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Support Greece by voting for it in the Best Destination Award The online polls have begun and your active participation in Greece coming top in the Best Destination Award is just a click away. The poll is organized by the travel...

Greek police authorities have detained dozens of people for trying to occupy the office of the Greek Marine Minister, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, during protests about the sinking of a boat carrying migrants from Turkey to Greece which resulted in the...

Although the strong earthquake that hit the island of Kefalonia, western Greece, didn't cause any injuries, the aftershocks have caused major problems to the infrastructure of the island. The hospital of Lixouri, the island's largest city was evacuated while...

While the inhabitants of Cephalonia, Greece are still counting their wounds caused by the earthquake that hit 5.8 on the Richter scale, aftershocks are still ongoing. Scientist said that another more powerful earthquake could be in the islands near...

A different type of bank is expected to open its doors in February in Greece; a bank for volunteer bone marrow donors. The aim of Lifebank is to provide a center for bone marrow donors and to reduce bone...

Panhellenic Animal Welfare and Environment Federation is requesting measures for animal adoptions in order to reduce the number of stray animals in the streets of Greece. They also accuse the Greek Ministry of Rural Development and Food of showing...

As reported by the Panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers, the vast majority of the hotel units in the island of Kefalonia, Greece are in a good condition, assuring that there are no reported problems and that Kefalonia is ready to...

The decision of the German Ministry of Education of the State of Berlin to close the Greek-German European public school while more and more young German and Greek children are interested in attending this unique school, has caused many...

In an economic research note of January 28, the American investment bank J.P. Morgan sees a significant chance (70%) of elections in Greece before the end of the 1st trimester of 2015. Its basic case is that the elections...

The residents of Cephalonia, Greece are suffering a third day of aftershocks following the strong earthquake that occurred at noon on Sunday, January 26. An aftershock that struck early on Tuesday morning was measured at 4.2 on the Richter scale....

Ahmed Waqas was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal attack on Myrto Papadomichelakis, on the island of Paros, Greece, in the summer of 2012. His trial began on Tuesday morning in the court of Syros, the administrative capital...

In a Greek TV show, Mayor Miltiadis Chatzigiannakis of Skyros island, in Greece, reported that the island’s doctor has been practicing medicine with a forged certificate. The Mayor also requested a new doctor for the post as the current...

As a result of the violent outbreak last Saturday on the streets of the municipality of Keratsini caused by affiliates of the Golden Dawn neo-Nazi party, the mayor of the municipality is asking for increased police patrols throughout the...

Greek expat Ioanna Zacharakis was recently awarded with the Golden Cross by the German state, for 25 years of service in a major social organization of Germany. Zacharakis who comes from Thessaly, Greece, has been living in Germany since 1981....

Greek farmer Christos Panagiotidis from Thessaloniki, Greece, will participate in the European competition for the best young farmer. The competitors add up to 19 from an equal number of member-States of EU. The winner of the second European Congress will...