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Greece's Union of Judges and Prosecutors were angered by Government Spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili following the ruling by the Council of State (CoS) judges that deemed the recent TV license auction as unconstitutional. A statement issued on Thursday slammed statements...

Political developments are proceeding at a breakneck speed following a Council of State decision to rule the Greek government's TV license auction as unconstitutional. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called a government meeting on Thursday to discuss the new...

World War II started in September 1939, but Greece felt it for the first time when an Italian submarine torpedoed Greek warship "Elli" in August 15, 1940, during the feast of the Virgin Mary on Tinos. On the morning of...

The international media focused on the blow received by Greece’s media after the Council of State, a top court in Greece, annulled the auction of broadcasting licenses that was held in September. The law that the SYRIZA government had...

The reaction to the Council of State decision that the television licensing bill was unconstitutional, exposed the Greek government's total disrespect for democratic institutions. State Minister Nikos Pappas, who drafted the bill after arbitrarily assuming the authority to grant...

Greece’s power utility PPC announced on Wednesday that China’s State Grid Corporation has submitted the winning bid for a 24 percent stake in grid operator ADMIE, offering 320 million euros. The other candidate was a consortium led by Italy’s Terna. PPC’s...

The decision of the State Council that ruled the law on TV licenses unconstitutional is a significant decision for the country, main opposition New Democracy (ND) said in a statement. "The tender-parody was cancelled. The law on TV licenses belongs...

Roads will close and traffic will be diverted in Athens and Piraeus on October 28, to make way for the parades commemorating the national Oxi Day, Attica police said. In Athens, traffic will stop from 9 a.m. until the end...

According to reports by Ethos newspaper, Greeks will soon have to start paying a small charge for plastic bags at supermarkets. There are many other countries in the EU that charge for plastic bags and have done so for decades. Greece's...

Bank deposits of Greeks in Bulgaria and Romania increased by 10% and 8% respectively while in Greece deposits dropped by 23% in 2015, the largest since the outbreak of the economic crisis in 2008. According to a Kathimerini newspaper report,...