to complete the evaluation of Greece's bailout program.
William Murray, deputy spokesman of the International Money Fund said, "I do not have a date...
Greece
Greek Lawyers on a Three Day Strike
Lawyers around Greece will hold a three-day warning strike from November 19-21 to protest against the draft bill on amendments to the Civil Procedure Code submitted to Parliament by the Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Minister Charalambos Athanassiou.
"After reading...
Art
Delacroix’s ‘Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi’ at Los Angeles Museum
The people and visitors of Los Angeles will have the great opportunity of seeing one of the most famous paintings of Eugene Delacroix, the 19th Century French Romantic painter. "Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi," painted in 1826, depicts...
Australia
Goody’s Chain Goes to Australia
The first Goody's Burger House restaurant in Australia will open soon on the ground floor of the newly built Greek Cultural Centre in downtown Melbourne.
The Greek community of Melbourne confirmed that the best offer for the ground floor of...
Greece
Police Arrest Men Involved in Kidnapping of 27-year-old Woman, Third Kidnapper Missing
Greek police have arrested the kidnappers of a 27-year-old woman, who was abducted on October 31 and released on November 9 after her family paid €82,000 in ransom. The 27-year-old is the niece of the owner of Asteras Tripoli’s...
Greece
Greek PM Samaras: We are Doing Everything to Reduce Debt
In an article published in the Sunday edition of Greek daily newspaper Kathimerini, Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, highlighted that his government is doing whatever is possible to reduce the country's debt. In an indirect attack to main opposition party...
Greece
President Papoulias and Greek Govt Parties; Messages Leading to Polytechnic Uprising Anniversary
In an anniversary message leading up to the Polytechnic Uprising celebrations, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias, underlined the significance of the event, which is timeless, commenting that there is nothing more powerful than the passion for...
Greece
Govt VP Venizelos: Greece Ready to Prevent an Incident with Turkey
In an interview with Sunday newspaper Real News, the Greek government's Vice President and Foreign Minister, Evangelos Venizelos expressed his confidence that Greece is ready to prevent a possible incident with Turkey if things get out of hand.
"We are...
Australia
Greek Tourism Organization, Promo Video Infuriates Australia
Australian media is far from happy with Greece's National Tourism Organization's (EOT) latest promotion video entitled "Visit Greece: Gods Myths, Heroes" in which an Australian landmark -- the infamous beach of the Twelve Apostles -- is featured. "The Greeks...