Lagarde now claims restructuring should suffice for Greek debt
A form of debt restructuring rather than outright forgiveness should enable Greece to handle its “unviable” debt burden, the head of the International Monetary Fund […]
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See the Greek isles in style on a quick-fire cruise aboard high-speed ship
Mirror Travel — The Odyssey is a former warship with a top speed of 32 knots. After one extra-quick crossing, the cruise director Ian produced […]
Teenage migrant killed in shootout between Greek police and smugglers
The Guardian — A 17-year-old migrant was killed during a shootout at sea between Greek port police and human smugglers, the government said late on […]
Tsipras: We are moving forward to complete Greece’s transformation
Reuters — Former Greek premier Alexis Tsipras urged supporters on Saturday to give him a mandate to complete the country’s political transformation, as a poll […]
Submerged Greek village off Athens is ‘archaeologist’s paradise’
NBC — A sunken Bronze Age village dating to perhaps 2,500 B.C. has been discovered by researchers diving off the coast of Greece. A team […]
Latvia, Greece win opt-out from Monsanto GM crop
(Reuters) – Monsanto said it would abide by Latvia’s and Greece’s requests under a new EU opt-out law to be excluded from its application to […]
Greek coast guard rescues 665 migrants at sea
AP — Greece’s coast guard says it has rescued 665 refugees at sea in 20 search-and-rescue operations off the islands of Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Agathonissi, […]
Bloomberg: Greece’s economy surged as Tsipras fought with EU over aid deal –
Greece’s economy grew more than initially estimated in the second quarter as consumption surged during Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s battle with the euro area over […]
Refugees rescued off Crete, nine smugglers arrested
eKathimerini — Nine men suspected of migrant smuggling have been arrested in two separate incidents this week, authorities said Thursday. Five Egyptian nationals are being […]
Varoufakis says will not take part in ‘sad elections’
Yanis Varoufakis will not take part in “sad” elections expected next month in Greece and will instead focus on setting up a new movement to […]
Who is Vassiliki Thanou
Greece’s Supreme Court President, Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, on Thursday became the country’s first female prime minister. She will head a caretaker government which will lead Greece […]
Interim PM Thanou is first woman leader in Greece
BBC– Greece’s top Supreme Court judge, Vassiliki Thanou, has been appointed caretaker prime minister ahead of early elections next month. President Prokopis Pavlopoulos named Ms […]
Joschka Fischer: Breaking Europe’s migration paralysis
For many centuries, Europe was a continent plagued by wars, famines, and poverty. Millions of Europeans were driven to emigrate by economic and social deprivation. […]
Fresh appeal to find student who mysteriously vanished in Crete 10 years ago
Manchester Evening News — The family of a man who mysteriously disappeared on a Greek holiday almost 10 years ago say they will never stop […]
Refugee student top entrant in technology school department
Among the tens of thousands of students in Greece who were accepted in higher educational institutions across the country on Wednesday was Julien, a 20-year-old […]