Lender’s inspectors return to Athens to ‘speed up reforms’
Fox News — Inspectors from Greece’s bailout creditors have returned to Athens as the Greek government faces calls to speed up the implementation of ‘economic […]
Month: September 2016
Greek general secretary for migration quits after criticising government
Reuters — A Greek general secretary for migration resigned on Tuesday after telling a radio station the country’s migration facilities were failing to effectively address […]
ECB denies that central bank backs lower fiscal target for Greece
Reuters — A European Central Bank official commenting on remarks made by a Greek central bank official earlier in the day, denied that it supports a lower […]
Life sentence for the fake doctor of Skyros
Greek Reporter — Giannis Kastanis, the “doctor” who served as the director of Skyros Hospital, was given a life sentence by the one-membered Evian Criminal […]
UK charter lands in Athens after mechanical problem
eKathimerini — A Thomson Airways charter flight from Manchester in the UK bound for the Greek island of Skiathos was forced to land at Athens […]
Junker orders investigation into Barroso’s Goldman Sachs job – Barroso hits back
Goldman Sachs announced in early July its appointment of Barroso, who at 60 is a year younger than his successor Juncker, as an executive chairman […]
Reformed Greek appeals panel upholds Syrian refugee’s deportation
The Guardian — Greek officials have agreed to deport a Syrian refugee back to Turkey, the first such move since the government changed its asylum […]
Austrian chancellor calls for end to EU austerity
Just three days after the Euro-Med Athens declaration, Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern has called for a fundamental change of direction in European economic policy . To […]
Greek Liquid Gold: A new website about Authentic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
An American living in Crete has launched a website about Greek olive oil that features recipes, photos, information, and news. Offering original renditions of Greek […]
Crackdown on foreign-plated cars
eKathimerini — Monitoring authorities have recently turned their spotlight on vehicles circulating in Greece with foreign plates, as in the last few months the phenomenon […]
EU countries eye potential share of Apple windfall
Politico — The €13 billion tax clawback from U.S. tech giant Apple has piqued the interests of EU finance ministers, who asked the European Commission […]
Minoan issues post-Brexit profit warning but optimistic on Crete investment
Tornos News — The Brexit vote’s negative impact on the value of sterling combined with a downturn in travel to Turkey forced Scottish travel group […]
Tsipras repeats call for Greek debt relief, seeks bonds in QE
Bloomberg — Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Greece will only be able to lure investors once a quarrel between creditors over how to lower the […]
Greek Reporter Video : The reality of a country that cannot enforce its own laws
Greek Reporter — Member of the Greek parliament Niki Kerameos on the reality of smoking, and the reality of a country that cannot enforce it’s […]
Police on Crete detain two naked tourists at Heraklion airport
eKathimerini — Police at Crete’s international airport in Heraklion detained two tourists over the weekend – a 37-year-old Belgian man and a 30-year-old German woman – […]