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US and Russia Hail Resumption of Cyprus Negotiations

The United States has hailed the resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus problem, reaffirming its readiness to help the process. A US State Department official, responding to a question, said the US welcomed the start of talks between the Greek-Cypriot...

French MEP Mélenchon: Greece Used as an Example to Show 'How Those who Resist Are Treated'

French MEP Jean-Luc Mélenchon, in an interview to French newspaper "l'Humanite," explained that the reason why he decided to support Greece in his book "Le Hareng de Bismarck" is Europe's stance toward Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Mélenchon said that he...

Pavlopetri: The Ancient Greek Underwater City

Pavlopetri is an ancient Greek city that has been submerged off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece, by a series of consecutive earth tremors around 1,000 BCE and consists the oldest underwater archaeological town site in the world,...

Greek Main Opposition Ready to Help Provided SYRIZA Leaves Obsessions Behind

Greek main opposition New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, in an interview to Sunday's Ethnos newspaper, left the possibility for cooperation with the government open provided that SYRIZA leaves its obsessions behind. He underlined that if the government needs help, New Democracy...

Ivan Savvidis to Support University of Athens Slavic Studies Dept

Greek-Russian businessman and politician Ivan Savvidis was warmly greeted by the Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos, on the occasion of Saints Cyril and Methodius Celebration on May 11. A month ago, the Charitable Foundation of...

Greek State Minister: "The Agreement with Creditors Must Be Realistic"

"The agreement must be realistic and implementable. But mainly to define the new day for the country, the restart of the Greek economy and growth," Greek State Minister Nikos Pappas said in an interview with newspaper 'Efimerida ton Syntakton' on...

European Commission: "Greece is One of the Greatest Concerns of the Eurozone"

Athens must speed up its reform efforts and present a "comprehensive and credible" list of reforms, the European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said, describing Greece as "one of the greatest concerns of the eurozone." "The Greek government must prepare a...

Main Opposition Lashes Out at Greek PM Tsipras

Greece's main opposition New Democracy party on Saturday lashed out at Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after his speech at a conference organized by the Economist. The main opposition accused the Greek Prime Minister of "lying" for Greece's economic situation when...

New Leads for Ben Needham 24 Years After His Disappearance

A team of South Yorkshire Police detectives travelled to Greece seeking to leverage new findings in order to unlock a new cycle of research about Ben Needham, the toddler from Sheffield who went missing in the Greek island of Kos...

IMF Says ‘Progress’ with Greece, But Document Leaks 'Default' Scenario

As Greece is running out of cash and the talks with its European and IMF creditors on additional financial aid have been deadlocked on the pretext that Greece has to implement substantial reforms, such as pension cuts, labor market liberalization, and...