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Greek Justice responded to the provocative publication of the British newspaper Daily Mirror, which presented the touristic region Malia as “a hellhole of rapes of British women,” based on reported incidents. The development of criminal cases shows that in many...

According to data of the Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention (HCDCP) another three outbreaks of the West Nile Virus appeared on August 6. One of them appeared in the region of Xanthi, a fact that accentuates the...

Two Greek women, the director Ioli Andreadi and the musician Erato A. Kremmyda will participate in the theatrical workshop-festival World Wide Lab that will take place in Brooklyn, New York City from Aug. 16-Sept. 17. The World Wide Lab was...

In an opinion piece entitled The Euro’s Morality Lesson which it compares the financial situation of Germany and Greece, New York Times columnist Roger Cohen said that despite a crushing economic crisis, Greeks still believe in putting bribes in...

The first week of a five-month trial in Greece of cutting the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 23 to 13 percent on food services such as restaurants and tavernas isn't going well, with 92-95 of the eateries not reducing...

An average of 15.5 million tourists visits Greece each year and spends an average of 627 euros each, according to a study carried out by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The same study mentions that 83 million...

Cretans are not going on vacation this year. The reduction in wages and income will keep a lot of people home, while the best plans include a weekend of camping at the south part of the island for those...

The Ministry of Education announced the entrance examination program for General Education and Orientation Courses for candidates belonging to the special category of children of Greeks living abroad, for admission to Higher Education. The exams will take place from September...

According to recently published estimates, more than 100,000 tourists went on a cruise to Corfu in July. A significant rise in tourist mobility in Corfu has been recorded this summer, particularly in the cruise sector. In July 2013, the number...

Rock tombs have been found in Bodrum, that consitute  a part of the necropolis area. The manager of Bodrum Underwater Archeology Museum as well as archeologists are leaders of the excavations in the southwestern Aegean era of Turkey. The rock...

A recent study by Bilgi University in Istanbul led to a claim that the first man in history to make a flight was a Greek from Istanbul, then Constantinople, in the 17th Century. Turkish professor of history Sinan Cetin said...

A big fire broke out at 10:20 in the evening of August 5 at Varympompi while fire-fighters are struggling with the strong winds (wind force is 5 on the Beaufort scale). Varympompi is a suburban community, part of the...

The 13-year-old brother of the two children's mother (the 4-year-old Dinko and 7-year-old Ivan, who were missing since July 31 and were found dead in an irrigation canal in the region of Strefi in Ilia, Greece, on August 1)...

Giannis Maniatis, Minister of Environment, Energy & Climate Change, referred to the steps taken so far for the exploitation of hydrocarbons, as well as to the benefits that will accrue for the country and local communities. He spoke about...

Athens International Airport workers, who said they were going to disrupt air traffic with strikes from Aug. 9-11 at the height of the tourist season in protest against the coming involuntary transfer or firing of public workers, including those...