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Areios Pagos, Greece's Supreme Court, ordered on Friday, the extradition of two former Greek bankers, Efthymios Bouloutas and Markos Foros, to Cyprus who were sought after when they failed to appear before a Cypriot court. The Greek judicial authorities had decided...

"The Greek people are responding with great generosity to the needs of the refugees, even though it is going through a tough period," highlighted Pope Francis, after his visit to the hotspot of Moria, in Lesvos. "We came here to draw...

The Chief General of the International Monetary Fund has announced the return of the institutions and creditors' representatives to Greece, following several discussions she had with Greek Finance Minister, Euclid Tsakalots and other factors of the negotiation. Lagarde and Tsakalotos have...

"Piraeus Port will see the transfer of refugees and migrants to other areas by Easter, while at the same time the situation in Idomeni as well as in Elliniko, will begin to normalize," said Deputy Defense Minister, Dimitris Vitsas. Appearing...

PM Alexis Tsipras summoned an emergency Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) on Friday morning. The decision to order KYSEA came on Thursday night after 31 aerial trespasses, six flights of Turkish fighter jets over Oinousses and one embroilment...

The Greek Parliament met on Friday morning, in order to discuss the composition of an Examining committee regarding the loans of parties and media. PM Tsipras: Greece's program review will be completed without additional measures The Greek program review will be...

The general athletics secretariat has informed EPO that the Greek Cup will recommence, with the semi-finals taking place without any fans, while the finals will take place with students in the bleachers. "Deputy Minister of Athletics, Stavros Kontonis, signed today...

With words like "democracy," "justice," "clarity," "rights" and phrases like "debt erasure" and "claim of German debts," the former Parliament President, Zoe Konstantopoulou, launches her new party/movement, which will "rise through society and people who do not bow their...

Protesting teachers on Friday managed to circumvent police and storm the education ministry headquarters from a side door while a student event was taking place. It was around 12:30 pm when a group of angry protesters took riot police by...

The European Central Bank gave a breath of liquidity to Greek banks after Thursday's decision to include them in its quantitative easing program and the purchase of EFSF bonds. The decision constitutes an indirect capital boost, from which banks can...