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Greece has completed work on terms for an invitation to investors to express interest in a 67% stake in Piraeus Port Authority. Minister of shipping and the Aegean, said in a statement yesterday that the terms will be presented to...

The Environment, Energy and Climate Change ministry on Thursday released for public consultation the legislative regulation concerning the urban redesigning of the area which the new AEK football stadium is to be built in the Athens, Greece, district of...

More than 30 young people from Italy, Portugal, Romania and Greece will be meeting in Thessaloniki from February 20 to 22, in order to participate in the international workshop The European Youth Capital 2014, organized by the city of...

The Greek George Tellos, who was responsible for the stage lighting of many Greek theatrical shows, is the lighting designer and director of photography in Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia. Tellos is responsible for the stage lighting of the medal awards...

According to the Greek Union of Insurance Companies, 730,000 vehicles in Greece are in circulation without insurance. A committee, including representatives of the Public Order, Transport, Finance Ministries and the Greek Union of Insurance Companies, after examining the databases of the...

The hoteliers of Athens are optimistic about the future. Their optimism is based on the data which was modified by Athens-Attica & Argosaronic Hotel Association and GBR Consulting. In a press conference, they presented the data that showed that...

The president of Olympiacos FC, Vangelis Marinakis, who had promised to help earthquake victims in Cephalonia in any way possible, is making his statement a reality. True to his promise, Marinakis, stated that the team will donate 500,000 euros...

Costas Kounnas, a Cypriot physicist won the Humbolt Research Award and is planning on collaborating on a new research project with string theorist and Professor at Ludwig Maximillians University in Munich, Dieter Lüst. According to the press release: “Professor Costas...

In a recent study, the European think tank Bruegel, argues that Greece will soon have to take up a new bailout package of €40 billion, or freeze any payments to the eurozone until 2030. The influential Brussels-based research institute, which...

Four Bulgarians, two women, 40 and 54 years old and two men 38 and 39 years old, were arrested on Tuesday, February 19, in Athens, Greece. They were members of a child trafficking circuit. A 31-year-old woman is also...

The euro area will take any decisions on Greece’s debt in the second half of 2014, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Thursday during a hearing of the Europarliament Economic Affairs Committee. “There may still be way ahead but there...

During the visit of Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos to the capital of FYROM, Skopje, earlier on Thursday, the Greek minister was greeted by nationalists pertaining to the radical groups “World Macedonian Congress” and “Association of the Aegean Children,”...

The Informal EU Defense Meeting will be held at the Zappeion Megaron in Athens, on February 20 and 21, 2014. The meeting will be chaired by the Greek Minister of National Defense Dimitris Avramopoulos, as Greece currently holds the rotating...

In celebration of the  Greek EU Presidency from January to June 2014 and the enduring ties between Greek and British culture, six poems by Greek, British and Irish poets will be posted in the London underground from February 24 to...

The flu has been spreading rapidly in Greece and two more persons have died due to flu-related complications the last 24 hours, increasing the deaths to 48. Moreover, on Thursday, February 20, two new flu cases have been transferred...