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A study conducted by Infobank Hellastat S.A. lists the 15 Greek companies with the highest growth rate between 2009 and 2012. According to the study, the success of the companies has been attributed to high export and import activity, continuous...

There is no shortage of evidence showing Golden Dawn members engaged in paramilitary training and using firearms, but now Greece's justice department has managed to procure a large amount of photographs and videos from the personal files of Golden Dawn’s MPs which show...

Greece's court of appeal has handed down a reduced sentence to former government minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos for false declaration of wealth regarding a property on Dionysiou Areopagitou Street in downtown Athens. Tsochatzopoulos, in jail for the crime since his April 2013 conviction, received a revised five-and-a-half...

The cabinet secretary Takis Baltakos -- closest aide to Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras -- offered his resignation following the release of a video by the neonazi Golden Dawn party showing the Greek aide engaging in what appears to...

Public buildings and also private homes and businesses in Athens will open their doors to the public next weekend under the project "Open House Athens" that will be celebrating the cityʼs architecture and design. The Open House project started in London in...

The Ethics Committee of the Greek Parliament voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of three members of the neo-nazi Golden Dawn party, Konstantinos Barbarousis, Polybius Zissimopoulos and Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos. Barbarousis and Alexopoulos submitted a written report, while Zissimopoulos appeared before the...

The Greek 16-year-old Giorgos Karagounis won first prize in a clarinet music competition held in Bulgaria. The young musician who has won many awards on both international and national levels, participated in the clarinet category of the competition along with...

Angela Merkel will be arriving in Athens at the end of next week to express her support for the government of Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. According to the German newspaper, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Merkel will be arriving in Greece on Friday,...

The journalist Thalia Hounta who was missing over a week, without having given any signs of life, finally returned home, reported her husband and well-known lawyer Nikos Mpouras. Mpouras immediately contacted the Greek police authorities who called the journalist in...

The Greek authorities were deeply concerned about the well-being of approximately 5,000 Greeks who live in Chile, after a tremendous earthquake with a magnitude of 8.2 on the Richter scale struck the country. Fortunately, the Greek embassy of Chile...

PASOK's once-dominant Socialist party is in almost completely disarray in the aftermath of its former leader and previous Greek premier George Papandreou in an almost-open rebellion against the current leader, Evangelos Venizelos. Papandreou voted against a key banking article in...

The Greek Australian croesus, Kostas Makris, can now be considered as the King of the famous Gold Coast in Australia, after having bought the most expensive properties in the area. Makris, one of the wealthiest residents of Australia and the...

After being locked out of the bond markets for almost four years during a crushing economic crisis, Greece is set to make a wary return in the next few months by issuing a small offer it hopes will attract...

Mayor of Famagusta, Alexis Galanos stated that a Good Friday service will be held at the church Saint George Eksorinos, for the first time since 1957. The historic service was announced after Mayor Galanos met with the Turkish Cypriot Mayor of...

The possibility of the EU further expanding the sanctions against Russia over the Ukrainian crisis has caused serious concern amongst various producers and exporters in Greece as daily To Vima online reports today. A meeting at the Foreign Affairs...