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Greek PM and Opposition Leader Attend Epiphany Celebration

Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras attended the Epiphany celebration on Tuesday in the city of Kavala, Greece. After the ceremony, Samaras offered wishes for health to all Greeks and “progress for our country; now that it...

HRADF Receives Binding Offers for Regional Greek Airports

Fourteen regional airports from respective Greek cities will be privatized within the following months as the binding offers from potential investors have already been filed to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) and according to the schedule, they...

CNN Tribute to Greek Seaplane Service

CNN recently made a tribute to the services of the Hellenic Seaplanes company for its aim to connect more than 100 locations throughout Greece by 2016. The first routes will be launched in May 2015. The company was founded in...

Ex-Deputy Minister Anthopoulos Charged with Usury

A Greek former deputy minister, Yiannis Anthopoulos will appear before a three-member felony court, after the Court of Appeals sent him to trial for the repeated offense of usury. The 65-year-old former politician and three other people are accused of usury against the...

Which Greek Regions Are Most Affected by Cancer

It appears that cancer is more common in some areas of Greece compared to others. Drama, Kilkis, Karditsa and Grevena have the highest cancer mortality rates, said pathologist and president of the Greek Scientific Society "Drama against Cancer," Savvas...

Man Cuffed for 'Renting' Underage Sister

An 18 year-old man in Kavala, Northern Greece, did not hesitate to force his 17 year-old sister into prostitution. The ruthless man was charging potential clients 1,100€ for the services of his underage sister. Police attained information on the young...

13-Year-Old Greek Girl Crowned Chess World Champion

A major success for the Greek chess team came from the Kavala Chess Club member Stavroula Tsolakidou who won first place at the World Individual Championships in Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, in the category for girls under 14-years-old and was crowned...

Pilgrimage to Northern Greece by People from Tuzla, Turkey

A large mission of 700 people from Tuzla in Turkey, whose ancestors had to leave the northern Greek regions of Kilkis, Thessaloniki, Kavala and Dramas under the population exchange in 1923 between Greece and Turkey in the context of...

Pan-Hellenic Bike Parade for Charitable Cause

The offer of assistance and support to people who are in need in this adverse period for Greece and Cyprus, led five Cypriot cyclists to organize a Pan-Hellenic Bike Parade in order to collect food supplies for poor people,...

Two Teenagers Killed in Kavala Car Accident

The local community of Akropotamos in Kavala, Makedonia, is mourning the death of two teenagers 16 and 18 years old, who were killed when the car the 16-year-old was driving went off the road. The tragic incident happened on the...