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Treat and travel through Cretan summer workshops
Join Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries (CCS) on a journey of discovery on the magnificent isle of Crete, the center of Mediterranean Diet research.
Vlora, a migrant tale where history repeats itself (photos + videos)
Christmas Eve, 1990. The first Albanian refugees pass through the unprotected borders with Greece.
Why was the Greek FinMin attacked at Eurogroup?
Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis took all the criticism leveled against him at the Eurogroup meeting on Friday in his stride. The rules of savoir vivre were put to the side as tension escalated. His Eurozone counterparts blame him for wasting time and of not playing by the rules.
Greek FinMin responds to criticism with a poignant sketch
Friday, April 24, was a "dark Friday" for Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. He responded to his critics with his usual round of "British" humor, with a cartoon sketch titled "A Picture Says a Thousand Words"?
Rival soccer fan clashes leave man stabbed
By George Georgakopoulos
One man was stabbed and several others slightly injured as rival Thessaloniki club fans clashed late on Friday at an event held by Aris supporters.
SYRIZA looks beyond cold shower at Friday's Eurogroup
Government sources said that the negotiations with the Brussels Group are continuing as usual following the return of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras from Brussels.
Armenian rallies in Greece for recognition of the Genocide
Armenians in Greece held a memorial service in Nea Smyrni, south of Athens, to commemorate the centennial of the Armenian genocide. The service was held at the memorial of genocide victims at Chrysostomou Smyrnis Square on Friday afternoon, before a gathering at Syntagma Square. Protestors then marched to the Turkish Embassy as a sign of protest.
Memories! Marie-Chantal remembers the day she became a "Greek princess"
Princess Marie-Chantal of the Greek Republic, feeling nostalgic, shared a throwback wedding photo to the day she married the former Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece. The photo was taken 20 years ago in London on July 1, 1995, and she doesn't appear to have aged a day. Titled, "My Wedding Picture", the photo shows Marie-Chantal Miller in a Valentino wedding gown?
Tsipras to see local officials as decree dispute heats up
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to meet regional governors and mayors in Athens on Saturday in an attempt to defuse a political row that has erupted as a result of the government?s decision to force local authorities to transfer their cash reserves to the Bank of Greece.
Thessaly stores likely to remain closed on first Sunday of spring sales
By Dimitra Manifava
The Federation of Thessaly Traders? Associations, in central Greece, on Thursday decided unequivocally that stores would not open on the first Sunday of the spring sales (May 3, as the law allows for).
Eurogroup comes down hard on Greece
Greece was left in no doubt at Friday?s Eurogroup that it is running out of time and its lenders out of patience as they attempt to conclude negotiations so 7.2 billion euros in bailout funding can be disbursed.
Athens grateful for increase in EU funding for migration crisis
The doubling of aid to Mediterranean countries to help with the rise in the number of undocumented migrants is one of the main things Greece can take away from Thursday?s European Union leaders? summit on the migration crisis, according to Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Tasia Christodoulopoulou.
Body of missing fish farm worker found
The body of a missing foreign national employed at a fish farming unit next to the island of Oxia, off the coast of Mesolongi, western Greece, was discovered on a rocky beach on Friday. The man had been reported missing on Friday morning.
Govt Dep. PM: We're looking forward to even closer relations with Israel
Deputy PM Yannis Dragasakis said the Greek government is looking forward to boosting bilateral relations with Israel in 2015, speaking at a well-attended event on Friday hosted by the Israeli embassy in Athens to celebrate the country's independence and the 25th anniversary of full diplomatic relations with Greece.
Greek bonds nudge up on day but down on week
German bund yields were on track for their biggest weekly rise of 2015 on Friday as fears of an imminent Greek default eased, though strategists still saw European Central Bank bond buying as a powerful driver in the opposite direction.