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Cretan wine makers are complaining that they have suffered a heavy blow due to the new special tax that was imposed on the consumption of bottled wine. The wine makers expressed their feeling in an open letter addressed to...

A moderate aftershock measuring 5 on the Richter scale shook the island of Lefkada on Wednesday at 14:15. A total of 56 aftershocks have been recorded so far deriving from the epicentre of the strong quake that hit the island...

Aitoliko is a small, densely populated island that is located in the middle of a calm lagoon in Western Greece, connected to the mainland by two 30-meter-long stone arch bridges of the 19th century. The "watery" town of Aitoliko, having a population...

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Evangelos Meimarakis on Wednesday sternly attacked the government claiming that it deceived the Greek people during its (SYRIZA) election campaign on the occasion of the tabling of the draft law on non-performing loans...

With the Aegean Sea having been the main gateway for the 820,000 migrants and refugees that have entered Europe this year, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu proclaimed that the two countries will cooperate to...

A Greek team called Surfers4Life is promoting their new event, the 1st Athens Spirit Film Festival, using the slogan “where art meets philosophy,” in their attempt to establish the festival as an annual spiritual feast in Greece. The festival...

Greek authorities on Tuesday arrested two Syrian men who are suspected jihadists on the island of Kos. In light of the Paris terrorist attacks, Greece's National Intelligence Service (EYP), the Hellenic Police and the Hellenic Coast Guard have beefed up...

The protest rally that started at 11am on Wednesday at Syntagma square culminated with protesters trying to enter the parliament courtyard and the police pushing them out. Over 5,000 farmers, livestock breeders, fishermen and food producers gathered at least one...

Greek citizens will be asked to pay more to enjoy wine after the new excise duty added on wine. The measure is taken to counterbalance the scrapping of the 23 percent VAT rate on private education that was initially...

The Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET) supercomputer "ARIS" has been shunted off the Top500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers, based on the new list published in November. The ARIS had ranked 468th in June, soon after...