OECD: Greece the most expensive country for mobile phone services
eKathimerini — Greece is the most expensive country in terms of cell phone services among the member-states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. […]
People around the world want unbiased news
Pew Research Center — People around the world overwhelmingly agree that the news media should be unbiased in their coverage of political issues, according to […]
New tax legislation likely to shake up short-term property lease market
eKathimerini — A new law passed by Parliament in late December requires that property owners who use short term rental digital platforms such as Airbnb, […]
EU to get its own finance minister – German SPD leader
Reuters – The leader of Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats said on Friday he expects the European Union to have a finance minister to oversee financial […]
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 […]
Thousands of Greeks protest over right to strike, hitting hospitals, transport and shipping
Reuters — Around 20,000 Greek protesters marched in central Athens on Friday against new reforms, including restrictions on the right to strike, that parliament is […]
Banks to freeze debtors’ assets outside Greece
eKathimerini — Greek banks are resorting to freezing the foreign accounts of debtors in an effort to collect part of the dues of those considered […]
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 […]
Coastguard intercepts ship carrying explosive materials south of Crete
Euronews — Greek authorities have seized a Tanzanian-flagged ship heading for Libya and carrying materials used to make explosives, the coastguard said on Wednesday. The […]
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 […]
Greece limits Islamic Sharia law courts for Muslim minority
The Guardian — Greece’s Muslim minority will be able to resolve family disputes before Greek courts rather than under Islamic sharia law after the parliament […]
Cyprus, Greece discuss arms sales under EU defence umbrella
Cyprus Mail — Cyprus and Greece on Monday discussed possibilities for cooperation in the defence industry within the framework of the EU’s Permanent Structured Cooperation […]
Greek court temporarily freezes asylum to Turkish soldier
Reuters – Athens won Monday a temporary injunction freezing asylum granted to a Turkish soldier who fled with seven others to Greece after a botched […]