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Greek State Minister Nikos Pappas expressed his content over the outcome of the meetings with US government leadership in Washington while speaking on an ERT public broadcast. "The meetings with the leadership of the US government proved that all sides are...

Greek Labor Minister George Katrougalos reassured on Sunday in an interview with SKAI TV that there would be no mass layoffs. "The IMF is asking for mass layoffs," Katrougalos noted, "obviously we are not going to accept that," he said,...

Creditors will ease the Greek debt under the conditions that there won't be a nominal debt haircut and Greece complies to agreed reforms, said European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Mosovici. Speaking on French public...

Athens has ignored the European Commission's advice that spending cuts would do less damage to Greece's potential for growth than raising taxes, said European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis. The Commission VP spoke to Kathimerini newspaper stating that creditors have...

SYRIZA ruling party has lost 20 percentage points in Thessaloniki compared to the September elections results, an opinion poll shows. In the poll that was conducted by the University of Macedonia, SYRIZA is trailing by 10 percentage points to major...

It’s all “Sushi” to me The phrase "it’s all Greek to me” is known worldwide and when one thinks of Greece, one  thinks of the Acropolis, stunning beaches, the dreamy islands, and of course Greek food. Greece has a traditional Mediterranean cuisine...

The plenum of the Council of State, Greece's supreme administrative court, has again ruled that salary cuts imposed on those employed in the armed forces as unconstitutional and has ordered that their wages be restored to 2012 levels. In a...

Lake Melissani in Cephalonia is amongst the most astonishing lakes in the world. Melissani is one of the unique gulf-like lakes, which is also known as Melissani Cave. Melissani is 160 meters long and 40 meters wide. The waters are up...

Giannis Ziovas bought a 1970's VW beetle nine years ago for 600 euros. From almost a decade ago until present day Ziovas worked on the beetle in a storage unit it Agrinio, and gave a new form to the classic image...

bailout programThe next loan tranche for Greece might be 9-11 billion euros, after the bailout program review is completed, according to a Kathimerini report. European lenders - the European Stability Mechanism, European Central Bank and European Commission - are close...