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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday in an effort to find a political solution to prevent additional fiscal measures for the completion of Greece's bailout review. The two state leaders spoke on the telephone with...

Great Greek actor, Giannis Voglis, died on Wednesday at the age of 79 after suffering from a long-term disease. For the past long while, he was intubated at the hospital, and according to information, in two and half months,...

A 17-year-old Afghan female migrant died on Tuesday at Laiko Hospital in Athens from what appears to be a series of complications. The teenager was staying with her family at the makeshift migrant camp at former Athens airport at Elliniko....

On Tuesday afternoon, former Greek Minister Gerasimos Arsenis, died at the age of 85. Gerasimos Arsenis had been hospitalized for the past month and his death is most likely attributed to upper respiratory infection. Gerasimos Arsenis was born in Cephalonia in...

Government Vice President Yiannis Dragasakis estimated that the course of the public finances in 2016 will be better than expected, at an interview to "Kokkino 105.5" radio on Tuesday. Asked on the course of the negotiations with the institutions and...

Greece's Panhellenic Federation of Journalists' Unions announced that Greek journalists will hold a 48-hour strike as a way to protest the pension reforms. The decision was made by the administrative bodies in media, who met on Monday along with Panhellenic...

Sixteen couples have entered into a civil partnership agreement since last December when the relevant law passed by Cyprus’ Parliament came into force. Eight of them were same-sex couples. A workshop organized on Monday in Nicosia showed that despite significant progress...

Τhe European Commission announced the granting of 83 million euros within the framework of the new emergency support mechanism, for the improvement of the living conditions of the refugees in Greece. The financial assistance will be immediately granted to UNHCR,...

More than 400 people appear to have perished in their effort to reach Italy through Egypt, as the four over-filled boats on which they had boarded, were over-turned in the Mediterranean, BBC Arabic reports. Most of the passengers were refugees...

A group of Belgian doctors and the Greek branch of Doctors of the World have launched an awareness campaign on the Greek health system that is on the verge of collapse. The "Emergency Greece" campaign has called the medical situation...