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A tourist boat caught fire and finally sank 100 meters from a Mykonos coast early on Thursday morning, but all 10 people on board are safe. The "Saint" tourist boat carrying seven passengers with a crew of three was approaching...

Greek State assets in the U.S. are threatened with confiscation due to a 40 million euro fine imposed by a U.S. court against the country on the C4I case, Kathimerini newspaper reports. The case concerns the appeal by the American...

On Holy Thursday, Greeks celebrate the saddest day of the Holy Week as it marks Jesus Christ’s last day on Earth. The Greek Orthodox Church brings to life the events of the Last Supper and Jesus' last day before he...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday insulted Greeks calling them "infidels" in a press conference on Turkish television. In an interview for three Turkish TV channels (ATV, A Haber, A News), Erdogan provoked Greeks one more time. Speaking about...

New Democracy MPs and SYRIZA ministers on Wednesday turned the Greek Parliament into an arena, accusing each other of corruption and clientelism in the health sector. Deputy Health Minister Pavlos Polakis and former health minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis of the ruling...

The two top priorities for Greece's foreign ministry are to push for a new EU social rights protocol during the discussion on the future of Europe and to protect the rights of Greeks and Greek-Cypriots living in the United...

Aegean Airlines and its subsidiary Olympic Air said on Tuesday they will make additional domestic flights over the Easter weekend to transport the “holy flame” to 17 destinations around Greece. The two airlines will charter three extra aircraft on Holy...

A 54-year-old man facing murder charges turned himself over to the police on Wednesday morning. The unnamed man is suspected of fatally shooting 23-year-old Manolis Stratakis in Rethymno, Crete last Sunday. Authorities believe that the shooting took place because of a...

According to data from the international research firm GfK, the first couple of months for 2017 have seen a considerable increase in holiday bookings for Germans coming to visit Greece and Cyprus. The data shows that the bookings from Germans for Cyprus...

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday Greece is a country that punishes hard work and criminalizes success, after a meeting with self-employed professionals and scientists who work in Greece. “I want our youth to live in a Greece...