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The Municipality of Athens illuminated the Christmas tree in Syntagma Square on Monday evening which this year is dedicated to the heroes who have been on the frontlines for Athens this holiday season and every day of the year. The...

The members of US Electoral College voted for Joe Biden on Monday, making his victory for the American presidential race official. Biden was declared the winner with 306 electoral votes while Donald Trump received 232 electoral votes. In a speech...

On Monday, a total of 639 cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in Greece, down from 693 on Sunday -- which was itself a significantly lower figure than those recorded in recent months. In the past day, 62 people with the...

Greece is gravely concerned about a new illegal migrant wave of Somalis who are entering Greece by means orchestrated by Turkey, aided by a network of NGOs and migrant traffickers. Earlier this month, Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said in a...

During the depths of the pandemic this year, when lockdowns and shutdowns were being imposed across the world in the desperate fight against the coronavirus, the situation seemed about as bleak as it could possibly be. In the dark days...

The United States is finally sanctioning Turkey over the fellow NATO country's purchase of the S-400 missile system from Russia in 2019, according to a statement released by the US State Department on Monday afternoon. In the document, Secretary of...

The Greek government on Monday announced lockdown rules for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as well as for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Gatherings at homes will be limited to a maximum of nine people from two families,...

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis asked the heads of top pharmaceutical firms during an online meeting on Sunday to develop practical proposals to create a strong and competitive biopharmaceutical sector in the country. As the Prime Minister noted, the challenge was...

Two Muslim Greeks, originally from Western Thrace, home to a sizeable community of Muslims, were arrested and charged for espionage on behalf of Turkey on the island of Rhodes over the weekend. One of the accused is a secretary in...

Over the weekend, Greece sent a planeload of humanitarian relief supplies gathered by Armenian organizations in the country, destined for the victims of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the request of Armenian...