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Just a few minutes after the announcement of the Hellenic Statistical Authority concerning the new record jobless rate of 27.6 percent in Greece for May, the Financial Times published an article entitled Unemployment in Greece Continues to Gallop detailing...

A large quantity of pills and “oil” for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, which was illegally being sold in Greece as the brand name Viagra but with a slightly altered title was found and seized by the Economic Police...

The Ministry of Education said it's going to move to close or merge 13 secondary schools and merge 15 after doing the same to 118 primary and preschools as part of more austerity cuts. The move came through a ministerial...

According to a One Poll survey realized for the international travel organization Thomas Cook, it was revealed that Greece ranks among the top travel destinations for family vacations, winning the 3rd place worldwide, but losing out to neighbor Turkey...

The sea of white-and-grey roofs across Greek cities, particularly Athens, could be changing color, at least for drab municipal buildings. The project Green Roofs in Public Buildings was announced on Aug. 7 by Greece’s Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate...

Despite an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report that there could be a hole as big as $14 billion in the Greek economy that needs filling, the coalition government led by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has no plans to institute...

Greece is ready to sign the agreement for Australia to grant visas to young people from 18-30 years old and their exchange for vacations and work, Deputy Foreign Minister Akis Gerontopoulos said in an interview in the daily broadcast...

With Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras touting a "success story" for his government, and as he was about to meet U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House on Aug. 8, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) reported unemployment has...

France's First Lady Valerie Trierweiler, who is the partner of President Francois Hollande, has left Greece after an extensive vacation but the French media are buzzing about it. Trierweiler, a political journalist, spent her holidays with her three sons from...

Crisis is a Greek word is the name of an initiative that Greek designers have undertaken to illustrate a crushing economic downfall in their country and they're exporting the idea to the Taiwan Design Expo in Taipei this September. Fifty...

The wave of applications from Russian citizens for a visa that will enable then to visit Greece for holidays is ever increasing. Indeed, there was a day in July that broke all previous records and during which 11,500 visas...

A few hours before the Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, enters the White House to meet with the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, US Vice President Joe Biden expressed the support that the Greek PM...

As long as Cyprus country is ruled by a corrupt politicocracy and governed by morally impoverished politicians nothing good will come out of it; the primary reason the Republic has so far bitterly failed its citizens. Cyprus has become the...

After the strong earthquake that struck on August 7 at 12:06 pm in Amphicleia, in the prefecture of Phocis, estimated at 5.3 Richter, a new seismic tremor of 4.7 Richter hit the same focal area in Amphicleia. Residents are...

While Greece is enjoying a record tourist season, one sector taking a big hit is the cities with therapeutic spas that are frequented mainly by people needing health care benefits and the elderly, many of whom can't afford to...