The first heatwave of the summer to roast mainland Greece
Temperatures are set to rise next week, mainly in mainland Greece and in the north, with the heat wave pushing past the 40-Celsius mark on […]
Month: July 2015
German finance ministry says talk of euro region tax misleading
Bloomberg — A magazine report suggesting the euro region could levy its own taxes soon is misleading as it fails to consider that such a […]
Negotiations with lenders to start on Monday to discuss details of new programme.
Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner in charge of economic issues, has said Brussels is shooting for a new agreement by “the second fortnight of August”. […]
Greece’s big fat fire sale
In the early days of the Greek debt crisis, two German politicians came up with a radical solution: Greece should sell off some of its […]
Merkel suffers blow: senior party member resigns over Greece
AFP –As negotiations between Greece’s creditors and Athens resume today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suffered a blow with Wolfgang Bosbach, one of the senior […]
Refugee organisation says 43 families are living in tents in Athens park
There are currently 43 refugee families living in tents pitched in the Pedion tou Areos park in central Athens, the organisation Greek Forum of Refugees […]
Greek debt crisis talks stall over choice of hotel
The Guardian –In an inauspicious start to talks over awarding Greece a third bailout, international officials have postponed the negotiations after failing to agree with […]
IMF will not be joining other institutions in Athens on Friday
ANA-MPA — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission chief for Greece will not be joining the other representatives of the institutions, who are arriving in Athens […]
‘Grexit’ struggle tests Germany’s power duo
Reuters — On July 17th, her 61st birthday, Angela Merkel stepped to the podium in the Bundestag and urged German lawmakers to approve a new […]
Ex-CEO ‘bitter’ over being indicted for misuse of funds
Kathimerini — The former chief executive officer of the Public Power Corporation, Arthouros Zervos, on Thursday expressed his “bitterness and disappointment” at being one of […]
Abandoned children: the unseen victims of Greece’s debt
Sky News –The president of Greece’s largest children’s charity has told Sky News his organisation is running out of money because of the economic […]
New tax agency freezes accounts of 610 suspected tax evaders
Greek Reporter — The Control Centre of Taxpayers with Great Wealth (KEFOMEP), a new agency of the Greek Tax Office, has targeted several doctors, lawyers […]
Chania beach loses Blue Flag following complaint
Nea Hora beach, one of the awarded beaches in Chania, is at risk of losing its Blue Flag following a complaint made to the international […]
On reform, Europe asks Greece to go where many fear to tread
Reuters — Greece’s new bail-out deal imposes a stiff dose of budget rigour and market deregulation which critics say few leaders of Western Europe’s biggest […]
Greek parliament approves next phase in bailout reforms
(The Guardian) — Greece’s prime minister easily won a crucial vote on a third bailout programme for the debt-stricken nation early on Thursday, hours after […]