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Iraq has announced it filed a lawsuit against Greek shipping firm Marine Management Services (MMS) for exporting crude oil from the Kurdistan region. The Iraqi Oil Ministry said on Thursday that the Greek company operated five vessels which had transported oil on behalf of...

Greece is awaiting the godsend Chinese investments, which were arranged after the recent visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and his meeting with his Greek counterpart Antonis Samaras. It appears, however, that several Greek entrepreneurs have decided not to...

By Pat McCarthy* and Dan Woodin** BETHLEHEM/JERUSALEM (ANS) -- A snapshot of the Holy Land's Christian population was revealed after Pope Francis' and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's joint visit to Jordan and the West Bank last spring. It is fascinating to note that Christians...

The recent developments in Iraq -- where a large part of the country is being destroyed by jihadists -- have caused concern in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in regards to the Greeks living in the country. The Ministry released an...

Severe conditions in Gaza are leaving the struggling Christian community open to the temptations of "an extremism which does not differentiate between race and religion," warns a report from the Young Men's Christian Association in the Gaza Strip today. According...

Greece has closed its embassy in Libya and is withdrawing its diplomatic mission from Tripoli as militia and Libyan troops are fighting for the city's control. In an operation spearheaded by the Greek Navy, frigate Salamis left Greece on Wednesday with the...

In most major cities in the world, Greeks open restaurants and introduce the traditional cuisine of Greece to more and more people. In distant Dubai, the restaurant Eat Greek is the ambassador of Greek cuisine in the Middle east. Greek...

After the influx of Chinese tourists in Greece and the organization of collective weddings in the islands of Santorini and Crete, Greek businessmen realized that the emerging Asian market can be a source of income and tourists may want to visit the country not...

About 1,000 Palestinian Muslims fleeing Israeli shells devastating their Gaza neighbourhood have found shelter in a building they otherwise would rarely if ever enter, the city's 12th-century Greek Orthodox Church. Despite its thick walls dating back to the Crusades, the...

JERUSALEM (AP) — A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed near Israel's main airport Tuesday, wounding one Israeli and prompting all U.S. and some European and Canadian airlines to cancel flights to Tel Aviv — a reflection of...