Greek police arrest nine Turks ahead of Erdogan visit
DW — Anti-terror police squads found detonators and bomb-making equipment while searching three apartments in central Athens on Tuesday morning. Greek police arrested eight men […]
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UK bows to EU demands with breakthrough offer on Brexit bill
FT — Britain has bowed to EU demands and agreed to fully honour its financial commitments as identified by Brussels, removing one of the biggest […]
Chinese zero in on Greek real estate
Nikkei Asian Review — Greece’s Golden Visa program, launched in 2013, entitles individuals who invest more than 250,000 euros in real estate to five-year resident permits. […]
ESM chief says Greek aid loan needs may be smaller than previously expected
Reuters – The head of the euro zone’s European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund has told a German newspaper that Greece was making good progress […]
Greek police arrest 7 for selling bogus olive oil
ctvnews.ca — A Greek prosecutor on Sunday charged seven people for fraudulently selling large quantities of adulterated sunflower oil as olive oil in Greece and […]
Rules laid out for taxation of short-term property lets
eKathimerini — The Independent Authority for Public Revenue on Friday announced a new process to declare income from short-term leasing, which is taxed at rates […]
Greek pensioners protest against government that ‘took everything’
Reuters – Several hundred elderly Greeks marched through Athens on Thursday, protesting against a government they say “took everything” with a new round of cuts […]
Average spending per tourist on Greek holiday in 2017 at 536.3€; double for Spain
Naftemporiki — Figures released this week by the Bank of Greece (BoG) show that average spending per tourist on holiday in Greece over the first […]
Despite gloomy predictions, British manufacturing is booming
The Guardian — Order books for Britain’s factories are at their strongest for almost 30 years as the weak pound and strong global growth boosts […]
Europe 2017: Four in Ten children in Greece are at risk of poverty
The Europe 2020 strategy promotes social inclusion, through the reduction of poverty, by aiming to lift at least 20 million people out of the risk […]
EU ratifies more stringent Schengen regulations, will discuss treatment of flights from Greece
eKathimerini — Despite the public acrimony over the “humiliating” treatment reserved for travelers from Greece at German airports, the government has sought to downplay the […]
Greece probes central bank head over alleged leak
FT — Greece’s central bank governor is under investigation by an anti-corruption prosecutor over the alleged leaking of an auditor’s report on Piraeus Bank, a […]
Illegal building ‘played central role’ in Athens floods – death toll rises to 20
The Guardian — Chaotic urban planning and illegal construction in Athens played a central role in the deadly flash floods that killed 20 people last week, experts […]
Germany’s Merkel suffers blow as FDP pulls out of coalition talks
BBC — Talks on forming a coalition government in Germany have collapsed, leaving Angela Merkel facing her biggest challenge in 12 years as chancellor. FDP […]
One fifth of Greeks covering 83 pct of annual income taxes
eKathimerini — An analysis of tax declarations reveals that 80.8 percent of taxpayers – those who declare a low income – are responsible for just […]