A view of the Greek parliament in session. Parliament in Greece has been dissolved after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras requested the dissolution of the legislature following its failure to choose a new president after three successive rounds of voting. A statement from the parliament said an early election in the austerity-weary country would be held on January 25, as Samaras announced on Monday,... 

The photo shows Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras attending the third round of the presidential election in the Greek parliament in the capital, Athens, on December 29, 2014. The Greek parliament has failed to elect the country’s new president, paving the way for snap elections that might bring a radical leftist party to power. On Monday, Greek lawmakers failed for the third consecutive time to... 

In the last weeks, the Government of Samaras has failed the first 2 of 3 of attempts to collect enough votes to elect one of their own, Stavros Dimas to the position of President of the republic. This coming Monday, the final attempt to elect Stavros Dimas will be made, and when that fails the country will go to national elections. Earlier today, Samaras gave an interview with Greek TV station NERIT.... 

A brand new television show that will be premiering on MTV titled “Growing Up Greek” has sparked outrage and protest within the Greek-American community. The “reality” show, follows the infamous “Jersey Shore” template. In this case it portrays a group of young “Greeks” in Tarpon Springs, Florida who get publicly intoxicated, partake in senseless violence, and debase actual Greek culture... 

A man holds a burnt US flag in front of the US embassy on November 17, 2014 in the center of Athens at a march commemorating the 1973 students uprising against the military junta. Thousands of Greeks have taken to the streets of the capital, Athens, to commemorate the 1973 student uprising against the country’s US-backed military dictatorship. Over 20,000 demonstrators took part in the peaceful... 

It may seem that we know a lot more about the Moon than we do about any other celestial body. However, our natural satellite still hides many mysteries. There was time on Earth, when there was no Moon in the sky In the V century BC, Greek philosopher and astronomer Anaxagoras of Clazomenae wrote that according to his sources, the Moon appeared after the Earth was born. In the III century BC, Apollonius... 

Amsterdam protest against TTIP Trojan Horse Tens of thousands of people are flooding the streets of cities all over Europe on Saturday in mass rallies against a controversial trade agreement between the US and the EU. Talks on the pact, called the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), started last February and, having been mostly held behind closed doors, have raised widespread concerns... 

Greek pensioners have taken to the streets in the capital, Athens, to voice anger at austerity measures taken by the government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Furious at the government’s plans to cut pensions and increase taxes, the demonstrators gathered in central Athens on Thursday and marched on the premier’s office. The protest came a day after the country’s troubled coalition government... 

The guided-missile destroyer USS Ross A US Navy destroyer and a French frigate are expected to enter the waters of the Black Sea next week, a diplomatic and military source said. “Two NATO warships at once will arrive in the Black Sea on September 3. They are US Navy’s destroyer USS Ross and frigate, Commandant Birot, of the naval forces of France,” the unnamed source told RIA-Novosti news agency. There’s... 

There is growing dissent in the EU over policies that led to a de fact trade war with Russia. Meanwhile the countries not toeing the line are reaping the benefits, irritating those who jumped on the sanctions bandwagon. Greek members of the European Parliament demanded Sunday that the EU cancel sanctions against Russia. MEPs Kostantinos Papadakis and Sotiris Zarianopoulos said in a letter to some... 

The Samaras regime takes corruption a step further today… MEP for the Golden Dawn, Giorgos Epitideios filed a lawsuit against the Chief of E.L.A.S. (Greek Police) due to the illegal detainment of members in police headquarters, abuse of power and preventing legitimate activity of a legal political party. The data that justifies these complaints are as follows: The distribution of leaflets about... 

Coins shown from the Greek colony Akragas, Circa 409-406 B.C. A collection of ancient coins dating back to 500 B.C. are being returned to Greece after the New York prosecution of a prominent collector from Rhode Island. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. and Greek officials scheduled a ceremony today in New York marking the repatriation of the coins. The coins were part of a case against... 

Graffiti is painted on walls and the entrance of an electric station of Public Power Corporation (PPC) in Athens, July 2, 2014. Greece faces massive power cuts as unions have threatened to disrupt the country’s power supply in row over government plans to break up the country’s main electricity provider. Workers of Greece’s Public Power Corporation (PPC) said they would go on strike on... 

Smoke of wood stoves rises over cities of Greece, Spain suffers from youth unemployment, Germany raises retirement age to 76 years, whereas in the heart of London, people gather to protest against austerity measures. Who benefits from multiplying the poor in Europe? Has the tale of good European life been destroyed? “In winter you can heat your house with gasoline-powered radiators, –... 

The football showdown between Japan and Greece ended in a scoreless draw, but the Japanese fans scored top points from the clean-up crew after leaving the stands of the stadium and its bathroom unblemished. It turns out that Japanese football fans have a tradition of cleaning up the stadium after matches at home, a practice which the fans vigorously undertake in Brazil. “It’s our tradition....