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Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos was flying over the Imia islet to lay a wreath on the place where three men of the Hellenic Navy lost their lives, while two Turkish jet fighters were flying overhead, violating Greek airspace. The...

Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos received his Israeli counterpart Moshe Ya'alon in Athens on Tuesday, for talks focusing on cooperation between Greece, Israel and Cyprus and the possibility of adding Bulgaria, Jordan and Egypt to a so-called "axis of...

It was only a few months ago when the tragic death of little Aylan Kurdi became front-page news all over the world. Millions of words were written about the boy and the sad picture of him on the shore...

Greece has received more pressure on the refugee crisis on Saturday as Austria's Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner warned that Athens faces "temporary exclusion" from the Schengen zone. Earlier in the week Athens criticized a Financial Times report alleging several European...

Two boats carrying refugees and migrants from Turkey to Greece have sunk in the Aegean, leaving 41 dead with 17 children among them. In two separate incidents off the Greek islands of Kalolymnos and Farmakonisi, at least 21 people lost their...

According to Turkish news agencies, at least 12 people, have drowned on the coast of Turkey when their boat capsized while on its way to Greek islands. Among the dead there were also young children. The Turkish coast rescued 28...

Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas said that refugees see Greece as a transit country and that Turkey is not doing its part in stemming the migrant inflow. Speaking to Deutsche Welle, the Greek deputy reiterated that the refugee problem is...

A Turkish captain of a smuggler boat which capsized off the coast of Agathonisi killing three Syrian children under five years of age that were aboard, has been arrested by Greek authorities on the island of Samos. Turkish smugglers are...

National Bank will be the strongest bank in the Greek banking market, based on its capital and liquidity, with the aim to play a leading role in the recovery of the Greek economy and of social cohesion after completion...

The issue of migration, the changes in New Democracy and the Greek economy dominated a meeting between EU Commissioner for Migration and Internal Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos and newly elected New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday. "We will have the...