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The arrivals of American tourists to Greece doubled during the presidency of Barack Obama, the head of Greek tourism businesses association SETE, Andreas Andreadis, said in a tweet on Tuesday. “The arrivals of Americans in our country doubled to 900,000...

U.S. President Barack Obama said that Donald Trump tapped into a "troubling" strain of rhetoric and capitalized on "anger and fear in the American population" over threats of mechanization and globalization. Speaking in Athens during a joint press conference...

United States President Barack Obama was officially received outside the Greek presidential mansion by Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos for their meeting at 1:30 p.m. An hour later, Obama walked across the street to the Maximos Mansion, the prime minister’s official...

United States President Barack Obama’s scheduled speech at the foot of the Acropolis during his visit to Athens from November 15-16 is being reconsidered due to safety concerns. The speech, initially to have taken place with the Parthenon in...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew called on Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos to push through more reforms for Greece's current bailout review. Lew made these comments while Tsakalotos was in Washington on the sidelines of an International Monetary Fund summit. Lew...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addressed the Concordia Summit on Tuesday, focusing on the global challenges in which a "transnational crisis has shifted to national governments". He referenced three problems that Europe faces: the migrant crisis, a security crisis from...

An article in the Financial Times makes a case for the current turmoil in Turkey being of benefit to Greece. U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has said that Greece's creditors should let Greece restructure its debt so that the...

US News ranked Santorini, the exquisite island of the Cyclades, as number one among the world's Best Honeymoon Destination placing it in a higher position than other favorites like Bora Bora, Paris and Venice. The American news provider reviewed thousands...

United States President Barrack Obama pledged his commitment for a solution to the long-standing Cyprus dispute in the framework of a bi-zonal federation during his meeting with the new Cyprus Ambassador to the United States, Leonidas Pantelides, on Monday. Obama...

Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris was the second recipient of the "Damaskinos Award" on June 1, 2016, in New York City. The award goes to individuals who have promoted and defended tolerance and cooperation among all religions in Greece. Boutaris...