How Greeks experience the rule of law
Greek Reporter — Greece ranks 41st out of 133 countries in the world and ranks low among European countries in how citizens experience the rule of […]
Month: October 2016
EU Socialists call for Greek debt relief, end to harsh austerity
Sputnik News — Socialist politicians in the European Parliament have joined the clamoring call for Greece to be granted debt relief in an effort to […]
Fraport shares its plans for air terminals
eKathimerini — Fraport Greece will implement investments of 400 million euros at the 14 regional airports it has leased in the next four years, the […]
Migrant deal with Turkey may end without visa liberalization
Reuters — The European Union should implement visa-free travel for Turks by the end of the year and stop insisting Turkey change its anti-terrorism laws […]
EU to call on Greece to speed up migrant returns to Turkey
The Telegraph — European leaders will demand that Greece does more to speed up the deportation of illegal migrants back to Turkey amid reports of […]
Worst Airports in Europe 2016
sleepinginairports.net — Europe’s worst airports are the ones that fail to provide travellers with basic amenities – like chairs, clean bathrooms, and a semblance of […]
Bureaucrat glibly tells entrepreneurs, professionals to move to Bulgaria if they can’t pay high taxes
Naftemporiki.gr — The head of a state-run pension fund for self-employed professionals in the country, known by its Greek-language acronym of OAEE, reportedly told entrepreneurs […]
Student falls from second floor of Chania Marine academy
eKathimerini — An 18-year-old student at the Merchant Marine Academy of Crete was in critical condition on Tuesday after plunging from the building’s second floor. […]
More Greeks face poverty, Eurostat study shows
eKathimerini — One in three Greeks were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2015, just below Romania (37.3 percent) and Bulgaria (41.3 percent), […]
Police wrap up search, believe Ben Needham died in accident
Reuters — In a dramatic turn to what is one of Britain’s longest-running missing person inquiries, British police wrapped up a search for Ben Needham […]
Schäuble insists that the Greek public debt is not a problem
To Vima — Germany’s Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble urged Greek authorities to carry on with the implementation of reforms, following the recent progress. In […]
Greeks rally against labour reforms, as talks with creditors set to begin this week
China Daily — A total of 7,000 people gathered in central Athens on Monday to rally in front of the parliament in protest of austerity […]
Did Russia prevent Greece from leaving the Eurozone?
Zero Hedge — Earlier this week a surprising update has hit the wires. According to two journalists of Le Monde who were trying to write […]
Will the Greek economy ever recover?
BBC — The curious saying “beware Greeks bearing gifts” alludes more to the fable of Troy’s wooden horse than to the warmth and hospitality for […]
Huge rise in tax payments by credit card
eKathimerini — The practice of paying income and property taxes to the state via credit card in nine or 12 monthly installments has been taken […]