Greece

According to a leading think-tank, the Greek economy will not be able to rebound by the end of its third bailout program and will need a fourth bailout from its international lenders if it doesn't get debt relief. Bruegel, the...

World Values Survey (WVS) cooperated with Dianeosis, a nonprofit think-tank, and Greece's National Center for Social Research (EKKE) with the support of Metron Analysis to conduct a survey on a sample of 1,200 people in Greece between September and October...

The foreign ministers of Greece and China on Monday signed a memorandum of collaboration in Beijing, in the framework of China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative. At a press conference following their meeting, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his...

Turkey's leader has claimed "unilateral" moves by Cyprus' government in its offshore territory will create a security threat. Recep Tayyip Erdogan was speaking in London at an event organized by the Chatham House think-tank. Chatham House Associate Fellow Fadi Hakura said the...

Almost half of young Greeks say that they are financially dependent on their parents or other close relatives, while only 15% expect to find work in the next six months, a new study shows. Research carried by think-tank Dianeosis on...

The European Union was failing to grasp that the refugee issue is a European problem, the head of the European Stability Initiative (ESI) --  a think-tank credited with designing the EU-Turkey deal of March 20 -- said in a...

The Greek think-tank, Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE) released its third quarterly report for 2015 on the current state and future of the Greek economy. The think tank highlighted that significant reforms must be undertaken for the Greek economy to recover, noting the...

Greece needs a generous 100-billion-euro debt haircut in order to be able to come out of a perpetual financial slump, says a Telegraph report. An analysis by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) says that the impact...

The progress in the Greek deal, despite the fact that Germany was preparing for a Grexit, is seen by analysts as a triumph for France, said an AFP report. France was the country that called for solidarity and the need...

By Johnna Montgomerie*, Goldsmiths, University of London Greece is back in the news (has it ever left?) with a new debt payment looming and the ruling Syriza Party increasingly marked by internal tensions. The call from some in the party to...

It is claimed that the cradle of modern civilization can be attributed greatly to the influence of the Hellenic culture; a culture that has inspired the advance and development of body and mind. The principle of Hellenic thought has...

There is no danger of Greece exiting the eurozone, Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici stated at a seminar at the economic think-tank Bruegel in Brussels on Monday. Referring to Sunday's general elections in Greece, he said that...

The 12th annual World Public Forum (WPF) concluded on Rhodes on Sunday. This year's event – themed "Preventing World War through Global Solidarity - 100 years on"– opened Thursday night and featured approximately 400 delegates from 60 countries over the...

“Greece's fur coat industry, suffering from a drought of Russian buyers, is terrified that the sanction tit-for-tat between Moscow and the West over Ukraine could destroy its business altogether,” reported a recent Moscow Times article. Despite its hot Mediterranean climate, Greece sold 136,446 fur coats -...

Greece's former Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras on June 11 was appointed Governor of the Bank of Greece for the next six years, taking over from George Provopoulos, who had wanted to keep the job. "It is announced that the General Council of...