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Prime Minister George Papandreou (l) speaks to his counterparts from Albania, Sali Berisha (c), and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski (r), during an informal meeting at the Prespes Lakes National Park yesterday. Officially, the aim of the...

The role of the third candidate, Thessaloniki Prefect Panayiotis Psomiadis, remains crucial to the final result. Sources said yesterday that Psomiadis was coming under pressure from some high-ranking party figures to step aside, even at the last minute, so that...

However, the law that allows for the inspection of political party finances does not cover such internal party matters, so it is not possible for tax officials nor the wider public to obtain any reasonably true picture of how the...

Wednesday and assaulted him when he refused to end his lesson so they could use the room...Academics at the university have asked the Education Ministry and other authorities to intervene to restore order and ensure the security of staff and...

City of Athens officials told Kathimerini that the new spaces, 2,200 of which would be for nonresidents, would be introduced in the neighborhoods of Thiseio, Ano Petralona, Goudi, off Alexandras Avenue and around the Athens Concert Hall. Free parking spaces...

Justice Minister Haris Kastanidis is soon due to unveil the establishment of a system for assessing the claims made by Greeks at the court in Strasbourg, so that claimants are financially compensated for the failure to dispense justice and the...

Following a four-month investigation covering 16 cities including Athens and Thessaloniki, authorities issued 55 arrest warrants for suspected members of a ring thought to have been trading in sexually explicit photographs and videos of children on the Internet.

Washington in particular, have persuaded Greeks and Turks to work together, although history and local disputes make it difficult to forge the kind of stable relationship necessary for real cooperation. All agree that Greek and Turkish security go hand in...

Tory MP Sir Peter Viggers is retiring at the next election, following the revelation that he tried to pay for the garden folly with Commons allowances. Ivor Ingall, who designed the duck island, said the product's reputation had been "tarred"...