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A recent spike in the number of landings of vessels carrying irregular migrants and would-be asylum seekers to a handful of eastern Aegean islands generated a Greek government reaction on Saturday, with a top defense and foreign affairs committee later citing seven…

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias summoned the Turkish ambassador to Athens in order to express Greece’s deep dissatisfaction over the increased influx of migrants from Turkey, that culminated with the unprecedented mass arrivals of more than 500 people on the island of Lesvos…

A significant spike in the number of small craft carrying third country nationals, mostly Afghans, to the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos (Mytilene) was recorded on Thursday, with no less than 13 flimsy inflatable vessels landing on the island after disembarking unhindered…

A revised master plan by the Cosco-managed Piraeus Port Authority was tabled on Friday for review by a shipping ministry ports committee in the coming period. The revised master plan, which according to the port authority is valued at 800 million euros,…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to the “loaning” of the Parthenon Marbles – 14 friezes or metopes – from the British Museum in London to Greece on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, celebrated in…

Demand for a new tranche of 26-week T-bills was slightly down on Wednesday, compared to similar issues over the past few months, with an auction of 875 million euros of paper attracting bids of 1.536 billion euros, and with the amount finally…

A 14-year-old girl was killed on Friday at a horrific accident in an amusement park near the Greek sea-side city of Volos. The accident happened at the town of Almyros when the teenager fell from a spinning wheel and was crushed against…

The years after the First World War had a tremendous political, social and cultural impact on Greece. The end of the war coupled with the Asia Minor Tragedy almost brought Greece to its knees financially and shook Greek society to its core.…

The transport capacity of the Greek-controlled fleet multiplied over the 2007-2018 period, according to the Union of Greek Shipowners, which noted that the fleet increased from 170 million dwt to more than 389.68 million dwt in 2018. The figure means that Greek-controlled…

During the years of the crisis Greek citizens shouldered a huge tax burden. Those who did not have the means to hide their incomes – salaried employees and pensioners – bore the bulk of the burden. These two categories of citizens were…

Greece says it is restarting deportations of migrants to Turkey in an effort to deal with the increasing number of illegal crossings in recent weeks, the Associated Press reported on Friday. The number of migrants crossing illegally from Turkey to Europe has…

France will reportedly loan a frieze from the Parthenon, displayed today at the Louvre, to Greece on the occasion of events and comme-morations in 2021, the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the Greek War of Independence. The issue was reportedly discussed…