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The Greek State has only paid 47.2 million euros in the first two months of 2017 out of the 3.8 billion it owes to suppliers and service providers, according to General Accounting Office figures. On January 1st, State debts to...

Despite the fact that the migrant influx to Greece has slowed down since the EU-Turkey agreement in March 2016, 30,565 asylum seekers landed on Greek islands, the European Commission says. Specifically, between March 20, 2016 and April 4, 2017, there...

The ceremonial traditions that Greeks carry out at the Church for Holy Wednesday are seeped stories from the Gospel of Matthew which tells the story of what took place two days before Jesus Christ was crucified. In Greece, Church members receive...

The glass is both half full and half empty, regarding the prolonged economic crisis in Greece and its impact on the health of the nation's people. A new Greek-British scientific study, perhaps the most complete that has been done...

  According to figures released by Eurostat on Monday, the Greek real estate market is on a steady year-on-year decline over the last quarter of 2016. Bank of Greece statistics reveal that property rates in Greece have decreased by 0.6...

A brown bear was discovered dead in the outskirts of Florina, in northern Greece on Tuesday. A veterinarian is examining how the brown bear, a protected species, died just a day after the authorities were alerted to a bear being spotted near...

The Orthodox Chapel of Saint Peter and Saint Helena in Paphos, Cyprus is making its way through social media outlets and architecture websites due to its unique modern design. Created by Michail Georgiou the Saint Peter and Saint Helena Chapel was "inspired by the...

UN-led talks between Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci resume on Tuesday after a nearly two-month break. Anastasiades and Akinci are scheduled to meet in the UN-controlled area of the defunct Nicosia airport. Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides told CNA...

A 54-year-old man killed his 24-year-old cousin in Crete over a grazing land dispute on Sunday and police fear that a bloody vendetta may start between the two families. Reportedly, in the past six months the two cousins were arguing...

Dozens of Greeks on Sunday protested silently the slaughtering of lambs for Easter on Ermou Street in Athens. The activists were silent and stood in the capital's main shopping street holding placards with written messages on pictures of lambs. The messages...