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JOINT STATEMENT The Governments of the United States and Greece held the second United States-Greece Strategic Dialogue in Athens, Greece, on October 7, 2019. Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias and US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo together launched...

The 19-year old mother who killed her own child after she gave birth to it in Petroupolis, Athens in 2018, was released on bail on Monday morning. The Joint Circuit Court of Athens sentenced the young woman to five years'...

On Sunday, Athens municipal authorities continued their new campaign to clean up and beautify downtown Athens -- perhaps most importantly, by removing the graffiti which has for so long been a visual blight on the Greek capital. A team of workers...

As weather conditions in Greece have continued to deteriorate since the early hours of Thursday, a massive storm cloud was spotted in the skies above Athens on Thursday afternoon. The sudden autumnal rain didn't last very long and it wasn't...

Saint Dionysius the Areopagite is the patron saint of the city of Athens, and is also known as the protector of judges and the judiciary. Born during the first century AD, Dionysius grew up in a wealthy Athenian family. Before...

  The new Basil and Elise Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens was was officially opened by President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Tuesday. Pavlopoulos stated in his remarks that after twenty-six years of planning, the dream of...

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Athens will shut down operations on November 15, according to recent announcement released by the US Embassy. The last day the office will accept applications or petitions and be open to the...

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) will soon establish Greece's first undergraduate degree to be offered as a result of a course of study conducted exclusively in the English language. The leading Greek university's School of Philosophy will...

The Greek cabinet decided on Monday to go ahead with two ambitious programs which aim to ease the burden on the Eastern Aegean islands due to the increased influx of refugees and migrants who are coming to Greece through...

Thousands of Athenians participated in the 11th annual "Greece Race for the Cure," a walking and running event which benefits the fight against breast cancer. The race was held in the Greek capital on Sunday morning. The race was part...