Chestnut seller convicted over lack of license
A Thessaloniki court on Tuesday handed down a six-month suspended prison sentence to a chestnut seller who was arrested last Friday in central Thessaloniki for […]
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War reparation demands still legally active
ANA -MPA — President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Sunday referred at length to the issue of German war reparations and a forced […]
Russian warship fires warning shots at Turkish fishing boat in the Aegean
Russia says one of its warships fired warning shots at a Turkish fishing boat in the Aegean Sea to avoid a collision. A Russian defence […]
Greece expected to push through remaining reforms on Tuesday: euro zone
Reuters — Greece has accomplished more than half of the reforms agreed with euro zone creditors to get the next, 1 billion-euro tranche of bailout […]
Greece reaches deal with auditors on fresh measures to unlock further bailout aid
Xinhua — Greece’s government struck on Friday evening a deal with auditors of international lenders in Athens on the next set of measures to unlock […]
Bulgaria and Greece start building gas interconnector
EurActiv.com — Sofia and Athens signed a final investment agreement on Thursday to build a natural gas pipeline to help Bulgaria reduce its almost complete […]
Greek jets target intruding Turkish F-16 fighter
Sputnik — A Turkish jet intruded into Greek airspace, which according to the Turkish General Staff, led two Greek jets to keep a radar lock […]
Creditors give Athens list of 13 prior actions to be completed by 15 Dec
Greek Reporter — Greece’s creditors gave Athens a list of 13 prior actions that must be legislated by December 15 in order to unlock 1 […]
Greece eyes lion’s share of diverted Russian tourism
Reuters — Economically stricken Greece is racing to cash in on a potential bonanza of Russian tourists deprived of their favorite holiday destinations by a […]
Greeks clear border of refugees
After nearly three weeks of protests and routine riots, 2,000 asylum-seekers were evicted from an encampment on the Greek-FYROM border and sent back to Athens. […]
Failure to complete projects has slashed ESPA
ekathimerini — The National Strategic Reference Framework (known in Greece as ESPA) for the 2007-13 period will expire this month with the total funds invested […]
Schaeuble cautions Greece on IMF criticism
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Tuesday that it was not in Greece’s interest to question the involvement of the IMF in its bailout […]
Greece working to improve security of identity cards
eKathimerini — A committee of experts is already examining the upgrade of Greek identity cards so they meet European Union and US standards, which could […]
Athens and Berlin respond to Die Welt’s “Greece is a rudderless ship” article
The German government sought to distance itself from German newspaper Die Welt’s article on the Greek government. Die Welt published an article over the weekend that described […]
State-guaranteed loans scandal going to trial
eKathimerini — Prosecutors have indicted 57 businessmen who received state-guaranteed loans worth 94 million euros in total but failed to keep up their repayments, forcing […]