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The former House Democratic aide, Greek-American Tom Manatos, is joining the Internet Association as its director of government affairs according to Politico.com. The Internet Association is an organization that represents the interests of America's leading Internet companies and their global community...

Greece's crushing economic crisis is providing fodder for people with ideas on how to help each other, including an ad in the Greek search portal of property and automoto, Golden Deal (Chrisi Efkairia) that asked for a house rent-free...

The Canadian activist journalist and author Naomi Klein, declared her solidarity to the Greek people, who have been living under the shock doctrine the last years, as she stated in a press conference she gave at the Mikropolis Social...

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is responsible for developing a 15 to 20 percent of the total number of oropharyngeal (throat) cancer incidences. Especially, HPV 16 and 18 infections are strongly associated with an increased odds ratio of developing oropharyngeal...

Fewer children in Greece than in the rest of Europe attend kindergarten till the age of compulsory school attendance, according to a European Commission report, which highlights the importance of childcare services for the promotion of women employment. According to...

Thirty-five special guards are going to be on Greek trains as ordered by the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks after a series of negative events on many routes. Incidents caused by marginal elements, threats by fare evaders and what...

From September, one thousand people will have the chance to go on a few-days' free vacation through the social tourism programs which are reborn from the ashes under the umbrella of the Manpower Employment Organization (OAED). On June 4, the...

A 44-year-old Greek "Cruella De Vil" with eight different identities has been accused of the mysterious disappearance of 173 dogs, which she adopted from animal welfare organizations across the country and ever since, their tracks have been lost. The unprecedented...

By the end of 2016 the project on the creation of a new city center around Panepistimiou Street is to be completed. It is an ambitious project which is to be funded with 90 million euros from the regional development...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on June 5 Tuesday announced plans for setting up a "national hydrocarbon company" to prospect for natural gas and oil deposits in the Aegean and Ionian seas. Speaking at a meeting with officials at the...

A quantity of 15,9 kg of heroin was hidden in a camper van that would travel from the Greek port of Igoumenitsa to the Port of Ancona in Italy. Coast Guard officers and the Drug Enforcement Administration in Igoumenitsa...

With the Greek government paralyzed by indecision over four separate anti-racism bills aimed squarely at the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, the extremists have hit back with their own proposal that seeks penalties against immigrants - their target - who...

“Greece has overcome the most difficult part; it still has a steep road ahead, but Greece is always a hospitable place,” said Greek Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni, after the meeting she held with Archbishop Demetrios of America with...

Patriarch John X (Yazigi) of Antioch and All The East, the primate of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All The East, installed on February 10, 2013, made a plea to the international community for the release of...

The Austrian daily newspaper, Die Presse, published a full page tribute to Chios, “the island of 53,000 people which offers calm in quiet mountain villages and small bays,” with the title, Retro-charm thanks to the economic crisis, while a...