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Greece's interim government between now and the September 20 elections was sworn-in a little before 2:00 pm on Friday at the Presidential Mansion. A total of 23 ministers were sworn in, with 20 of them giving a religious oath while three...

With the undecided reaching 25.5 percent, the latest opinion poll on intention to vote shows that the difference between SYRIZA and New Democracy is shrinking. According to a recent survey conducted by ProRata for Efimerida ton Syntakton daily published on...

Departing deputy social security minister Pavlos Chaikalis leaves his seat while admitting that he owned a company in Cyprus that he has failed to declare to tax authorities. Chaikalis, MP of junior coalition partner ANEL, was forced to answer questions...

Greece's departing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday handed over his seat to interim Prime Minister Vassiliki Thanou as the country goes to elections on September 20. Alexis Tsipras welcomed newly sworn-in Prime Minister Vassiliki Thanou in his office at...

Vassiliki Thanou, President of the Supreme Court, will be sworn in transitional prime minister of Greece at 8:00 pm Thursday and Greece will go to general elections on September 20. After political leaders failed to form a coalition government from...

Controversial former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said that "Alexis Tsipras keeps pushing the rock of austerity like Sisyphus" and the upcoming "election campaign will be sad and fruitless." Varoufakis spoke at Australia's ABC radio about Greece's upcoming elections, his stint...

Popular Unity chief Panagiotis Lafazanis and former House speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou criticized departing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after the broadcast of his first election campaign interview. Lafazanis issued a written statement in which he accuses Tsipras of "committing to implement...

The Albanian government said that a statue of Catholic missionary Nilo Catalano will be erected in place of the Saint Athanasios Orthodox church that was demolished on Wednesday. The Saint Athanasios church in the village of Drymmades was demolished by...

Miners in Chalkidiki, northern Greece, met with authorities from the municipality of Arnaia on Wednesday to discuss the Greek government's decision to suspend Hellas Gold's development of a gold mine in Skouries and Olympias. Prior to and during the meeting, some miners had taken over...

Among the thousands of students in Greece who were accepted in higher educational institutions across the country on Wednesday was Julien, a 20-year-old immigrant from Africa. Julien, who migrated from Africa to Greece at the age of 16 in November...

An 85-year-old man is being accused of harassing a 5-year-old girl in village in western Fthiotida, Central Greece. According to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, the 5-year-old girl was taken to the hospital by her 60-year-old grandmother as she felt pain in...

Nearly half of Greeks, 45 percent, said they are opposed to the punitive sanctions the European Union has imposed on Russia, according to an opinion poll. The survey was conducted by U.S. based Gallup in the period May 14 to June...

Greece's controversial former house speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou is ready to start a new party, according to a report in Efimerida ton Syntakton daily. The report says that Konstantopoulou is expecting the official disbandment of the present parliament and election announcement...

Alexis Tsipras receives fire from political parties over his move to expedite elections for September 20 using allegedly undemocratic procedures. New Democracy, PASOK, To Potami and Popular Unity accuse the prime minister for cunningly trying to speed up the elections...

Himare, Albania, municipal authorities demolished the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Athanasios in the early morning hours of Wednesday to the dismay of Orthodox Christian locals. Bulldozers and municipal police arrived at the Drymades village where the church is and started...