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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday met with Greece's presidents of supreme courts and assured them that there will be no pay cuts to the judicial body. The meeting was attended by Vassiliki Thanou (Supreme Court President), Androniki Theotokatou (President...

Hundreds of public hospital sector employees rallied through all Athens hospitals and ended up protesting outside the health ministry on Thursday. In the rally called "Caravan of Health," doctors, nurses and other public hospital employees protested against the state of...

  Greece has seen a 0.2 percent rise in employment in September, according to Reuters, which reported that the Hellenic Statistical Authority's (ELSTAT) latest data shows unemployment numbers easing from 23.4 percent in June to 23.2 percent in July. On Thursday...

            Greek authorities are investigating a case of a citizen held hostage for ten months in Yemen, but the unknown kidnappers have not asked for ransom from his family. The 56-year-old man used to be the owner of a ship repair...

            Public uproar over the wave of home auctions for debts to the state continues, with protesters clashing with police in Thessaloniki and other cities Dozens of auctions are taking place throughout courts in Greece, with many of them being cancelled...

Children of migrants and refugees stranded in Greece will begin attending Greek schools next week on October 10. Greek Education Minister Nikos Filis said on Wednesday that 1,500 children will be taught at schools that will operate in two migrant camps in...

Any challenge to the Treaty of Lausanne is a challenge to European soil, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Wednesday, noting that any claims by Turkey that there are “grey zones” in the Aegean belong “to its imagination.” Pavlopoulos made the...

Fascinating Greek women from mythology to Modern Greece all meet at a renovated train wagon known as "To Treno sto Rouf." The performance, in English, centers around the lives of three of Greece's most passionate women -- Medea, Maria...

  The crucial meeting to discuss religious studies as part of the education curriculum took place at Maximos Mansion, despite an initial statement by a representative of the Athens Archdiocese that Archbishop Ieronymos would not be present at the same...

Greece is about to experience a rare meteorological phenomenon known as Rex Blocking. The last time that it experienced the unusual weather experience was on October 3, 1991, when temperatures fell to 16 degrees centigrade within one or two...