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The call for the immediate arrest of the rebel abbot of Esphigmenou Monastery on Mount Athos has been suspended by a Thessaloniki appeals court, pending his appeal. In January, Monk Methodios was sentenced by a Greek court in northern Athens...

After this past week's semi-final games for the Greek Cup, AEK and Panathinaikos have advanced into the lead. In a match against Olympiakos, AEK won a 2-1 victory on Thursday at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium. AEK celebrated its 93rd birthday by...

In Greece Holy Friday is celebrated by fasting and is considered an absolute day of mourning. On this day, in the Greek Orthodox Church the story of Jesus’ journey to the Cross and death, his burial and the triumph...

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday addressed his cabinet saying that the agreement with creditors is "defendable" and that the International Monetary Fund "did not succeed in fully meeting any of its targets." Tsipras said that the IMF had...

Turkish Cypriot authorities banned the Epitaph Procession in the Holy Temple of Agios Georgios Exorinos in occupied Famagusta. The Epitaph Procession was a ritual that was allowed in the past four years. However, Turkish Cypriot authorities decided that they will...

Turkey's seismic exploration ship Oruc Reis will start operating in the Aegean as early as next week, Daily Sabah says. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak announced that, "Our vessel will start a three-dimensional seismic search in the Mediterranean...

There have been over 16,000 migrants seeking asylum relocated from both Italy and Greece to other EU countries over the past two years, which is a new record for the bloc, the EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and...

Travel receipts in 2016 totaled 13.207 billion euros, or 6.5 pct lower than the previous year, in spite of 7.5 pct increase in tourist arrivals, according to a Bank of Greece report on the travel services' balance in 2016. The...

On Wednesday evening for the fifth night in a row riot police at various stations in the center of Athens in the district of Exarchia came under attack. Groups of young men attacked the riot police stationed on Harilaou Trikoupi...

A total of 205 migrants and refugees arrived on the islands of the northern Aegean over the last 24 hours compared to 221 in the previous 11 days. Authorities have reported that 46 migrants arrived on Lesvos, 121 on Chios and 38 on Samos. According to...