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Azeri state energy company Socar signed on Saturday afternoon in Athens the agreement for the acquisition of a 66 percent stake in Greece's natural gas transmission network operator DESFA. The ceremony took place in the presence of Energy Minister Yiannis...

The Greek-Australian football club Sydney Olympic is attempting to sign three of Greece’s most famous footballers, and Euro 2004 winners, Angelos Charisteas, Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Pantelis Kafes. The club is hoping that the players will be able to take part...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy Conservatives are slipping further behind the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party which built a 2.5 percent lead in a poll which had even worse news for the coalition government...

Golden Dawn have once again exploited the desperation of thousands of people who lined up for food. Members of the far-right party were this morning distributing food "just for Greeks" near their offices. The Mayor of Piraeus, Greece, Vassilis Michaloliakos had banned their...

Just before 7am this morning, policemen on patrol in central Athens, Greece, came across a young man on fire at the junction of Agiou Meletiou and Acharnon. According to eyewitnesses, the man bathed himself in flammable liquid and then deliberately...

The Mayor of the Municipality of Sofia, Bulgaria, Yordanka Fandakova signed a contact with the Greek consortium Aktor-Helektor for the construction of a waste treatment plant in the city. The facility will also produce refuse-derived fuel (RDF), according to...

According to a Eurobarometer poll that was published on Friday, Greeks are the most pessimistic about the future of the European Union. Furthermore, the poll showed that the Greek people feel that their voice is least likely to be...

By E. Adamandopoulou Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), took part in anti-occupation events organized by Cyprus MEP Antigoni Papadopoulou (DIKO, S&D) in Brussels. The events promoted the importance of a viable and functional solution to the Cyprus problem, along...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras swiftly ejected New Democracy lawmaker Vyron Polydoras from the party on Dec. 21 after his deputy, defying orders to vote for a unified property tax bill that puts new assessments on farmers, opposed it. The...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition - his New Democracy Conservatives and partner the PASOK Socialists - got narrow victories from the Parliament on Dec. 21 when lawmakers voted for a new unified property tax that hits farmers, and...

Greece's Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, said Friday that one of the main priorities of his country's rotating EU Presidency will be to strike a deal with the European Parliament over the Single Resolution Mechanism agreed yesterday by Ecofin finance...

The Mayor of Piraeus, Vasilis Michaloliakos has banned Golden Dawn’s food distribution “for Greeks only”, which was due to take place on Saturday at 11 in the morning outside the new Municipal Theater. Michaloliakos sent a letter to the Chief of Police...

A Greek student at Aristotle College of Thessaloniki, Vagialena Drampa, is just 16-years-old and has proved that teens have structured reason, informed judgment and can understand even serious issues of fundamental principles of the European Union, such as human...

CampusBus is a five month campaign promoting entrepreneurship, business skills and a “startup mentality” all around Greece. The project is delivered through a training team travelling on a bus around Greece, setting up week-long training camps in larger towns and...

Until recently, space was considered an exotic destination that we all wanted to visit and explore, but few dared. Nowadays, it isn't an inaccessible world full of secrets. In recent years, not only are researchers and scientists interested in...