Daewoo Shipbuilding wins new oil tanker deal from Greece
(Yonhap News Agency) South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said Monday it has signed a deal to build two oil tankers for […]
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Athens rejects reports tourists in Greece will ‘face problems’
( ANA-MPA) Greece’s Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura on Saturday rejected press reports alleging that holidaymakers arriving in the country will face many difficulties, including […]
Corfu deaths: Thomas Cook “received £3.5m payout” for loss of profits
Thomas Cook confirmed it received compensation from the Greek hotel where two children were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. The travel company has not revealed […]
Ben Needham: British police investigating seven new lines of enquiry after Greek TV appeal
(The Mirror) Police investigating the disappearance of Ben Needham have revealed they are looking into SEVEN new lines of enquiry. Officers at South Yorkshire Police […]
Greece signs EBRD deal worth up to 500 million euros a year
(Reuters) Greece signed an investment deal worth up to 500 million euros (£360.7 million) a year with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) […]
Graphic Nazi crimes video shown at Athens metro pushes Greek war claims
(CNN) Greece is stepping up pressure on Germany to pay billions in compensation for war damages by running a video depicting Nazi crimes. The 50-second […]
Financially strapped Greeks quietly prepare for the worst
(Deutsche Welle ) Pantelis Chatzisinakis is not prone to panic. For the past 14 years, the 38-year-old accountant in Athens has been trying the balance […]
Bundesbank – ECB rift opens over QE, Greece
(The Guardian, City AM) Draghi, who was in Washington on Thursday to deliver a lecture on monetary policy, received a rapturous welcome from Christine Lagarde, […]
Greece invites bids for Piraeus port
(Reuters) Greece has asked three firms to submit binding bids by September for a majority stake in the country’s biggest port, Piraeus, a senior privatization […]
Varoufakis will refuse any bailout plan that would send Greece into ‘death spiral’
(The Guardian) Greece’s embattled finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, stepped up his war of words with eurozone policymakers on Thursday, saying he wished his country still […]
Former PM’s testimony at the Tsochatzopoulos trial: “I didn’t know anything… Akis’s recommendations were decisive”
(The TOC.gr) Tempers flared on Wednesday during the trial of former defence minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos on charges of corruption linked to arms procurement contracts during […]
Government pressure on Greek Central Bank said to rile ECB
(Bloomberg) The European Central Bank is increasingly concerned by a deteriorating relationship between the Greek government and the country’s central bank, people familiar with the […]
Der Spiegel: Moscow draws Greece away from IMF
Russia proposed that Greece becomes a member of the New Development Bank founded by the BRICS countries. Prime Minister Tsipras, who is in need of […]
Ben Needham’s mum issues direct appeal to find him
(ITV NEWS) A major appeal is to be made on Greek television by both South Yorkshire police and the family of Ben Needham to try […]
In Your Pocket travel guide’s top 10 unknown Greek islands
In Your Pocket, the European city guide publisher and online tourist information provider travel guide, has in response to its reader’s requests refreshed its ‘Unknown […]