Greece
Cyprus
Cypriot General Government Records Surplus of €147.2 Million
Cyprus' General Government recorded a surplus of €147.2 million in the first quarter of 2016, as compared to a deficit of €19 million in the corresponding period of the previous year, the Statistical Service said on Monday.
On the basis...
Greece
Government to Submit Last Measures in Parliament on Thursday ; Vote on Sunday
The government will submit on Thursday at the relevant parliamentary committees a draft bill with the remaining prior actions and the contingency mechanism required for the conclusion of the first bailout review, the Conference of Parliament Presidents announced on Monday.
The...
Greece
Former U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Monteagle (Monty) Stearns, Dies at the Age of 91
Monteagle (Monty) Stearns, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Greece from August 1981 through September 1985, has died.
Stearns served in Athens during the premiership of Andreas Papandreou. Stearns had also served at the U.S. Embassy in Greece in...
Education
Panhellenic Exams: University Entrance Exams Begin
The Panhellenic exams, the Greek university entrance exams began on Monday May 17th, with more than 100,000 senior high school students sitting down for their last and most crucial exams.
A total of 103,366 students will be taking the exams...
events
Acropolis Museum Celebrates International Museum Day 2016 With Free Entry to Museum and Special Events
May 18 is International Museum Day. On this day, the Acropolis Museum celebrates with free entry to events and activities from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. In honor of this year’s International Museum Day, the Acropolis Museum produced, in...
Greece
Two Dead After Maintenance Train Collision in Northern Greece
Two TRAINOSE wagons performing maintenance work collided in northern Greece leaving two dead and two injured, according to the Greek public railroad.
The collision occurred around 1:30 pm on Monday near Serres, on the Chryso-Toumba railway line.
One carriage was conducting line maintenance...
Greece
Only 386 Refugees Deported to Turkey From Greece
There is concern in Brussels that the number of refugees Greek authorities have deported to Turkey per the EU-Ankara deal is below expectations.
Specifically, after the European Union-Turkey agreement went into effect on March 20, only 386 refugees have been...
Greece
Police Report Over 27,000 Protests in Greek Capital 2011-2015
New police data has been released regarding how many riots took place in the Greek Capital of Athens from 2011-2015. To help proportionalize the results, the data was also analyzed, focusing on how many people actually attended the demonstrations.
According to...
Greece
Syrian Refugee Finds and Returns Wallet With Cash and Credit Cards
A refugee from Syria who has been staying for the past month in an accommodation center at Tsepelovo -- a village in Zagori region, Ioannina -- found a wallet with cash and credit cards and rushed to find the...
events
Russia and Refugees Highlight of 13th Thessaloniki International Book Fair
This year, there was a twist in topics at the 13th Thessaloniki International Book Fair. As a part of the Year of Greek-Russian Friendship, there was the highlighted theme of Russian literature, and in light of the refugee crisis that has...