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An exhibition that explores our digital past and the journey into our even more digital future will open its doors to the Athenian public on Tuesday, at the Onassis Cultural Centre (OCC) on Syngrou Avenue. From the early days...

Greek Minister of Labor, Social Security and Social Solidarity Giorgos Katrougalos admitted on television that supplementary pensions will be cut completely and the main pension will be 390 euros. Interviewed on Star television, Katrougalos said that the Greek government has...

The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) decided a general strike for November 12. This is the first strike against the new recessionary measures the leftist government is imposing. The security fund reforms that will bring major pension cuts and...

Greece feels the obligation of caring for refugees arriving in the country, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said at "Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East" conference in Athens. In remarks at a dinner at the...

EU Commissioner for Migration and Internal Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday stressed the need for a comprehensive approach - as the one in the European Agenda for Security - to deal with terrorism and extremism. Avramopoulos was speaking at the...

The Cuban Revolution overthrew the Batista regime on January 1st 1959. During Fidel Castro's 49 year reign as Cuban Prime Minister and then President, there had not been any new churches in Cuba.  Except one. “A Beacon in Havana” is a short documentary...

Croatia opened its border with Serbia late Monday afternoon, allowing about 3,000 migrants who had been stranded in cold, rainy conditions for nearly two days to stream through. Melita Sunjic, a spokeswoman with the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) who is...

, In a statement made on Monday, Piraeus Bank said its customer deposits totaled 38.1 billion euros at the end of September, of which 34.5 billion deposits were in Greece. The bank said that economic and political conditions in Greece showed signs of...

George Charalampopoulos is among the best arm wrestlers in the world after claiming the title in one of the World Championship categories this year. The Greek won the first place in the World Armwrestling Federation's World Championship 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in the left-handed men over...

Students from all over the world and of all ages will have the opportunity to attend the new School of Ancient Greek Athletics that will be established by the Society for the Revival of the Nemean Games in ancient Nemea. The Society...