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Some surprising revelations emerged from the results of an EU study announced recently. The 2017 study, by Eurostat, the official statistical authority of the European Union, reported how much the typical European household spends on recreation. The figures, which were released on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slY9aA7Nxfk Numerous Greeks and members of the Greek diaspora excelled in 2018, be it in politics, business, sciences, the arts, sports or philanthropy. Many, perhaps most, of them have risen to great heights in the country to which they emigrated. Often...

According to data published by FedHATTA, the Federation of the Hellenic Associations of Tourist and Travel Agencies, the number of Greeks who choose a destination abroad instead of Greece for their Christmas vacations is booming again, following a significant...

A joint plan drawn up by the Metropolitan Bishop of Kythera and Monemvasia along with the local council of the small island of Antikythera, hopes to bring life back to the beautiful Greek island which is now home to...

According to the annual report ''Construction and Housing Statistics, 2016'' released on Thursday by the Statistical Service of Cyprus, construction activity registered an increase of 20.7 percent in 2016 compared to an increase of just 0.2 percent recorded in...

According to a survey conducted by Nielsen in the third quarter of 2018, 72 percent of Greeks still believe that the country's economy is in recession, despite the official figures showing that the economy has been continuously growing since...

The majority of tourists who visited Cyprus between June and September of 2018 said that they were "satisfied to a great extent" with their stay, according to a survey commissioned by the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO). The survey of visitors...

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, has unequivocally condemned  Monday's terrorist attack on Greece’s SKAI TV station. In a statement today he also expressed his support for the owners and employees of the television and radio station, as...

A 29-year-old man from the island of Lesvos has been arrested and is to appear before an examining magistrate on Wednesday, facing charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm and weapons violations, state-run news agency AMNA reports. The man is accused of...

The Greek Parliament will vote on Tuesday to decide the issue of the pension cuts which were scheduled to come into force on January 1, 2019. Speaking of the E.U. promise that the cuts will not be needed, Greek Prime Minister Alexis...