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A light earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale was recorded at 9.58 on Thursday at the region of Amfikleia, central Greece. According to the Geodynamics Institute, the quake's epicenter was located 115 km northwest of Athens. The tremor was also...

A couple who had been in custody since May 2013, were involved in a case that shocked all of Greece. A 50-year-old man form Patras, was repeatedly raping his three children, a boy and two girls, forcing the boy to...

Two former members of New Democracy who were ejected from the ruling party after refusing to obey orders to vote for austerity measures have joined forces to create their own party, another in a grouping of challengers to the...

  An Athens prosecutor is investigating Greece’s biggest privatization deal to date, regarding the sale of OPAP to a group of Czech, Russian, Slovak and Greek investors. OPAP was the State’s gambling monopoly and the country’s biggest sports sponsor. These are...

  Despite the extremely hot weather conditions, more than 1000 persons attended the event that was organized by the Hellenic Australian Community Support Association (HACSA) to welcome the newly arrived immigrants from Greece. People from all ages and Greek immigrants of...

Bike-Sharing Systems are electronic, automated systems that offer short-term bike rental. The bikes are provided from special automated stations which are located in various public spots and are operating with an electronic sharing system. The citizens, after filling out an...

Aspasia Hatzidaki, a linguist professor, and Ioannis Spantidakis, a pedagogy professor of the University of Crete will be visiting Australia on a mission to teach and organize seminars for Greek language education teachers in Australia. The two academics will give...

Organizers and thousands of participants in the Xanthi Carnival in Greece, will be dancing to the rhythm of the Mundial Championship. The carnival is the peak of the 49th Thracian Folk Festival, and it will take place from February...

  Those who are in charge of organizing the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, together with with the Moscow Patriarchate’s authorities, constructed a glorious Byzantine style Greek Orthodox church. It is an impressive Byzantine temple devoted to Christ the Savior. In...

The submission period for the annual London Greek Film Festival has already started and will last until May 23. The festival is to take place October 6-17. This will be the seventh year of the festival which is considered the...

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) Award is the highest honor in the field of geosciences, planetary and space sciences at a global level. This year, a total of 43 awards and medals will be awarded to a group of...

Nobody can doubt that the Greek striker Kostas Mitroglou is a gifted and talented player. His recent transfer to Fulham F.C proves it. The Greek explosive striker penned a contract that will keep him at the Cottagers for 4...

According to the Amway Global Entrepreneurship Report for the year 2013, one out of two Greeks imagines himself as a businessman. However, more than eight out of ten fear the possibility of failure and do not proceed with their...

  Greece’s Financial and Crime Unit (SDOE) had quite a big job on their hands last year. After numerous thorough controls, SDOE discovered that there are an abundance of Greek citizens from different groups that are not paying their taxes...

A 20 year-old girl in Thessaloniki, Greece, went to police and claimed she was gang raped by four men. Greek police arrested them after they were identified by the young victim on a social network site. The perpetrators gave the...