Eurogroup pours cold water over Greek hopes of debt relief
New Europe — Progress is needed on Greece’s reform to keep the International Monetary Fund’s participation in the programme, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said ahead […]
Month: November 2016
Two priests sentenced for embezzling 930,000 euros from state
eKathimerini — Two priests in Farsala, central Greece, have been sentenced to 18 and six years behind bars respectively, after they were found guilty of […]
Greek PM looks to completion of bailout review within weeks
Reuters — Greece’s prime minister told his new cabinet on Sunday that Athens “can and will” conclude its second bailout review in time for long-awaited […]
Pro-Kurdish supporters march in Greece against arrests in Turkey
Reuters — About 1,000 Kurds and pro-Kurdish supporters marched to the Turkish embassy in Athens on Saturday, chanting “Fascist Erdogan!” to protest against the detention […]
Juncker warns European industry not to cut own Brexit deals
Reuters — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warned European firms he would block attempts to cut special deals with Britain ahead of formal Brexit negotiations. […]
Flying across Africa from Crete to Cape Town to celebrate early aviators
A vintage airplane flying rally from Crete to South Africa is planned for November 2016. The rally will start in Sitia on 12 November and […]
What the U.K. court decision means for Brexit
WSJ — U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plans were dealt a blow Thursday when the High Court ruled that the process to extricate Britain from the […]
V4 countrie try to block relocation of refugees from Greece, Italy
The most vulnerable victims of conflict zones are being shunned by members of the Visigrad Group, Greece’s Migration Minister, Yannis Mouzalas says. Refugee children, many of […]
Over 14,000 euros seized in Crete coffee shop raid from illegal gambling
eKathimerini — Police in Heraklion, Crete confiscated more than 14,000 euros in cash and arrested 13 suspects in a single raid on an illegal gambling […]
Tsipras shakes up cabinet to soothe Greece’s creditors
New York Times — Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras shuffled his cabinet on Friday, dismissing ministers who have objected to economic changes and austerity measures demanded […]
Moscovici describes Varoufakis as ‘narcissist’ in new book
eKathimerini — Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, has described Greece’s former finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, as a narcissist in his […]
Stiglitz and Dijsselbloem disagree on Greece and the euro
To Vima — American economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and the Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem clashed over the euro and Greece, at an event […]
So, Istanbul is a Greek city?
Hurriyet Daily News / BURAK BEKDİL — Some observers have lately been advising foreign governments not to worry too much about Turkey’s (President Recep Tayyip […]
Cretan fishermen catch silver-cheeked toadfish with enough poison to kill 30
Tornos News — A giant silver-cheeked toadfish over half a meter in length was caught on Sunday in the port of Heraklion according to local […]
UK’s Brexit cannot pass without parliament approval
Al Jazeera — The UK’s High Court has ruled that Theresa May’s administration is not allowed to trigger the country’s exit from the European Union, or […]