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Local residents and tourists are gradually destroying Lalaria, an impressive beach on the Greek island of Skiathos that is famous across the world for its natural beauty. It has been noted that locals take the white pebbles from the beach to...

Fifty young Greeks living abroad, aged 15 to 17, will arrive this summer in Greece to spend time in the distant homeland of their ancestors under a hospitality program launched by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The young Greeks will...

According to the Turkish Cypriot newspaper Africa, a Turkish Cypriot citizen named Eray Ozer has been searching for the Greek Cypriot owners of the property currently in his possession, to return it to them. He was granted the property by the...

A draft bill limiting the State funding that Greek parliamentary political parties receive, as well as abolishing anonymous donations they collect via coupons, was posted on Thursday in the electronic system of internal distribution of the Greece 's Parliament. The draft bill,...

A 57-year-old female employee of the Greek government agency responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement and an accountant were arrested for bribery in Athens. The tax officer had approached an 80-year-old businessman who wanted to close his business and clear...

According to figures released by Eurostat in Brussels on Thursday, Greek unemployment stood at 27.3% in April. The unemployment rate in the euro zone reached 11.5% in June, down from 11.6% in May, while in the EU it declined...

Russia may impose new food import restrictions next week, reports said on Thursday, in what could be responses to new Western sanctions over Moscow's support of rebels in Ukraine. The country has already announced several food import bans following Western...

About 65% of European citizens believe that they are contributing members of the wider European Community. However, in some countries the number is significantly lower. According to preliminary data of a survey conducted by Eurobarometer and released by the EU, citizens in three...

Retail sales were lower during the second week of the summer discount season compared to the first week, according to a Greek commerce confederation (ESEE) survey. ESEE said that 29 percent of merchants that participated in the survey were not...

A glamorous evening filled with music took place Wednesday night in Mykonos. Greek singer Antonis Remos sang with world-famous Julio Iglesias in a special event attended by many Greek celebrities in the most cosmopolitan island in Greece. The beach of Psarou -- that was transformed...

In an extensive article about what happened on Wednesday, July 30, after the court decision to acquit the accused farmers who shot at and injured 28 strawberry pickers from Bangladesh in Manolada, British newspaper The Guardian spoke with members...

September will be a crucial month for developments, noted Greek Government Vice President, Foreign Minister and PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos speaking before an audience of PASOK members, without further determining the kind of developments he foresees. Venizelos insisted there will...

Former Golden Dawn MP Stathis Boukouras -- now independent -- who is one of the defendants in the GD criminal organization case, will remain in custody pending his trial, as was announced Wednesday. Two decisions issued by the Court of Appeals Judicial Council rejected...

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is proud to announce that, after 10 months of intensive work following the achievement of the first construction milestone in September 2013, and with strict adherence to the project’s construction schedule, the...

The former residence of Pink Floyd band member David Gilmour in Rhodes, has been listed for sale by its current owners for €1.100.000 (about $1.5M). The Art Nouveau mansion that once hosted many of Gilmour's celebrity friends, today belongs to...