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The Singaporean low-cost airline named "Scoot" this week launched what it is calling its “Deal of the Decade” sale, including flights from Australia to Greece beginning at $299. The jaw-dropping offer will indeed get you from Perth to Athens, but...

Students from schools in Israel and Greece met on Wednesday in Athens as part of the "Young Ambassadors" initiative from Israel's "Young Leadership Center." Pausanias Papageorgiou, the Secretary General for Lifelong Learning of the Greek Ministry of Education, praised the eighty...

A cabinet meeting was held on Wednesday morning in Athens, following the mini-reshuffling of the government which took place a few days ago. The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras welcomed the new members of his government, telling them that it's...

Six new ministers and deputy ministers were sworn in at the Presidential mansion on Monday before Prokopios Pavlopoulos, the Greek President of the Republic, and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The SYRIZA government has reshuffled several positions, filling vacancies at key ministries,...

Eurozone officials warned on Monday that Greece is on the brink of missing out on the first installment of approximately €750 million from the debt-relief scheme that was agreed on a few years ago. The Greek government has significantly delayed the implementation...

Ellinikon (which in Greek literally means ''Greek'') was the international airport of the city of Athens for nearly sixty years, from 1938 until 2001. Located only four miles from the city center of Athens, it was constructed just before WWII,...

  A new poll for the upcoming European Elections was published on Monday by the European Parliament. According to its findings, the center-right European People's Party (EPP) is expected to remain the largest party in the Parliament, with far-right populist parties...

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that minarets should be built on  the mosque in Athens currently under construction. "Why isn't there a minaret? Can a church be a church without a bell tower?" Erdogan was quoted as...

In a tribute to Greece's folk traditions during carnival, the Museum of Modern Greek Culture is collaborating with the Social Cooperative Enterprise (SCE) Folknet to organize an event that is open to the public this Sunday, to mark the...

On Valentine's day, the beautiful city of Athens offers some uniquely romantic spots to you and your partner to celebrate the special day. As many couples decide to spend some quality time far from busy city centers, Athens has at least five...