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Large wildfires are raging in Attica and Messinia, in what is being described as the first large fires of the summer season. With temperatures soaring to 43 degrees Celsius in parts of Greece, firefighters are battling the flames near Krioneri,...

New charges have been filed in connection with the contract for the procurement of Chinook helicopters signed in 1998 under former minister of defense, Akis Tsochatzopoulos. The official estimates of damage brought about by the government for this deal...

Two Greek police officers were lightly injured on Thursday night after attacks by anarchist groups in the Exarchia area in central Athens. According to the Hellenic Police, a little before 10:00 pm a group of about 30 people wearing hoods...

The removal of Turkish troops from northern Cyprus is "a Greek Cypriots' dream," said Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday. Cavusoglu spoke on the sidelines of the second day of the U.N.-sponsored peace talks between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots...

Greece is gradually leaving recession behind and returns to normalcy, and we will not seek a credit line after the bailout program ends in 2018, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday. The prime minister spoke on the sidelines of...

An extraordinary scene was witnessed by ferry passengers at the small port of Megalo Pefko, south of Athens, when a driver jumped into the water to rescue his car that was floating away in the Saronic Gulf. The amazing incident...

The acquisition of 75% of the Ethniki Insurance, a subsidiary of the National Bank of Greece (NBG), was announced by the Dutch EXIN, which agreed to pay 718 million euros. Ethniki Insurance was founded in 1891 and became a cornerstone...

Three years before he celebrates his centenary, Konstantinos Georgiadis achieved a life-long dream by earning himself a University degree in Sociology. Mr. Georgiadis from Kokkinotrimithia, a small town west of Nicosia, was awarded the degree on Monday at the graduation...

After hours of deliberation Greek municipal workers have decided to suspend the strike that has crippled the Greek capital for more than a week. The municipal workers union (POE-OTA) which represents the garbage collectors has decided to end the strike...

A 23-year-old student was found dead in the premises of Messolonghi Technical School (TEI) on Thursday morning. His body was discovered by a member of the cleaning staff at 6:30 a.m. According to reports in local media, the body of the...