Greek PM fails to get political backing for deal with Skopje
Reuters – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras failed to get backing from the main opposition leader on Saturday to build consensus ahead of intensified talks […]
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Chania farmers join national action with brief national road blockades
Crete farmers joined the national action last Friday setting up the first road block in Chania at Aptera. The protest lasted for 20 minutes and […]
Velculescu to be replaced as head of IMF for Greece
To Vima — Delia Velculescu, the IMF’s representative in Greece is about to replaced after a stormy three-year stint by the IMF, reportedly upon her […]
Presidential decree to end ‘closed shop’ for pharmacies in Greece
Naftemporiki — One of Greece’s “closed” sectors, pharmacies, appears to be heading towards a memorandum-mandated “opening”, as a revised presidential decree was submitted on Tuesday […]
Protesting Greek farmers to return national roads with tractors
eKathimerini — Greek farmers are expected to roll out their tractors onto national roads this week, as has become customary at the start of the […]
Greeks rally against use of “Macedonia” in name dispute with Skopje
Reuters – Hundreds of thousands of Greeks in Thessaloniki rallied on Sunday to protest against the use of the name “Macedonia” in any solution to […]
EWG greenlights review completion
eKathimerini — The Euro Working Group gave the green light on Friday for the completion of the third bailout review in principle, but property auctions […]
Eurobank buys back E950m of its shares from government
Reuters — Eurobank, Greece’s third-largest lender, said on Thursday it had bought back preference shares worth about 950 million euros from the government. The shares […]
Smokers now a minority in Greece, but ban still flouted
eKathimerini — Over the past five years, the number of smokers in Greece has fallen by 9.6 percentage points, according to the results of a […]
Dijsselbloem: Grexit would have been “really damaging” and a “huge mistake”.
FT — Jeroen Dijsselbloem Friday, departed from his position as president of the Eurogroup after a resounding defeat of his party in the Dutch elections […]
Weather to turn wintry with rain and strong winds
Wintry weather is expected from Friday across most of the country with the worst of the weather reaching Crete on Saturday bringing strong winds and […]
Government brings new creditor-demanded reform package multibill
Fox News — Greece’s government has presented to Parliament for ratification a 400 page multi bill, a new batch of creditor-demanded reforms, including measures that […]
No ferries on Friday 12 Jan due to a strike
eKathimerini — The Greek Seamen’s Federation (PNO) has declared a 24-hour strike in all ship categories on Friday, January 12. According to PNO’s announcement, the […]
The oldest bougatsa shop in Chania
Greek Reporter –Bougatsa is a dish made with filo pastry and with fillings that can change from region to region. In Chania, Iordanis Bougatsa has been baking […]
Parishioners exorcise ‘soldier of Satan’ statue in southern Athens suburb
eKathimerini — Holding banners and chanting hymns, some 100 parishioners marched from their church of Panaghia Myrtidiotissa in Palaio Faliro in southern Athens to a […]