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Panathinaikos Basketball Team Dismisses Coach Ivanovic

Panathinaikos announced the dismissal of Dusko Ivanovic, the basketball team’s coach through an official statement. The team’s poor performance against Olympiakos which Panathinaikos lost its advantage, as well as the team’s exclusion from the Euroleague Final 4 lead to...

Greek Tourism Minister Opens Nafplio's 2nd Mediterranean Yacht Show

Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura underlined the importance of tourism for Greece's economy and the need for stability so that "we can have the number of tourists we wish," while inaugurating the 2nd Mediterranean Yacht Show in the historic...

Santorini Volcano Returns to Dormant State

After three years of increased activity the volcano on the Greek island of Santorini has returned to its dormant state, according to the newspaper Kathimerini. Experts from the Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration (IGME) spoke with the Greek newspaper...

Thousands of Runners Participate in 4th Athens Half-Marathon

No incidents occurred during the 4th Athens Half-Marathon which was attended by more than 15,000 people of every age. In total 4,000 runners participated in the 21-kilometer run which started on Sunday, May 3 at 8 am. Furthermore, at least...

Greek Minister Lafazanis: 'If SYRIZA Misses Targets, it Must Go'

Greek Minister of Production Reconstruction Panagiotis Lafazanis alluded that SYRIZA should hand over power, if the government is not able to secure an austerity-free program. The Left Platform leader gave an interview with the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, where he noted...

Greek PM to Meet With Creditors after Obstacles in Brussels

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is planning to meet with the heads of Greece’s creditors over the next few days, in an attempt to arrange a Eurogroup meeting and to make progress in the negotiations, so that Athens can...

May 3: International Eat a Pitogyro Day

This year a different kind of event was organized in Greece. An event with no distinctions between gender, religion or nationality, with no relation to religious holidays. An event that was created to commemorate the great discovery of pitogyro, a Greek food...

Greek Alternate FinMin: Gov't to Release New Real Estate Value List by End of June

The new state-set prices for real estate (known as "objective value") are expected to be ready by end-June, Greek Alternate Finance Minister Nadia Valavani told a special permanent committee in Parliament reviewing state contracts, in a document. Valavani was responding...

Greek Finance Minister Says it Won't Request New Bailout

Greece has said that it would not ask for a new rescue package from its international creditors if they would simply restructure its debt. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in an interview with a Greek newspaper Saturday that Greece...