Greek money ‘Boosts Bulgarian, Romanian banks’
Novinite.com — Capital flight from Greek banks last year has boosted deposits in Bulgaria and Romania Deposits in Bulgaria rose 10% last year, while in […]
Month: October 2016
PPC says China’s State Grid offers highest bid for stake in Greek power grid operator
Xinhua — China’s State Grid International Development offered the highest bid amounting to 320 million euros for the acquisition of 24 percent stake in Greece’s […]
Greek court greenlights privatization of 14 regional airports
Xinhua — Greece’s Supreme Administrative Court has greenlighted the privatization of 14 regional airports, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Wednesday. The court rejected […]
EU border controls to get another 3-month extension
DW — The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, is to put the three-month extension request to member states, it said in a statement on […]
Greece’s creditors release €2.8 billion tranche after completion of first bailout review
RT — Greece’s creditors have released a €2.8 billion tranche from the country’s €86 billion bailout program. Part of the tranche – €1.1 billion will […]
Ceta and the fate of feta cheese. Protected name in the EU but not in Canada
eKathimerini — European Council President Donald Tusk said it was still possible CETA could be signed as planned and Canada’s trade minister said the deal was “not […]
ELSTAT: 230,000 children facing extreme poverty in Greece
To Vima — More than 4,512,000 Greeks are facing poverty, with children being especially vulnerable, as 230,744 live in households with no income. According to […]
Wallonia rejects EU ‘ultimatum’ over CETA
euractiv.com — Belgium’s Wallonia region on 23 October dealt a fresh blow to a proposed EU-Canada trade deal, rejecting a 24-hour ultimatum from the bloc […]
Are Europe’s young people fed up with the EU?
BBC — The UK’s Brexit vote and the rise of anti-EU parties across Europe are signs of widespread disillusionment with the EU. Those aged under […]
Western parts of Greece bear brunt of downpours
EKathimerini — Hundreds of homes and streets were flooded in Messolonghi, Preveza, Nafpaktos, Patra and other parts of Western Greece on Saturday due to heavy […]
Brexit Department ‘Staffed by people of very low IQ’ says Yanis Varoufakis on BBC’s QT
Huffington Post — Former Greek finance minister has called the Brexit department “Pythonesque” and staffed with “people of very low IQ”. On BBC’s Question Time […]
Merkel: Eurogroup, institutions, IMF will make decision on Greek debt
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras left Brussels on Friday without securing any firm commitment on Greece’s debt problem but signaled nonetheless that he expected “positive developments”. “I […]
Greek PM sees perpetual bailouts if creditors fail to ease debt
Reuters — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned his country’s creditors on Friday that a failure to extend a timely debt restructure would push the […]
Record drop in tourism takings in August
eKathimerini — August saw a major decline in tourism revenues, which dropped 9.2 percent on an annual basis, according to data released on Friday by […]
Taxman to accept properties instead of inheritance tax
eKathimerini — The Finance Ministry is planning to allow the concession of properties to the state for the payment of inheritance tax – unless this […]