South Yorkshire police ends their search for Ben Needham on Kos
The Guardian — South Yorkshire police officers formally ended their search on Kos on Sunday afternoon and a full update will be released from the […]
Month: October 2016
Quake rattles northwestern Greece, road damaged
Reuters — A quake of magnitude 5.2 struck northwestern Greece, close to the country’s border with Albania, late on Saturday, Athens’ Geodynamic Institute reported, causing damage […]
Creditors head to Athens as Greek economy at crossroads
DW — The first audit of Greece’s structural changes had barely concluded when it was announced that international creditors would arrive in Athens on Monday to […]
Syrian suspect believed to have links to terrorists arrested in Apokoronas
eKathimerini — A 51-year-old Syrian arrested in Kavros, Apokoroas , on Thursday appears to be linked to Islamist terrorists who carried out attacks in Paris in November […]
Donald Tusk: ‘Hard Brexit’ or ‘no Brexit’ for Britain
BBC — Britain’s only real alternative to a “hard Brexit” is “no Brexit”, European Council President Donald Tusk has said. Speaking in Brussels on Thursday, […]
German top court backs EU-Canada trade deal CETA
BBC — Germany’s Constitutional Court has rejected a legal challenge to the EU-Canada free trade deal (Ceta) from campaigners who call it undemocratic. The campaigners object […]
Tsipras urges lenders to deliver on debt relief
Voice Of America — Greece signaled Thursday that it was running out of patience with international lenders sitting on the fence over its call for debt […]
Brexit – The markets have taught Theresa May a hard lesson on sovereignty
FT /Martin Wolf — The two speeches made by Mrs May at the party conference last week make a hard Brexit by far the most […]
ECB executive: Greece cannot return to the markets without ‘clarity on debt’
Bloomberg — Greece won’t regain stable access to international bond markets unless creditors ease repayment terms on the country’s bailout loans, European Central Bank Executive […]
Man confesses to setting 9 fires in 4 days in Heraklion
To Vima — A 32-year-old man has confessed to setting nine fires in the city of Heraklion within the span of four days, earlier in October. […]
Die Welt: “A haircut for Athens – and then adieu!”
In the aftermath of the Eurogroup meeting which agreed to release part of the bailout funds to Greece, sections of conservative German press revived the […]
Rebound in foreign holiday home buyers
eKathimerini — The holiday home market is trying to regain the momentum of previous years, and particularly in 2013-14, through the reactivation of foreign buyers […]
Brexit and IMF’s world economic outlook report
The International Monetary Fund certainly knows what it is like to make duff forecasts. It made its latest of these in the run-up to the […]
Marathon running priests of Crete
Proto Thema — Spreading the word of God and leading the congregation on the narrow and straight path of virtue can often be a burdensome task for […]
Eurogroup ministers approve partial loan disbursement for Greece amid German doubts
Eurozone ministers unlocked the first part of €2.8bn for Greece Monday after the Eurogroup agreed that Athens delivered the necessary reforms but held back more funds amid […]