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Greece shapes its foreign policy - which is strategically stable in the recent decades - based on respect for international law and the defence of its national interests, the Foreign Ministry said in an announcement on Monday. "In the European...

When a country decides to abandon the right to govern the nation; the right to control its own currency and interest rates; the right to make its own laws; the right to control its own borders, and when that...

According to recent data by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Greece comes first in antibiotics consumption in the European Union. Kathimerini newspaper, citing data published by the British Telegraph, says that Greeks consume about 35.1 million doses...

A Eurobarometer report regarding life in Europe was released on Friday, revealing that only 42% of Greeks are satisfied with their personal situation compared to 58% in autumn 2013. Three quarters of Europeans (75%) appear satisfied with their lives. According to the survey, conducted...

Greek authorities arrested 77 migrants trying to enter the country illegally in the sea area of Mykonos. The migrants – 53 men, 12 women and 12 children – were picked up by a coast guard vessel and transferred to the...

A few days after his meeting with his Greek counterpart Antonis Samaras in Florence, the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi brought Greece's bailout as an example to denounce the EU power mechanisms. Greece was bailed out by the European Union because it had borrowed...

Dear Mr. President, with all due respect, things in Cyprus are not going as well as you so passionately promised. Your election campaign-pledges never actually materialized. We are sure you meant well but somewhere along the way your party-dogmatism...

Data released by the European statistical service Eurostat showed that the population of Cyprus decreased in 2013 due to the outflow of legal immigrants living in the island. Figures showed that the population of Cyprus in 2013 decreased by 7,900 people. Cypriot residents...

Wording that brings to mind the “black” days in Cyprus' history was expressed by Cyprus European Parliament Member of DHSY party, Eleni Theoharous. The document she handed to the European Union, regarding the end of the Greek Rotating Presidency, was...

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Friday picked former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to become the bloc's new chief executive despite Britain's outspoken opposition, further alienating the U.K. from its continental partners. With the move, the EU leaders...