Baby boy becomes 2016’s first refugee casualty as boat sinks off Greek coast
Sputnik — A baby boy has become this year’s first casualty of the Mediterranean refugee crisis after a boat with Europe-bound refugees sank Saturday off […]
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Moscovici: ‘room for negotiation’ on tsipouro and tsikoudia taxation
The European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici argued that there was ‘room for negotiations’ on the special consumption tax on tsipouro and […]
German minister wants to limit benefits for foreigners from EU
Reuters — Germany should limit the social benefits foreigners from within the European Union are entitled to receive, German Labour Minister Andrea Nahles told a […]
‘EU deposit insurance’ vanishes from EU leaders’ draft conclusions
Reuters — Euro zone leaders will ask their finance ministers on Friday to quickly complete their banking union, but at the insistence of Germany they […]
Ai Weiwei sets up studio on Greek island to highlight plight of refugees
AP — World-renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has set up a studio on the Greek island of Lesbos to highlight the plight of refugees. The […]
Refugees on Lesbos celebrate New Year with hope
Xinhua — The first snowflakes fell on New Year’s Eve at the reception center of Moria in the suburbs of capital Mytilene on Lesvos island […]
Retired MPs to get €60K each in back pay
Greece’s Court of Audit has decided that retired members of parliament are entitled to up to 60000 euros in pension pay retroactively, according to an […]
Minoan: Approval for Crete complex in final stages
The Scotsman — Travel and property group Minoan saw its shares jump yesterday amid progress for its long-awaited plans to build a flagship hotel complex […]
Greece to remain under close EU supervision in 2016
Greece will feature heavily on the Eurogroup agenda in the first six months of 2016 as creditors want to supervise closely the progress of the […]
Heated areas to open to homeless in Athens as cold snap expected
Municipal authorities in Athens are bracing for a cold snap at the end of the week and are opening emergency shelters for the capital’s homeless. […]
Italy passes tax-cutting 2016 budget, dismissing EU doubts
Reuters — The Italian parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s tax-cutting 2016 budget which the European Commission says risks […]
Sites, museums close as guards walk off
eKathimerini — As retail stores stayed open on Sunday in a bid to boost flagging trade, many of the country’s main archaeological sites and museums […]
British ‘cocaine kingpin behind £1,600,000 drug smuggling ring arrested in Greece
The Mirror — An alleged cocaine kingpin from Britain has been arrested in Greece, it has been reported. Simon Dutton, 39, was reportedly arrested in […]
German politicians slam Greece over handling of refugee crisis
Reuters — Germany’s finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, and a senior Bavarian politician have criticised Greece’s role in Europe’s biggest migration crisis since the Second World […]
Italy’s Renzi blasts German policies at EU summit
Reuters — Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi openly attacked German policies at a European Union summit on Friday, criticizing Berlin’s stance on banking, energy, migration […]