Greek banks to keep personal details of 500-euro bill swappers
eKathimerini — Commercial banks are being ordered to note the personal data and transaction history of clients who exchange 500-euro notes, along with cross-checking the […]
Month: March 2016
Greek bailout talks end without deal as migrant challenges grow
Bloomberg — Greece and its creditors ended talks on Sunday without reaching an agreement on terms attached to a bailout, even as Europe’s most-indebted state […]
Doctor arrested for demanding bribe
eKathimerini — An Athens hospital doctor has been arrested and appeared before the prosecutor over the weekend for demanding a 350 euro bribe to perform […]
Greece is expected to implement the EU -Turkey deal but ‘will struggle to enforce it’
The Guardian — Greece will not be able to start sending refugees back to Turkey from Sunday, the government said, as the country struggles to […]
Quad bike accident results in two deaths
Two young students of the Technological Institute of Chania died in an accident, when their quadbike hit the protective barrier over a cliff road in Koumbeli, […]
Greek bailout review to be interrupted for Catholic Easter
Reuters — EU and IMF inspectors assessing Greece’s bailout progress will leave Athens on Sunday and return after Catholic Easter, sources close to the talks […]
Amnesty hits out at EU over Turkey deal
BBC — Amnesty International has accused European leaders of “double speak” over a deal to return migrants to Turkey. The leading human rights charity said […]
Gov’t says 12,000 Greek farmers to be first to return illegal subsidies
ANA-MPA — Rural Development Minister Evangelos Apostolou on Friday said that 12,000 Greek farmers that received the highest amounts will first be asked to return […]
Release of neo-Nazi killer sparks outrage
eKathimerini — The mother of slain rapper Pavlos Fyssas has posted a damning online video of her son’s killer Giorgos Roupakias to express her outrage […]
Refugees will be sent back across Aegean in EU-Turkey deal
Refugees and migrants arriving in Europe will be sent back across the Aegean sea under the terms of a deal between the EU and Turkey […]
Syrian refugee who swam from Turkey to Greece sets sights on Rio Olympics
ABC — Just six months ago, Yusra Mardini was swimming for her life — and those of more than a dozen other asylum seekers packed into […]
Chinese-managed Piraeus port continues to grow at rapid pace, as new milestone nears
Xinhua — The Chinese-managed part of Piraeus port continues to grow at an impressive, rapid pace under COSCO’s subsidiary Piraeus Port Terminal (PCT) management in […]
Australian POWs in Crete were the subjects of medical experiments by a Nazi doctor during World War II
The Mail — Australian troops were among those subjected to atrocious wartime experiments by Nazi doctors during World War II, researchers have revealed. The Sydney […]
Exchanging a 500-euro note with smaller bills can set you back five euros
eKathimerini — Banks collect a commission of 1.5 percent on average when changing 500-euro bills for notes of lower denominations, citing the administrative costs of […]
Turkish foreign ministry reacts angrily to Greek, Armenian comments
ANA -MPA — Turkey’s foreign ministry reacted angrily to the statements made by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan […]