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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met on Monday with the U.S. Army General Curtis Scaparrotti, EUCOM commander and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, to discuss regional developments concerning security, the role of NATO and its contribution in managing the refugee...

Athens Archbishop Ieronymos addressed Greek Parliamentary Speaker Nikos Voutsis on Monday during the blessing ceremony at the start of the national assembly's opening session. "Our houses are burning and we are singing, our ship is sinking and sinking for...

British police searching for clues as to what may have happened to Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos are negotiating to knock down part of a farmhouse on the search site where they believe that the little toddler may...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reprimanded Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas for using tear gas against pensioners who were protesting the new pension cuts. After pictures of sad old men with swollen, teary eyes made the rounds in the...

Ankara Mayor İbrahim Melih Gökçek was the latest one to add a comment on Greece's sovereignty of Aegean Sea islands, implying they should belong to Turkey. After the provocative comments by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the country's foreign...

Greek police used tear gas to push away protesting pensioners who were trying to approach the Maximos Mansion during a demonstration rally in central Athens. The new pension cuts, especially for those who receive low pensions, led about 1,000 pensioners...

A new opinion poll, this time on behalf of government-friendly Avgi newspaper, shows that only 14% of participants believe that the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition is suitable to run the country. The survey that was conducted by Public Issue on behalf of...

New data released by Road Transport AE (OSY) indicate that eight out of ten Greeks do not pay fare when taking the bus. OSY is showing a "black hole" in revenues as fare-dodging has taken unprecedented dimensions since the summer...

An earthquake measuring 4.2 points on the Richter scale rocked Kyllini, in Peloponnese, at dawn on Monday. According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute the earthquake occurred at 5:34 am and its focal depth was 10 km. No injuries or damages have...

Olympiakos recovered from two straight defeats to beat AEK 3-0 in the Super League season’s first derby on Sunday evening and stay one point behind sole leader Panathinaikos. In other action: Kerkyra - PAS Giannina  0 - 1  (video) Levadiakos - Larissa ...