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Scathing Report: IMF Watchdog Criticizes the Fund's Poor Handling of Greek Crisis

The International Monetary Fund's Independent Evaluation Office presented a scathing report on Thursday on the IMF’s handling of European bailouts. The findings show that it bent the rules and bowed to political pressure in the ill-fated Greek rescue in...

Protesting Farmers Block Customs in Northern Greece

Greek farmers and stock breeders on Thursday blocked with their tractors the customs office of Evzonoi in northern Greece, protesting against the new fiscal measures. From 12 noon until 2 pm, 30-40 tractors had blocked incoming and outgoing traffic on...

Police Detonate Bomb Sent to Judge in Controlled Explosion

A suspicious package was found outside the residence of a judge in the area of Ymittos. Bomb disposal experts rushed to carry out a controlled explosion soon after the package was located on Thursday. Initial reports connected the incident...

President Anastasiades: Friday's Meeting with Akinci Important in Setting Foundation for 'Territorial adjustment and the issue of security'

The President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades said his forthcoming meeting on Friday with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci will be very important with regards to the territorial issue, properties and guarantees. Speaking on Wednesday evening, during a reception at the...

Eurobank Board Chairman Appointed Head of 'Hellenic Advisory Board'

The South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)at St Antony's College at Oxford University, decided to establish a Hellenic Advisory Board appointing Nikolaos Karamouzis as chairman. The Hellenic Advisory Board is part of a new Research Program called "The Greek...

Greece Hiring Spree for Hundreds of Teachers to Teach Refugee Children

The average amount of time that refugee children have been out of school is a year and a half, according to Save the Children NPO. The fact of the matter is that even before that year and a half time period,...

Turkey Calls Back from Greece Officials Monitoring Refugee Flow

Ankara has called back Turkish officials who were on Greek islands to monitor the readmission of illegal migrants to Turkey as per the agreement with the European Union. According to information from Turkey, the officials were recalled because their passports...

Lesvos: Locals Struggle to Survive as Tourism Suffers from Refugee Crisis

As more than 500,000 migrants have taken refuge in Europe in 2016 alone, it is no wonder that hotspot areas for entry into the EU are being hit the hardest with a drastic decline in tourism, causing locals to...

New Bill Allows Unlimited Spending on Trips of Top Greek Government Officials

A new amendment voted by the ruling coalition says that when a top government official travels, all accompanying parties will be staying at the same hotel and the expenses will be covered by the state budget. The amendment caused reactions...

SYRIZA vs SYRIZA on Issue of Occupation of Vacant Buildings

The evacuation of three Thessaloniki buildings that had been occupied by anarchists has caused a reaction within the SYRIZA ruling party that in turn issued a complaint against the police and government. During the evacuation operation on Wednesday, police arrested...