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There has been an increase in the number of Greeks who choose Australia for university studies by approximately 500%. According to data from the Australian Department of Immigration, while only 102 young people from Greece got a student visa for...

Three Greek students from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) won the People Choice Award in the framework of the world competition L’Oréal Brandstorm 2013. The students are Marina Panagiotopoulou, Giannis Papanikolaou and Stefanos Sinis, who constitute...

Greek police say that a 44-year-old woman killed her husband, a 61-year-old taxi driver, by stabbing him 12 times while in slept, in front of their three-year-old child. The victim was from Pyrgos, where his relatives have been informed, except...

The Roman Cerealia Festival, which is in its third year in the Italian capital, is dedicated to modern and ancient Greek culture and gastronomy this year. The reference to the ancient Greek goddess Demeter, Cerere in ancient Rome, provides...

European Union Economics Chief Olli Rehn had harsh words for the International Monetary Fund Friday as he responded to a report by the IMF criticizing the European Commission over the Greek bailout. "I don't think it's fair and just that...

The fourth meeting of Epirotes of Europe, devoted to the 100 years commemoration of the Liberation of Ioannina, took place in the German city Gemeinde Ketsch am Rhein, situated on the right bank of the river Rhine. It was organized...

Andreas Kiligaridis, the Greek canoe and kayak champion suffered a stroke in Poland and still remains in critical condition. According to reports, the athlete has fallen into a coma and the next few hours are critical. He traveled to...

As Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says he has turned the country around and sees a recovery by next year, figures released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on June 7 showed the economy contracted by 5.6 percent in...

The spokesman and a Member of Parliament for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, Ilias Kasidiaris, whipped up controversy while addressing the body after he suggested that he - like his party leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos -  is a Holocaust denier. During...

As part of a Greek government initiative aimed at averting fare-dodging, bus and trolley bus drivers in Athens are to start selling tickets for 1.50 euros, 30 cents more than the standard charge for buses and trolleys and 10...

Greece has the highest percentage of self-employed, according to data released by Eurostat for 2012. According to Eurostat, 32 percent of the people who work in Greece are self-employed, compared to 15.1 percent in the Eurozone and 15.2 in the...

There is a Greek element involved in the demonstrations in Taksim Square, Istanbul, associated with the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stavrodromi, which belongs to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, as well as a series of buildings that belong to the...

A woman was lightly wounded when a bomb placed under a car belonging to a prison director exploded early on Friday in Athens, a police source said. The device had been placed beneath the car of a woman who directs...

The Greek island of Skiathos, located in the northwest Aegean Sea, attracts Russian investors. According to sources, investors from Russia visited Skiathos in May, discreetly seeking vast tracts of land. The investors in question visited Skiathos on a private jet...

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) asked the German government to reveal “the truth about Greece” and the danger according to which German taxpayers may lose part of the rescue packages’ money, in the light of the International...