Greece

The European Commission is considering a freeze to funding from the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) for Greek programs from 2014-2020 after an investigation of the Greek Competitiveness Commission showed that the preconditions for the commissioning of public works...

NSRF (National Strategic Reference Framework) funds of 800 million euros are expected to be disbursed for the Greece next week as pre-financing aimed at development projects in the period 2014-2020, European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said in an interview...

The Greek economy will receive two billion euros in the form of EU funds by the end of October to implement programs of the 2007-2013 periods, Greek Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis told journalists after a meeting with EU’s Commissioner...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) loan disbursed on Wednesday 300 million euros for Greece to be used to cover the country’s participation in the 2014-20 National Strategic Reference Framework (ESPA) program. The loan tranche is part of a 1-billion-euro loan...

Programs totaling 19 billion euros were approved for Greece by the National Strategic Reference Framework (ESPA) for the 2014-2020 period. The main sectors the funds will be distributed to are manufacturing, tourism, energy and the agricultural/food industry. Other sectors that show...

Greece has more than met its targets in European Union fund absorption and is improving constantly, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn said on Thursday after meeting with Development and Competition Minister Costis Hatzidakis. "It is outstanding, in terms...

    "We are returning to Athens with an overall package that exceeds 70 billion euros, an unprecedented sum for our country," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, in a press conference following the marathon European Council meeting in Brussels,...

One of the many great traditions in Greece is the enjoyment of a couple of shot glasses of tsipouro liqueur accompanied by meze in the company of friends. Tsipouro is widely available in great quantities and it is still...

Acropole Palace, an emblematic building in Athens that UNESCO has designated as one of Europe's most important examples of art nouveau architecture, is opening again after an extensive renovation. The former hotel on Patision Avenue, across the National Archaeological Museum of...

Renewable energy sources, solar systems, water-saving systems and the first bioclimatic gymnasium on an island are part of plans for the energy upgrade of Skyros High School. The institution aims to be the first "green" school to meet the...

Seven famous beaches in the Ionian Sea will be researched by scientists in the shadow of last week's landslide at the Navagio Beach of Zakynthos where a woman was injured. According to an Eleftheros Typos newspaper report, there are seven...

  Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras  announced on Thursday that a National Emergency Response Service is to be established to replace the General Secretariat for Civil Protection. The decision was made following the fatal Attica wildfires last month that killed 93 people,...

The remote island of Agios Efstratios is to be heated by renewable energy sources generated by the Aeolian and photo-voltaic systems that will be installed soon, an Athens Macedonia news agency report says. The study of the project has been...

Greece's Ministry of Culture is making an effort to correct the mistake of not including the Amphipolis tomb in the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) EU-funded program for 2014-2020. Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou explained that there was a misunderstanding regarding...

A photographic exhibition on the work completed by the Athens Ephorate of Antiquities in the past two years will signal the opening of the fully restored Fethiye Mosque in Monastiraki to the public, the Ephorate said on Saturday. The 17th...