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Under normal circumstances, media across the globe would be reporting about the start of talks between Greece and its international creditors regarding the third bailout package. However, Yanis Varoufakis’ scandal is dominating the field. It was revealed on Sunday, that the former Greek...

If Greek hotels managed to raise their online presence to the same level as the Mediterranean average for Europe, national income from tourism could increase by an estimated 1-2 billion euros a year, according to a National Bank of...

The International Monetary Fund's targets and expectations from privatizations in Greece are unrealistically high, Austrian Federal Railways (OBB) head Christian Kern said in an interview to local monthly magazine Trend, published on Monday. Taking the Greek railway's privatization plan as an example, Kern...

A 4.0-magnitude earthquake has been registered in northern Greece, close to the border with Bulgaria, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center announced. The tremor was registered at 1:03 am UTC on Tuesday. The quake's epicenter was 27 km NE of Drama, Greece, 40 km SW of...

Greek Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Yiannis Panousis said that the secret plans former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis had to return Greece to the drachma "undermine democracy" and that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will hardly contain the extremist dissidents within his...

A Greek restaurant owner in Berlin, Germany, launched a limited edition menu based on the Greek crisis. Georgios Chrissidi, owner of Restaurant Z, came up with the ingenious idea that will help lighten the spirit of people in the...

Greek Education Minister Aristides Baltas said that Greek schools are about 20,000 teachers short at the moment. Speaking on national broadcaster ERT on Monday, Baltas said that the government is putting every effort so that staff shortages will be minimized when the...

Greek Culture Ministry officials recently announced that archaeologists discovered a 300-meter long stretch of an ancient carriage road during excavations at Megalo Kavouri beach in Vouliagmeni, Athens. The ancient pathway, which is approximately 300 meters long and 1.90 to 6.10 meters wide is considered to...

Excavations to locate the remains of 19 Greek airmen, killed when their aircraft was shot down by friendly fire during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, began on Monday at the site where the NORATLAS crashed. The aircraft was part...

Fifty communist, labor parties and organizations across the globe have joined an international campaign in solidarity with the Greek Communist Party (KKE) and its struggle, according to an announcement. The campaign was launched last week by five leftist parties - the Algerian Party...