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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, after meeting with his coalition partner, PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos, has decided to withdraw a bitterly-criticized 25 euro hospital admission fee that could have undermined their coalition if it had gone to a...

PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, who is a partner in the coalition government headed by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative chief, is facing growing unrest in his party that he's working with his archrival as his...

The former Prime Minister of Greece, Kostas Simitis, in an article in the newspaper "To Vima," comments on the role of Greece in the European crisis and the future of the Euro zone. Simitis refers to Greece as the "Iphigenia...

Turkey is threatening Greece with an incident in the Aegean if the country decides to take advantage of its EU presidency and initiate procedures for the proclamation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and proceed to exploit hydrocarbon reserves...

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs proceeded to make another provocative statement saying that “there is no Cyprus,” sparking a strong reaction from Nicosia. This started on the occasion of an EU agreement signing concerning the readmission of illegal immigrants....

The Economist included Greece in its list of countries with high risk of social unrest during the year 2014. Other countries included were Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Syria and Nigeria. Greece was the only European Union country among the nineteen...

The NBG announced that Greece achieved its goal of welcoming more than 17 million tourists. According to the data released on Tuesday during the January - October 10-month period, the number of tourists increased by 15.5% compared to the same...

According to a Eurobarometer poll that was published on Friday, Greeks are the most pessimistic about the future of the European Union. Furthermore, the poll showed that the Greek people feel that their voice is least likely to be...

On Sunday, December 15, the Greek authorities arrested four Pakistanis that are members of a criminal organisation. According to the Greek Police, the organisation is specialised on seizing immigrants, smuggling them and keeping them captive until a relative would...

Eurostat released a research report concerning the cause of European deaths for the year 2010. Research was conducted in 33 countries and evidence suggested that heart attacks are the major cause of concern in the European Union -- seeing...