Greece’s parliament approves new austerity bill
DW — Greece’s parliament on Sunday passed another omnibus austerity bill for tax hikes, more cuts and a new privatization superfund, which will manage almost all state […]
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Search for a 63 year old lost walker in the White Mountains
Flashnews.gr — A search and rescue operation was launched in the early hours of Sunday morning for a 63 year old man, believed to be […]
Road accident in Chania claims another life
Flashnews.gr –A car accident in Souda Avenue near Tsikalaria in Chania at 5 in the morning, cost the life of a 20 year old man who lost […]
Lawyers’ strike leaves some 300,000 legal cases pending
eKathimerini — An anti-austerity strike by the country’s lawyers, which is in its fifth month, has paralyzed Greek courts, with some 300,000 cases pending and […]
Family makes pilgrimage to Crete
Radio NZ — Family members of the New Zealand soldier known as the Lion of Crete have made a pilgrimage to Greece to commemorate the […]
Greek F16s ‘intercept Delta passenger plane heading for Middle East hours after EgyptAir flight disappeared’
The Mirror — Two fighter jets intercepted a US passenger plane heading for the Middle East just hours after doomed EgyptAir flight MS804 vanished off […]
Greece braces for more austerity amid EU-IMF quarrel about debt
bloomberg — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras braces for yet another vote on additional austerity measures, as European creditors remain at loggerheads with the International […]
Brexit class: Ryanair’s bargain-price ‘Fly Home to Vote Remain’ promo branded ‘corrupt’
RT — Ryanair issued a press release on Wednesday 18 May.announcing a “Fly Home to Vote Remain” sale, offering seats for €19.99 for travel on June […]
Greece records budget surplus in the first four months of 2016
CityAM.com — Greece recorded a budget surplus of €2.4bn in the first four months of 2016. The surplus in Greece’s central government primary budget exceeded its own […]
Assigning blame for Greece’s unbearable debt
Bloomberg View / Mark Whitehouse — European leaders are belatedly coming to a crucial understanding: Greece’s debt burden is too much to bear. As they consider […]
Greece’s creditors eye IMF debt deal
FT — Greece’s international creditors are discussing a plan to drastically scale back the International Monetary Fund’s exposure to the country, potentially through an EU […]
Greek judges tell Syrian refugee Turkey is unsafe
BBC — Greek judges have ruled that a Syrian asylum seeker should not be sent back to Turkey because it is not safe. Amnesty International […]
Egypt Air crash: “No hypothesis is ruled out or favoured”
President Francois Hollande has said “no hypothesis is ruled out or favoured,” including the possibility the plane was downed by a terrorist attack. James Comey, the […]
The ECB grants debt relief to all Eurozone nations except Greece
Social Europe / Paul De Grauwe — It looks like Greece may get some debt relief. There is as yet no certainty about this because some German politicians […]
Taxation on plots of land to rise by 23-25 percent
eKathimerini — Owners of land plots are among the property holders who will have to pay more tax for their assets this year, according to […]