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About 50 Russian tour operators will attend a Greek-Russian tourism forum in Athens on Sunday 10th of February at the Acropolis Museum. The invitation was sent by the organization of the hotel chamber and according to Capital’s sources the number...

The International Monetary Fund, one of Greece's international lenders, is sending a team back to Greece this month to assess the country΄s performance under an austerity program backed by an international rescue. The IMF monitors will meet in Athens...

AHEPA Canada has announced the donation of much-needed medical equipment to Evaggelismos Hospital in Athens, Greece. A rigid bronchoscope machine valued at 10,000 euros (or approximately $12,000 CDN) has been purchased and sent to the hospital, as the result...

Two Greeks, a 25-year-old private employee and a 29-year-old fireman, are being questioned in connection with the fatal knifing of a 26-year-old Pakistani in the Athens neighborhood of Ano Petralona, an attack that prompted angry condemnation from the leftist...

Greeks, desperate to find fuel to stay warm because they can't afford heating oil that has been ghit with big tax increases, have been taking to the woods and even city parks to cut down trees and now authorities...

With pressure building on Athens to crack down on still-rampant corruption, the government has charged a banker whose small, private institution was found to have made as much as 700 million euros in bad loans with a criminal gang. Lavrentis...

With government-imposed tax hikes making the cost of heating oil prohibitive for many Greeks, they're now being warned to be careful what they burn in their fireplaces and wood stoves as soot and smoke are filling the night air,...

They may be in the grip of a crushing recession and riven by bitter internal political divisions, but Greeks are always trying to look on the bright side. Despite struggling to overcome the serious economic hit, Greece is still...

Without much left for themselves during a crushing economic crisis that has put nearly two million people out of work, thousands of Greeks braved the cold weather on Dec. 23 and flocked to Athens' Syntagma Square to donate food,...

Greek riot police fought a group of Athens businessmen who tried to prevent a tax inspection on their shops, officials said on Thursday, highlighting the resistance the government faces in cracking down on the country's endemic tax evasion. Four policemen...