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Economy
Greek Parliament Votes on Cancellation of Pension Cuts
The Greek Parliament will vote on Tuesday to decide the issue of the pension cuts which were scheduled to come into force on January 1, 2019.
Speaking of the E.U. promise that the cuts will not be needed, Greek Prime Minister Alexis...
Economy
Tsipras Says ''Greece is a New Economy''
The Greek economy is growing at a rate of more than 2 percent and the rate continues to accelerate, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce in an address. In his remarks to the Greek-American leaders in...
Diplomacy
Tsipras Says Reparations "Moral Debt To All Peoples of Europe"
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday visited the town of Kalavryta, where the entire population of the town was executed by German occupation troops during WWII. Speaking to the local people about the December 13, 1943 atrocity, Tsipras said that German...
Greece
Tsipras and Putin to Meet Following Damaged Diplomatic Relations
On Friday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will fly to Moscow, Russia, on an official visit. While there, he will meet with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, as well as the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister, Giorgos Katrougalos,...
Crime
Gold-Smuggling Suspects Begin Testimony
The sixty-three men arrested on charges of illegally smuggling gold out of the country will present their testimony to the examining magistrate beginning on Friday in Athens.
The process is expected to continue through to Sunday, with the extremely large number...
Economy
Major Tax Cuts and "Social Dividends" Announced in Greek Parliament
The Greek government announced Wednesday that the Uniform Real Estate Ownership Tax (ENFIA) will be significantly reduced for over 5.1 million property owners. In addition, the state will distribute a one-time payment to more than 1.3 million people as...
Greece
Tsipras Vows To Bring Draft Bill on State-Church Relations, Ieronymos Agrees
Following a decision by the Church of Greece's Hierarchy on Friday, the Prime Minister's office vowed to proceed immediately with the drafting of a bill to allow for all employees at the Church of Greece including priests to be paid...
Greece
Greek Premier Tsipras Supports Antetokounmpo in Racism Row
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras today posted a picture of himself on Instagram wearing Greece's national basketball team T-shirt, with Thanasis Antetokounmpo's name written on the back.
Tsipras wrote ''respect and pride for those who were born and raised in Greece and made...
Greece
Tsipras Pledges to Hire 10,000 Public Servants Following Church Agreement
In an interview with Greece's Alpha TV, the country's Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, said that the proposed agreement between the government and the Church of Greece will free up to 10,000 positions in the public sector that the government...
Greece
Orthodox Clergy Oppose Agreement Between Church and State
Senior members of the Greek Orthodox Church expressed their opposition to the historic agreement between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos to remove some 10,000 priests and auxiliary staff from the state payroll.
The agreement, reached...