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The Casino Loutraki is in danger of imminent closing unless new funding can be found, company officials said. The business is a joint venture with 84 percent belonging to individuals and a bank and 16% to a company of...

Distancing itself from its own representative to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) who abstained from a vote on more aid for Greece after declaring the money would never be repaid, Brazil said the incident was all due to a...

The first Commissioner for Aborigine Children and Youth of the state of Victoria is half Greek and half Aborigine. This is Andrew Jacomo, the son of Greek Alex Jacomo, the first white man embraced by the natives as a...

The newspaper The Age published an article entitled Restaurant Empires in Crisis on Aug. 4, in which it is reported that many Greek Australians in the industry in Melbourne will close their doors. “Some of Melbourne's most prominent hospitality figures...

Cyprus, Greece and Israel signed a deal to cooperate over energy and aiming at securing Europe΄s energy supply yesterday. A memorandum of understanding was signed by Cypriot Energy Minister George Lakkotrypis, his Greek counterpart Yannis Maniatis and Israel΄s Silvan Shalom. A...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' Aug. 8 meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House to discuss Greece's crushing economic crisis and other issues drew mostly positive reviews from the media. The Washington Post wrote of Obama's advice...

An earthquake struck the coastline of Epirus on the morning of August 9. The seismic tremor was of 4,5 magnitude on the Richter scale. According to the European Seismological Center, the tremor’s epicenter is located in Parga and Perdika...

José Holebas, the international left-back, will possibly be transferred from the Greek Olympiacos FC to the Turkish Besiktas, according to the Turkish media which reported that he has agreed to a deal with the Black Eagles that will soon...

The German newspaper Die Zeit published an article, entitled “The bill, please!” in which it charged that Chancellor Angela Merkel, facing re-election next month, is deliberately concealing that she will go along with Greece imposing losses on its lenders,...

Hundreds of Turkish tourists are going to celebrate the end of this year’s Ramadan in Thessaloniki and Halkidiki. The tourists from Turkey will visit Northern Greece by car, bus and air. Ramadan celebration ended on August 7 followed by...

Greece must balance austerity measures demanded by international lenders with growth if it wants to recover, U.S. President Barack Obama told visiting Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on...

The tourism industry has rapidly developed over the years. From 25 million tourists in 1950, their number exceeded one billion in 2012. With an average rise of 3.3 percent, the number of tourists is expected to reach 1.8 billion...

Greek Minister of Shipping and the Aegean Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said some immigrants unlawfully pouring into Greece in hopes of finding asylum or going to other countries will be house in campsites on islands in the Aegean. Talking to the Greek...

Greece's national soccer team of homeless this year includes the first woman, a 20-year-old, as it heads for the world championship in Poland. Orthodoksi, as she's called, has been following a program of hard workouts for several months now. She...

A woman whose identity was unknown was killed and dismembered after she was run over by a passing passenger train near Thessaloniki Train Station early in the morning of Aug. 8, authorities said. The tragic accident happened at 12:50 after...