In Your Pocket travel guide’s top 10 unknown Greek islands
In Your Pocket, the European city guide publisher and online tourist information provider travel guide, has in response to its reader’s requests refreshed its ‘Unknown […]
Month: May 2015
Moscow invites Greece to join the BRICS-sponsored growth bank
(Sputniknews, To Vima) Russia’s Deputy Minister of Finances Sergei Storchak has invited Greece to join the under-development new growth bank that Brazil, Russia, India, China […]
Varoufakis says Greece faces a cash crisis within a “couple of weeks” while interest payment of 750m euros to IMF is made a day early
(BBC) Greece’s government has made a payment of 750m in debt interest to the International Monetary Fund the day before it was due, as eurozone […]
Two earthquakes over 4R hit Crete in the last 12 hours
A series of earthquakes shook east Crete over the last 12 hours. Just after midnight a 4.3R under the sea south of Heraklion was felt […]
How the European Central Bank became the real villain of Greece’s debt drama
(The Telegraph) When a rogue protester scaled the platform occupied by European Central Bank president Mario Draghi at his monthly press conference in April, the […]
No solution in sight for Greek crisis as Tsipras weighs impossible dilemma
(The Guardian) The talks between Alexis Tsipras’s government and its creditors have dragged on for so long that it has become hard to believe there […]
Wall Street Journal: Greece and its creditors agree that the bailout flopped, but they disagree on why
Greece and its creditors, deadlocked over fresh financing, agree on at least one thing about the country’s mammoth bailout, launched five years ago this month: […]
Schaeuble does not expect an agreement with Athens on Monday, warns against default
(Reuters) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble does not expect a final agreement on a cash-for-reform deal between Athens and its creditors at Monday’s Eurogroup […]
Laycock couple complete Crete charity trek
(Keighley News) A couple from Laycock,Wiltshire, have walked the length of Crete to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Paul and Ann Carter completed the […]
Two Austrian climbers dead after accident in Kapsa gorge , Lasithi
Two Austrian climbers who were reported missing in their attempt to traverse Kapsa Gorge in the Makry Gialos area of Lasithi in the east of […]
U.S. urges Greece to resist Russian gas pipeline
(Reuters) US State Department envoy for energy affairs Amos J. Hochstein, suggested to the Greek government not to give in to pressure by Russia regarding […]
Greek public debt 312.7 billion euros (174.7% GDP) at the end of March
(To Vima)According to the latest report of the public debt management agency (ODDIH), Greece’s public debt amounted to 312.7 billion euros or 174.7% of the […]
Greek bank bailout fund CEO asked to resign -government official
(Reuters) Greece’s government on Thursday asked the chief executive of its bank bailout fund to resign, after prosecutors ordered her to stand trial for her […]
Greek isles voted best in Europe holding seven out of the top 10 places
(Mail online) Britons who head to Majorca or Tenerife for their sunshine breaks may be missing a trick. For it is the holiday islands of […]
Varoufakis eyes deal as official says Greece could resort to IOUs
(CityAM) Greece’s finance minister Yanis Varoufakis was yesterday adamant that the country would reach a deal with its creditors, while a European Central Bank (ECB) […]