Greece

House Speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou was enigmatic coming out of her much-anticipated meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, after her dissidence over Greece's pending bailout agreement. "We had an honest and in-depth conversation with the prime minister regarding the developments of...

Spanish singer Manu Chao performed in Greece at the Terra Vibe stage in Malakasa on July 21, in front of thousands of people who attended the concert, despite the difficulties that the country is facing at the moment. The famous...

The taverna Angelos in the Haidari neighborhood of Athens is the first Greek restaurant that accepts bitcoin for payment. In fact, now that capital controls are imposed, the owner offers a 20 percent discount to customers who choose to...

Aegean Airlines SA’s agent in Tehran has announced that the Greek airline’s first flight to Iran will land in Tehran July 23 at 1 pm local time. The airliner will leave the Tehran Emam Khomeini Airport that very day at...

The Greek Tax Office freezes per day an average of 20 accounts of people who have sent more than 100,000 euros abroad or made undocumented transactions of 300,000 euros or more in Greece. The Control Center of Taxpayers with Great Wealth...

The newly formed Technical Committee on Culture, aiming to promote and facilitate cultural events, which will bring the two communities closer together, has announced its first event, “Our Music Under the Moonlight”, a concert by the bi-communal music group...

"Greece is returning to the Balkans," Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said, in statements after briefing a meeting of the National Council on Foreign Policy about the results of his tour in seven southeastern European countries. Kotzias said that he had...

The Greek government passed the second omnibus bill required for the negotiations on the third bailout package, but the rift within SYRIZA remains as 36 MPs voted against. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has tried to minimize losses from his own...

Greece's parliament approved a second set of austerity measures into laws on Thursday; a requirement for the country to receive a bailout deal by its creditors. Greece moved closer to seal a new bailout deal, the third one, with the European Central...

New Democracy interim leader Evangelos Meimarakis is likely to organize party elections on August 30, 2015. This decision, however, could be facing opposition from within the party. Meimarakis has taken over the reigns in New Democracy after Antonis Samaras stepped down following...