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Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci met with the new Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Wednesday. After the talks, Akinci said that improved Turkish Cypriot administration would be the best guarantee for a peace accord since the Turkish invasion...

The 9th Naked Bike Ride of Thessaloniki makes a statement against pollution and violence again this year as hundreds of bicycle riders fling off their clothes, straddle their bikes and take to the streets of the capital of Macedonia,...

Α source from the Greek Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday that the first installment of bailout tranches benchmarked for Greece, worth 7.5 billion euros (from a tranche worth 10.3 billion euros), will be disbursed by June 13. The same...

  One month ago it was Elektroniki Athinon, the biggest Greek owned appliance chain, yesterday it was Athens Ledra Hotel, former Ledra-Marriott, today it is Pyrsos Security, all big and respected names in their respective sectors. They all shut down,...

Greek Parliament held a vote on the amendment to a recently passed omnibus bill that allowed politicians to own shares in firms based abroad. The blanket ban on any form of ownership by MPs in offshore companies was passed...

More than half of Greeks (55.7%) support the policy of welcoming refugees in the country, according to a poll conducted by Kapa Research on behalf of the Regional Association of Attica Municipalities, presented on Tuesday. However 60% of those questioned...

Confusion over the labeling of a child's doll held up an Aegean Airlines flight at Cyprus’ Larnaca airport. A member of the Greek airline's cleaning staff found the boxed up doll from Israel labeled "booba," meaning "doll" in Hebrew, but similar enough...

The European Court of Human Rights decided that Turkey should pay a Greek woman 14.3 billion euros for refusing to recognize her inheritance rights. Based on Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the Convention on Human...

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is due in Athens on Thursday for an official visit in support of Greece's economic reform efforts and to discuss the refugee crisis. On his two-day visit, Valls will meet with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras...

The nail gripping game between PAOK and Panathinaikos to win the Greek League playoffs and earn a slot for next season's Champions League concluded with a draw 1-1 on Tuesday. As energetic spectators watched, PAOK scored in the 17th minute...