Greece
Greece
Athens Hosts Mediterranean EU Member-states Meeting in September
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called for a conference of the Mediterranean EU Member-states on September 9 in Athens.
According to the Greek newspaper Avgi, the main subjects of focus at the meeting will be security along with the...
Greece
German MPs Urge EU to Transfer Refugee Children Amid Pandemic Fears
Approximately fifty German Christian Democrat MPs from the ruling CDU party recently urged Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, to transfer the thousands of refugee and migrant children currently in Greek camps to other EU-member states.
''Given...
Business
Online Commerce Booming in Greece
According to data published by the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Thursday, the number of Greeks who used the internet to purchase goods for personal use increased significantly in 2018.
More specifically, the regions with the highest increase were the Aegean...
Cyprus
Pavlopoulos: The Cyprus Issue Is Not a National But an International and European Problem
"Whatever solution to the Cyprus problem must be compatible with the European law," the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos said on Wednesday addressing the plenary session of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Greece and Cyprus are...
Greece
Colliers International Reports Attica Storefront Rentals Increase in Popular Shopping Areas
According to the latest survey by the industry-leading global real estate company Colliers International, Attica's storefronts have seen an increase in the amount of rentals this year, particularly in popular shopping areas.
This latest data seems to suggest some sort...
Economy
Inflation at 5.3% in May
Greek inflation jumped to 5.3 pct in May, up from 4.7 pct in April, Eurostat announced on Wednesday.
The EU executiveâs statistics agency, in a report, said the inflation rate in the Eurozone rose to 1.6 pct in May from...
Greece
Greece Referred to EU Court for Railway Failures Weeks Before Fatal Crash
Greece was summoned to the EU Court of Justice for failures in its railway infrastructure just two weeks before a fatal train crash killed at least 46 people.
The disaster took place on February 28, when a high-speed passenger train...
Diplomacy
Washington Urges Greece, Turkey to Calm Down
The U.S. State Department has encouraged Greece and Turkey to "de-escalate" current tensions in the Aegean, after a Turkish coast guard vessel rammed a Greek patrol boat on Monday night near the Imia islets.
"Turkey and Greece have long-established diplomatic...
Greece
Over 16,000 Migrants Resettled From Greece and Italy to Other EU Countries in 2-Year Period
There have been over 16,000 migrants seeking asylum relocated from both Italy and Greece to other EU countries over the past two years, which is a new record for the bloc, the EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and...
Greece
Turkish President Defines Turkey's 'Borders of the Heart' as Larger Than Actual Borders
Speaking at an event honoring the anniversary of the death of Turkish statesman Kemal Ataturk, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan amped the rhetoric against Greece. He reiterated his positions regarding Turkey's "borders of the heart."
"Turkey is larger than Turkey....
Greece
EU Commissioner Avramopoulos Wants Common EU Asylum Policy
It is time to adopt a common and effective European policy on asylum, EU Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Thursday at the JHA Council, Luxembourg. Regarding the strengthening of the Common European Asylum System,...
Greece
Greek PM Hosts EU Med Summit to Hammer Out Joint Positions
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will receive the leadership of six Mediterranean EU member-states in Athens on Friday afternoon, for an EU Med Summit that will seek to hammer out common positions among the southern European states before the upcoming...
Greece
From Ataturk to Venizelos
MYTILENE, Greece – Crossing the Bosporus from Istanbul to Athens with a university colleague – one the daughter of Turkish immigrants, the other the daughter of Greeks – transported us through a poignant wormhole of parallels between the 20th...
Greece
5 Things to Know About the Greek Referendum
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An attempt to explain the political and economic factors motivating the interested parties and show what is at stake in Greece and the Greek bailout referendum.
Cyprus
Bellowing Echoes for Justice in Cyprus
No one seems to hear the bellowing echoes for justice in Cyprus. Ever since the Turkish military invasion of the island in 1974, trapped citizens keep asking why and what is happening to their country. Why has this elusive...