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The July 5 referendum a year  ago and subsequent worsening of an already strained market climate for Greece has brought one business closure after another with a new wave of bankruptcies. Warning sirens were sounded for 15,409 businesses in...

Three protest rallies in the center of Athens took place on the first anniversary of the Greek referendum on July 5. The protestors are sending the message to Europeans that despite the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government's referendum calling...

The scientific team of the Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment Department of the University of Thessaly is aiming to create a museum of underwater sculptures at the bottom of the Pagasetic Gulf (Project ART.Reef ). Project ART.Reef is an ambitious research project,...

A year since the anniversary of the Greek Referendum on July 5, 2015, when Greeks rejected the terms of the bailout conditions that were subsequently imposed on the country anyway, American economist James Galbraith explained Plan B for Greece that had been drafted...

A 82-year-old woman received a junior high school diploma with an overall grade 19.6 out of 20 from the Second Chance School in Kozani, in northern Greece. Soultana Gesou excelled in her ninth grade classes and got her diploma. During...

Greece will travel to the 40th annual meeting of UNESCO World Heritage in Istanbul with a positive recommendation that will probably include the archaeological site of Philippi in the list of the World Heritage monuments. The meeting will take place...

Greece is an important strategic partner and China's most reliable friend in the European Union, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday. The Chinese president made the statement during his meeting in Beijing with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who...

The much-advertised proposal for a new electoral law the SYRIZA-ANEL government has tabled in parliament left out the vote of Greeks living abroad. The right to vote of Greeks who left the country and they might want to return...

Greece is preparing to educate around 8,500 refugee children starting this September. The program that is set to start in September will include classes to integrate the refugee students in the camps or at public facilities before sending them into proper schools. The...

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos announced the easing of capital controls as of next week and said that those who make new deposits in Greek banks would be allowed free capital movement. Tsakalotos spoke on national broadcaster ERT on Monday...