Public art destroyed in Palaio Faliro after exorcism
eKathimerini — Phylax (Guardian), a red winged figure by Kostis Georgiou placed on an 8 meter high metal column plinth, was pulled down in the […]
Month: January 2018
EWG greenlights review completion
eKathimerini — The Euro Working Group gave the green light on Friday for the completion of the third bailout review in principle, but property auctions […]
Turkey links EU accession talks progress to migration control deal
The Independent — Turkey’s government has said it would reject any deal for a closer partnership with the European Union that did not involve becoming […]
Eurobank buys back E950m of its shares from government
Reuters — Eurobank, Greece’s third-largest lender, said on Thursday it had bought back preference shares worth about 950 million euros from the government. The shares […]
Luxembourg based European institutions fund acquires stake in Fraport Greece,
The Marguerite Fund announced that it has acquired a 10% stake in Fraport Greece, the owner and operator of 14 regional airports in Greece. The […]
Strong winds batter Crete
Storm force wind battered western Crete on Wednesday night causing some power cuts in the Chania area A sailing restriction order for all vessels was […]
German strikes spread to Daimler, union mulls escalation
Reuters – Tens of thousands of German industrial workers downed tools on Tuesday in support of trade union IG Metall’s demands for a 6 percent […]
OECD: Greece the most expensive country for mobile phone services
eKathimerini — Greece is the most expensive country in terms of cell phone services among the member-states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. […]
People around the world want unbiased news
Pew Research Center — People around the world overwhelmingly agree that the news media should be unbiased in their coverage of political issues, according to […]
New tax legislation likely to shake up short-term property lease market
eKathimerini — A new law passed by Parliament in late December requires that property owners who use short term rental digital platforms such as Airbnb, […]
EU to get its own finance minister – German SPD leader
Reuters – The leader of Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats said on Friday he expects the European Union to have a finance minister to oversee financial […]
Smokers now a minority in Greece, but ban still flouted
eKathimerini — Over the past five years, the number of smokers in Greece has fallen by 9.6 percentage points, according to the results of a […]
Dijsselbloem: Grexit would have been “really damaging” and a “huge mistake”.
FT — Jeroen Dijsselbloem Friday, departed from his position as president of the Eurogroup after a resounding defeat of his party in the Dutch elections […]
Thousands of Greeks protest over right to strike, hitting hospitals, transport and shipping
Reuters — Around 20,000 Greek protesters marched in central Athens on Friday against new reforms, including restrictions on the right to strike, that parliament is […]
Banks to freeze debtors’ assets outside Greece
eKathimerini — Greek banks are resorting to freezing the foreign accounts of debtors in an effort to collect part of the dues of those considered […]