Search for survivors as migrant boat sinks off Lesbos
Al Jazeera — At least 16 people, including two children, have drowned when an inflatable boat sank in the eastern Aegean Sea between Greece and […]
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Crete sixth top world destination
Crete comes 6th in Trip Advisor’s top 25 world destinations with Bali, London, Paris, Rome and New York taking the first five spots. Crete is […]
Greece creates e-platform to tackle corruption in healthcare
euractiv.com — Greece’s health ministry announced this week the creation of an electronic platform designed to tackle corruption in the healthcare system and protect patients’ […]
Greece ranks third in the world for female daily smokers
Greek Reporter — A study, led by Dr. Emmanuela Gakidou at the University of Washington in Seattle, shows that Greek women rank third in the world […]
Lagarde: IMF would participate in a Greek program if reforms are legislated and if debt is restructured
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde gave an interview on April 12, 2017 in Brussels to Jean-Jacques Mével (Le Figaro), Claudi Pérez (El País) and Dominique […]
Greece suspends stricter border controls after airport delays
eKathimerini — The leadership of the Greek Police (ELAS) has decided to suspend stricter border controls at airports and entry points into country – as […]
Despite EU fines, Greece struggling to promote recycling
Digital Journal — A steady stream of EU fines and two decades of trying have failed to get recycling off the ground in Greece, where […]
EU lawmakers urge Dijsselbloem to quit as Eurogroup head
Reuters — Several euro lawmakers called on Monday on Jeroen Dijsselbloem to resign as Eurogroup chairman after he declined to address the European Parliament, also […]
Crete’s late Minoan tombs point way to early European migration
Prehistoric Archaeology Blog — Researchers from the University of Huddersfield have have completed their visit to Crete where they gathered samples from the late Bronze Age Necropolis of Armenoi, 8 kms […]
EU’s Brexit negotiating guidelines
The European Commission presented the first draft of their Brexit negotiating guidelines on behalf of the 27 remaining EU countries. The guidelines “define the framework […]
Greek exports to the United Kingdom amount to over 1 billion euros pa
Both the UK and the EU would have something to lose from a ‘hard’ Brexit that will leave no trade agreement with their biggest trade […]
Schaeuble: EU needs to prevent others from following Britain out of the door
Politico — EU doesn’t want to punish Britain but needs to prevent others from following it out the door, Germany’s FM said. It would appear […]
Schaeuble takes hard line on Greek interest deferrals
According to a report published by German financial daily Handelsblatt, Schaeuble’s finance ministry has, in an internal position paper calculated that interest deferrals on Greek loans […]
Tensions flare as Greece tells Turkey it is ready to answer any provocation
The Guardian — Fears of tensions mounting in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean Seas reignited after the Turkish president raised the prospect of a referendum […]
Varoufakis: “Europe is disintegrating and we have, at most, a decade to save it”
The Telegraph — Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister, said there is no reason to celebrate the the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty […]