Politics

ATHENS – As Greece tries to tax its way out of near-bankruptcy – along with pay and pension cuts and layoffs – a major part of a solution, catching the country’s notorious tax evaders, could bring in more than...

Property tax was rightly adopted, but mistakes were made, said Greek PM Lucas Papademos in the Parliament. In a response to communist party leader Aleka Papariga, he said that the property tax contributes to the fiscal consolidation effort of the...

ATHENS – After 18 months of protests, riots and strikes, another walk off the job by Greek workers on Dec. 1 shut down many services in the capital and elsewhere in the country, but there was no repeat of...

International Monetary Fund officials will meet Monday to discuss Greece's efforts to stem its debt crisis, as concerns about the euro zone persist. Fund spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters that the fund's board will meet Monday to discuss the IMF's...

According to FYROM newspapers, FYROM is going to propose a deadline for Greece to solve the name dispute between the two countries, The Balkan country's Interior Minister Nikola Poposki says that FYROM should engage with a deadline to fix the...

Emergency staff ran hospitals, schools closed and thousands of austerity-weary Greeks[...]

Journalist Pantelis Kapsis was appointed the interim government’s spokesman and Minister of State on Tuesday. Pantelis Kapsis was a personal appointment of Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. For many years the managing director of the newspaper Ta Nea, Pantelis Kapsis, who now...

And here we are with a major political issue. “Political” in terms that here comes the Greek deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos and swears at Greek citizens, precisely the “Indignant Greeks” movement. Speaking to French television TV5, the deputy...

The new government this week faces its first labour challenge with unions hitting the street against[...]

ATHENS – After weeks of anguish, Greeks found out that international lenders providing the country with a series of bailout loans will release a delayed $11 billion installment needed to keep paying workers and pensioners, but it curiously did...

ATHENS – Greek Statistics Chief Andreas Georgiou, an American-trained economist and former chief of numbers for the International Monetary Fund brought in last year to restore accuracy to the country’s reporting systems, says a pending probe against him on...

The finance ministers averted an imminent disaster in Greece, approving the next installment of the country's bailout loan — euro8 billion. Without that money, Greece would have run out of cash before Christmas, leaving it unable to pay its...

Ahead of the Euro Group meeting and the likely concession of the 6th 8-billion euro aid tranche to Greece, former socialist Premier George Papandreou sent two letters last night regarding the conditions that come with the loan. The first letter...

“Problems with illegal immigrants are well known, but I must stress that this is the first time a comprehensive plan is being forwarded, aiming at restraining and managing their flow” said Deputy Minister for Citizen Protection Mr. Michalis Othonas. The...

Consul General of Turkey in Thessaloniki Mr. Tuğrul Biltekin talked about Greece's economic crisis during the recent one-day-conference titled 'Greece-Turkey: cooperation challenge' that was held in Thessaloniki. In particular, Biltekin said that Turkey is currently the only country that...