A powerful bomb exploded early Monday outside the southern Athens headquarters of Greece’s private Skai broadcaster, which has been strongly critical of government policies, damaging the glass-fronted building but causing no injuries. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, which resembled attacks by domestic extreme left-wing and anarchist groups, whose past targets have... 

In what will likely not be a popular decision, Greece’s extreme-left PM Alexis Tsipras, has announced that the 10,000 Orthodox Church employees will be taken off the public payroll as he attempts to remove Christianity as the state religion. The atheist Prime Minister appeared in a joint televised address in Athens with the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Ieronymos, stated that priests... 

Kostas Bakoyannis, the Governor of Central Greece Region, has declared a state of emergency on the island of Evia because of strong forest fires. According to him, at the moment local authorities are helping extinguishing the fire. The main fires are near the village of Kondodespoti; its residents have been evacuated. Also, residents of the neighboring village of Stavros have left their homes. 186... 

Multiple wildfires across Greece’s Attica region have claimed the lives of at least 60 people, firefighters say. With dozens of others injured, authorities have warned of further casualties and pleaded for an EU-wide response. Around half of the victims are from the village of Mati, a holiday resort on the east coast of the Attica region, just 30km from Athens, the local fire brigade said. Local... 

Greece’s European creditors have halted the country’s debt relief deal after Athens proposed a one-off payout to pensioners which contradicts Brussels’ austerity demands. The sides are struggling to agree on the latest review of Greece’s rescue plan of €86 billion. Last week they agreed on a short-term debt relief deal under which Athens must reduce its public debt by 20 percent of GDP... 

Not one, not two, but three passenger ships from Lesbos transferring a total 4,911 illegal immigrants from Mytilene today, sailed for the port of Piraeus. In particular, the “Terra Jet” disembarked 1,702 illegal immigrants at the Piraeus port, the “Blue Star Patmos” 1,980 and the “Blue Star 1” 1,229 (772 from Mytilene and 457 from Chios). By the day’s end, the “Eleftherios Venizelos”... 

The government in Athens has refused a demand by the United States to close its airspace to Russian aircraft ferrying what it describes as humanitarian aid to Syria. “On Saturday, U.S. Embassy [in Athens] appealed to the Greek government with a request to prohibit the flights of Russian aircraft in the FIR Athens. The Greek government refused to do so, in order not to worsen relations with Russia,”... 

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has confirmed his resignation and early election plans for Greece in a live address. The move comes after Athens managed to pay a huge chunk of its €3.4 billion debt to the ECB. “The political mandate of the January 25 elections has exhausted its limits and now the Greek people have to have their say,” Tsipras said in a televised address Thursday night. Tsipras... 

Eurozone finance ministers have finally approved Greece’s third debt bailout after Greek parliament endorsed the rescue package following a tough all-night debate. “New loans of up to €86 billion will be made available over the next three years to Greece,” the European Commission said in a statement on Friday after six hours of talks in the Belgian capital Brussels to nail down the painful... 

The situation in Kos is out of control. A little while ago hordes of illegal immigrants stormed the police station in Kos and injured the police officers, who after the persecution of their colleague are afraid to defend themselves even when their lives are at risk. The joke of a “state” of SYRIZA has plunged the entire Eastern Aegean into chaos and the Greek citizens now live under a regime... 

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has warned that the economic reforms from Greece’s debt holders are doomed to fail. The assessment comes as PM Alexis Tsipras has reshuffled his cabinet in efforts to secure a third bailout package. The EU is preparing to start talks with Athens on a third bailout which could reach €86 billion ($93 billion), but the reform program laid down by Brussels... 

Greek Deputy Finance Minister Nadia Valavani has resigned ahead of the key vote in the Greek parliament on a third bailout agreed between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the country’s creditors. She described the deal as Greek agony. “Alexis, I am ready to serve in any capacity to the end during challenges. However, when our delegation returned with liabilities that are ‘stillborn measures’... 

Victoria Nuland’s, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, visit to Athens just after Ukraine makes it suppose, that the Ukrainian scenario of government dethroning and civil war is already orchestrated for Greece. Greek rapprochement with Russia, which NATO is ready to wage war with, generates such a discontent of the US State Department, that the American authorities... 

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is reporting today that this mornings “emergency activation” to immediate combat readiness status of the 102nd Military Base near Gyumri, Armenia (Caucasus region), is directly related to the 4 July “war order” issued by President Putin authorizing the sinking of the US Navy’s guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) that just entered into the Black Sea... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has assured Greeks that he will support them in the financial hardships they face after the Greek people overwhelmingly voted “No” to further restricting terms of an international bailout program. In a phone conversation on Monday, Putin discussed the results of a Sunday referendum with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, voicing his support for the Greek...