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Greece can do more to weed out corruption, watchdog agency says Michele Kambas   ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece should tighten the rules of conduct for its legislators and judiciary to prevent corruption, a senior official in the...

20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of by Andrew Bostock   The dazzling colours and great food of Greece’s famous islands extend to these lesser-known sand-fringed destinations, which boast wonderful places to stay –...

Forget the Parthenon: how austerity is laying waste to Athens' modern heritage   A full 80% of 19th and early 20th-century buildings in the Greek capital have already been destroyed, and time is running out for...

Read in Spanish Read in Greek The most unfortunate and unappreciated generation, this generation! Alexandra Xenofondos Twitter: @alexandra_92  It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the youth of our days is the most unfortunate and unappreciated generation of...

Greeks demand answers as government struggles to mop up oil spill   Critics have accused the government of not acting quickly enough to prevent the spill from spreading from Salamina island across to the coastline. Greek authorities...

Greek anarchists try to storm police ministry over jailed assassin   ATHENS (Reuters) - Around 20 Greek anarchists tried to storm the civil protection ministry on Monday in solidarity with a hunger-striking member of a guerrilla...

Memorial services in Cyprus to mark 44th anniversary of Turkish invasion   The Turkish-Cypriots along with the occupying forces, on the other hand, will be…celebrating Cyprus will mark on Friday the 44th anniversary of the 1974 Turkish...

Prisoners of Greek Islands   Refugee families trapped in Greek Islands are surviving various odds — from tackling violence to rape threats — with the hope that the European Union may agree to assimilate them into...

Macedonia's parliament ratifies name deal with Greece for second time   In June Greece and Macedonia signed a deal on a new name: "Republic of North Macedonia."But President Gjorge Ivanov refused to sign the agreement, saying...

Syrians stuck in Greece protest outside German embassy Syrian refugees stranded in Athens protested against an agreement between German and Greek governments over a policy to slow down refugee reunification. Syrian refugees stranded in Greece chanted...