Panteion

The more conservative attitude, mentality and political ideology a person has, the most probable it is to feel disgust and revulsion for bacteria while considering interpersonal contact a threat, according to new international research conducted with the participation of...

A group of hooded rioters attacked various tertiary education institutions during the university elections on Wednesday. Attacks took place at the Athens Law School, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and the Education Institute. Ten people entered the Athens...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras reshuffled his cabinet for the second time in two years, naming a new finance minister, as he closed Parliament early for the summer break. Economics professor and banker Gikas Hardouvelis will be the new Finance Minister,...

The Greek government continues to tax tobacco products as part of the austerity measures demanded by international lenders while simultaneously trying to stop the growing trade in illegal cigarettes that threatens revenues. Cigarettes are a prized commodity in Greece. Forty...

Restaurant and tavern owners and customers are increasingly harassing tax inspectors at a time when Greece has intensified a long-overdue crackdown on tax evasion, but officials are determined to enforce the tax laws. Residents in a village in Peloponnese barred...

A recent shooting of 29 immigrant strawberry farm workers in Manolada led to quick calls on Twitter for a boycott of the product and spread so fast that producers in the area said their season might be ruined. “We’re all...

With more evidence that austerity measures demanded by international lenders in return for bailout loans have backfired and made Greece’s economy worse, President Karolos Papoulias said he fears the government’s squeezing of taxpayers will blow up in the country’s...

After securing 52.5 billion euros ($69 billion) in new loans from international lenders in a fight to keep the economy afloat, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras now faces a foe on another front - the country’s reputation for runaway...

ATHENS -  Although Greece country suffers through a crushing economic crisis, most citizens are not desperate enough to embrace the hate rhetoric and immigrant-bashing of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party. “They have a bad history and violence breeds violence,” Athens...