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At 6:59 am on Monday morning an earthquake with the magnitude of 4.4 shook the Greek island of Kefalonia. According to the Institute of Geodynamics, the quake occurred 8 kilometers southwest of Argostoli and had a focal depth of 5...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrives in New York for the opening of the 71st United Nations General Assembly with the refugee crisis high on the agenda.

Panathinaikos thrashed visiting PAS Giannina 4-0 (video). Marcus Berg scored twice with two more goals coming from Robin Lod and Sebastian Leto over the Ioannina club that finished the game with nine men. In other action: Xanthi - Panionios  0 -...

The Ifestia Festival of Santorini takes place each September with a series of artistic events aimed at re-enacting the Thera eruption in 1600 BC. The eruption itself had a huge impact on European civilization, especially the Minoan Civilization of...

There were unique moments during the 5th Annual Athens Flying Week 2016 at the airbase of Tanagra with two amazing days of unique air shows and individual events. This year's show lacked the luster of years past in terms...

A small jungle with hyenas, rhinos, giraffes, gazelles, antelopes, apes and also saber toothed tigers that lived 7 million years ago in the mountainous region of Kerasia in northern Evia are expected to be discovered by a team of scientists...

Main opposition New Democracy conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis headed a press conference in Thessaloniki on Sunday in the aftermath of his speech at the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair on Saturday. He pointed to his plan unveiled last night as...

Relations between the Bank of Greece (BoG) and the government were never soured, BoG Governor Yiannis Stournaras told journalists after a meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday. Talks between the two focused on the Greek banking system and developments...

The Greek government plans to bring forward an omnibus bill including all landmark issues - needing a legislative action - pending from the first review of the Greek bailout program, a top Finance ministry official told the Athens News...

Greek MP Vasilis Leventis, who heads the Union of Centrists party, is in New York to attend the two-day Concordia Summit titled "The Future of Europe". The event runs from September 19-20 and deals with challenges that Europe is...