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Police in Greece say they have arrested a 51-year-old British man suspected of being involved in a cocaine smuggling ring that allegedly imported large quantities of the drug into Britain. A statement late Tuesday said the man was arrested Sunday...

Greek municipal workers went on strike Monday to protest government plans to reduce the number of civil servants, a measure demanded by Greece's international creditors before they approve their next bailout installment for the country. The country's civil servants union,...

Five low-intensity earth tremors occurred midnight to 4 a.m. on July 6in the region of Patras, Greece's third-largest city, located in the western part of the country, about 215 kilometers, some 134 miles from Athens. The first earth tremor occurred...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras may yet have to break his promise not to impose more pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions on beleaguered Greeks because of a billion-euro hole in the country's budget in the wake of...

The European Broadcasting Union has called again on Greece to reopen its public broadcaster, ERT, while it attempts to overhaul the organization as daily Kathimerini reported. In a statement released as the EBU held its 70th general assembly in Malta,...

On the morning of June 15, the rapist who had spread terror in the region of Galatsi, Athens was arrested. According to the police, he is a 32-year old man from Albania, who raped women at knife-point and then...

With positive reports on Greek tourism, two of the largest newspapers in Canada and an informational site welcomed the Greek tourism minister Olga Kefalogiannis in Toronto and wrote glowing articles about Athens and Thessaloniki as well as the Greek...

While the Greek yoghurt boom is still here and many Greek and Greek-style yoghurt brands are flooding the market, Total Greek yoghurt maker Fage is launching a new British TV ad which will be aired for the first time...

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...

Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy will be at the Cine Thisio on June 11 for the premiere of, Before Midnight. The film, directed by Richard Linklater, will open the 3rd Athens Open Air Film Festival. Don’t forget that Cine Thisio on...