Greek authorities have approved the reintroduction of a ferry connection between Greece and Cyprus, a line that stopped operating in 2000. Greek Tourism Minister Haris Teocharis, Greece’s Shipping Minister Giannis Plakiotakis and the…
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The Greek government has passed a new asylum law aimed at speeding up the asylum procedures and returns of migrants to Turkey. The 237-page bill, entitled “international protection and other provisions”, has…
On Thursday, 12th October 1944, the Germans lowered their swastika flag from the Acropolis and finally left Athens. The Nazi forces in Greece vacated the Greek capital and began their withdrawal north,…
A mother has tried to sneak drugs to her jailed son by placing it inside souvlaki and frozen meat. The woman attempted to take the souvlaki through Korydallos prison in Pireaus, Athens,…
Transforming the port city of Piraeus into a major tourism destination, improving the standard of living and upgrading the infrastructure are at the centre of an urban renewal program budgeted at 15 million euros,…