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According to a recent report published by the European Union's (EU) statistical agency, Eurostat, Athenians are the most unhappy residents of a capital city out of the 28 member states of the EU. The report revealed that Athenians are at...

Dimitrios Senikidis has won silver in the Men's Shot Put - F20 on the third day of the Paralympics 2016. On Senikidis' third throw the ball traveled 16.17 meters, granting him the silver medal. Greece's other athlete in the Men's Shot...

The four fires that started around dawn on Saturday on the Greek island of Thassos continue to burn out of control for a second day, authorities have reported on Sunday. Saturday officials of the fire department and the municipality of...

The European Union and Turkey have a common interest in seeing the Cyprus issue solved, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini has said. She also pointed out that there is a window of more than...

About 15,000 protesters are taking part in anti-government rallies before a visit to Greece by bailout inspectors and plans by the left-wing government to impose more austerity measures after years of economic hardship. The protesters - beating drums, waving black...

The AP has reported that the European Union (EU) has committed to providing an additional €115 million in humanitarian funding to help aid in the migrant crisis in Greece. According to official reports on Saturday, the additional funding will be...

Police have reported that on Friday evening they arrested two tourists for prancing around in the nude at Crete's international airport in Irakleio, according to Ekathimerini.com. A 37-year-old Belgian man apparently stripped in the airport's departure lounge where he was...

"We usually say we are at a turning point. I will say that this year's Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) is held at the point of turning. Because we are exactly at that point where our economy is changing from...

While in Greece you can visit the compound of the Ottoman Fortress of Pylos (Niokastro), where you will see Greece's first museum of underwater archaeology in Messenia, Peloponnese region. The place to visit is the renovated and restored Pasha's building,...

Four fires have sparked since dawn on the Greek island of Thassos. The blazes in the early morning caused the immediate evacuation of the entire vicinity and villages of Prinos Kazaviti and St. Panteleimon by the fire department and the municipality of Thassos. The...