Police wrap up search, believe Ben Needham died in accident
Reuters — In a dramatic turn to what is one of Britain’s longest-running missing person inquiries, British police wrapped up a search for Ben Needham […]
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Huge rise in tax payments by credit card
eKathimerini — The practice of paying income and property taxes to the state via credit card in nine or 12 monthly installments has been taken […]
Rebound in foreign holiday home buyers
eKathimerini — The holiday home market is trying to regain the momentum of previous years, and particularly in 2013-14, through the reactivation of foreign buyers […]
Greece complains to NATO over Turkish submarines in Aegean
eKathimerini — The Greek Foreign Ministry and the National Defense General Staff submitted a detailed complaint to NATO last week regarding the presence of Turkish […]
Chania twinning with Barcelona
Parakritika.gr — Chania mayor Tasos Vamvoukas with officers of the council is visiting Barcelona this week to complete the twinning of Chania with the Catalan […]
Greek police use tear gas on pensioners at anti-austerity protest
BBC — Police in Greece have used tear gas on pensioners who were protesting against cuts to their income from the state. Some of the […]
Seven out of 10 taxpayers who resort to administrative courts win their cases
eKathimerini — Seven out of 10 taxpayers who resort to administrative courts win their cases. Finance Ministry data that Kathimerini has seen show that of […]
Three arrested in Alexandroupoli over illegal prescriptions
eKathimerini — Police in Alexandroupoli, northeastern Greece, on Friday arrested three people, a 39-year-old pharmacist, a 62-year-old doctor and another 38-year-old man of unspecified occupation, […]
“It All Has A Very 2008 Feel To It” – For Deutsche Bank, the news just keeps getting worse
Zero Hedge — It has already been an abysmal day for Germany’s biggest lender: overnight Deutsche Bank plunged to fresh all time lows on speculation […]
Judges oppose new salary cuts, hint at action
eKathimerini — The five unions representing the country’s judges and prosecutors on Friday issued a joint statement, saying they will not accept additional cuts that […]
Greek Tourism 2016: -€346mil. revenue +114,000 arrivals, -6.3% expenditure by July
Tornos News — Bank of Greece data for tourism in the January-July period released this week shows tourism revenue down while at the same period tourist arrivals […]
Ryanair says Greek Government ignored attempts to negotiate airport taxes – but announces more flights to Chania, Mykonos
euronews — Budget airline Ryanair has accused the Greek government of ignoring its attempts to talk about reducing airport taxes in the low season in […]
Merkel’s party suffers rout in Berlin in migrant policy backlash
Reuters — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party suffered its second electoral blow in two weeks on Sunday, slumping to its lowest level since 1990 […]
Ben Needham: Witness says toddler who went missing in Kos may have been ‘killed by digger’
IBT — Police have told the mother of a toddler who went missing in Greece 25 years ago they fear he may have been crushed […]
Anti-corruption prosecutors raid office of Greek central bank head’s wife
Reuters — Anti-corruption prosecutors investigating the finances of a Greek state entity raided the office of the wife of Central Bank head Yannis Stournaras and […]