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18th Athens Xclusive Designers Week Kicks Off

Following Paris, New York, Milan and London fashion weeks, the annual Athens Xclusive Designers Week (AXDW) is taking place in the Greek capital. The international fashion week will present the new fashion trends for the Spring - Summer 2016. The creations...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Stresses Importance of Greece's Debt Relief to FinMin Tsakalotos

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew reiterated the importance of Europe following through on its commitment to put Greece’s debt on a sustainable path through debt relief, in a meeting with Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos. The U.S. official also said...

Supreme Court Asks Greek Parliament to Lift Immunity of Golden Dawn Leader for New Charge

A Supreme Court prosecutor sent a case file to parliament, on Friday, requesting the lifting of immunity of Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos, , so that he can be charged with incitement to commit crimes. The case file concerns recorded conversations...

Masked Men Attacked Inflatable Boats Carrying Refugees

Five masked individuals on board a speedboat attacked inflatable vessels carrying migrants and refugees in the marine area near the Greek island of Lesvos, destroying their engines. Around 9 am on Friday October 9th, the boats started drifting and were...

UN: Greece Needs Help to Handle Refugee Crisis

The U.N. high commissioner for refugees, Antonio Guterres, welcomed the start of a European Union relocation program with the departure of a first group of asylum seekers Friday from Italy to Sweden. The high commissioner said he hopes to...

Did the Amphipolis Tomb Commemorate Hephaistion?

By Andrew Chugg* The archaeological team responsible for the recent excavation campaigns at the Amphipolis Tomb gave a lecture on 30th September 2015 in which they presented evidence which they argued indicates that the monument was built on the orders...

Healing Wounds from Sociopolitical War Through Ancient Greek Plays

The new book of author, director, and translator Bryan Doerries, entitled "The Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today," was published by Alfred A. Knopf on September 22, 2015, with the aim to initiate conversations about the...

Greek Men's National Soccer Team Continues Winless Spell

The Greek Men's Soccer Team recorded a 12th straight game without a victory after losing 3-1 to Northern Ireland in Belfast on Thursday evening in the penultimate game of the 2016 EURO Qualifiers. This series of underperforming displays means the team will...

Thomsen: Greece Needs Debt Relief

International Monetary Fund European Department head Poul Thomsen argued, during a global IMF conference in Lima, Peru on Friday, that Greece will need debt relief. “We think that Greek debt... has become highly unsustainable,"  Thomsen is quoted by Reuters as...

Greek Parliament Will Vote Bailout Prior Actions Separated in Multiple Articles

Greek government spokesperson Olga Gerovasili clarified in a new interview with "Sto Kokkino" FM radio station that the prior actions that the Greek parliament will vote on next week will be separated in various articles. “Each party will have the opportunity to...