Greece braces for more austerity amid EU-IMF quarrel about debt
bloomberg — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras braces for yet another vote on additional austerity measures, as European creditors remain at loggerheads with the International […]
Month: May 2016
Brexit class: Ryanair’s bargain-price ‘Fly Home to Vote Remain’ promo branded ‘corrupt’
RT — Ryanair issued a press release on Wednesday 18 May.announcing a “Fly Home to Vote Remain” sale, offering seats for €19.99 for travel on June […]
Greece records budget surplus in the first four months of 2016
CityAM.com — Greece recorded a budget surplus of €2.4bn in the first four months of 2016. The surplus in Greece’s central government primary budget exceeded its own […]
Assigning blame for Greece’s unbearable debt
Bloomberg View / Mark Whitehouse — European leaders are belatedly coming to a crucial understanding: Greece’s debt burden is too much to bear. As they consider […]
Greece’s creditors eye IMF debt deal
FT — Greece’s international creditors are discussing a plan to drastically scale back the International Monetary Fund’s exposure to the country, potentially through an EU […]
Greek judges tell Syrian refugee Turkey is unsafe
BBC — Greek judges have ruled that a Syrian asylum seeker should not be sent back to Turkey because it is not safe. Amnesty International […]
Egypt Air crash: “No hypothesis is ruled out or favoured”
President Francois Hollande has said “no hypothesis is ruled out or favoured,” including the possibility the plane was downed by a terrorist attack. James Comey, the […]
The ECB grants debt relief to all Eurozone nations except Greece
Social Europe / Paul De Grauwe — It looks like Greece may get some debt relief. There is as yet no certainty about this because some German politicians […]
Taxation on plots of land to rise by 23-25 percent
eKathimerini — Owners of land plots are among the property holders who will have to pay more tax for their assets this year, according to […]
Mallorca and Crete most popular islands among Germans in the summer of 2016
Tornos News — When it comes to top holiday islands for Germans in 2016, Majorca and Crete are this year once again in high demand, […]
Crete and Zakynthos favourite Greek islands of Dutch tourists in 2016
Tornos News — Every year Griekenland.net, Dutch online promotion platform for Greece, organizes an online survey for the favourite Greek islands by tourists in Holland. […]
Greece to host first international ‘Blue Flag’ ceremony
GTP –The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) has selected Greece as the venue to host its first international “Blue Flag” ceremony, during which the winners […]
Greek government submits additional measures bill ahead of Eurogroup
Reuters — Legislation submitted to the Greek parliament late on Wednesday increases the upper band of VAT to 24 percent from 23 percent, adds tax […]
Germany seeks to delay debt relief for Greece
Irish Times — Political haggling over the next phase of the troubled Greek bailout took a new twist as Berlin dangled the prospect of debt […]
Greece joins search for missing EgyptAir flight
ITV NEWS — Search and rescue teams are looking for EgyptAir Flight MS804 which has gone missing on a flight from Paris to Cairo. Greek […]