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Crime
Former PM Simitis and PASOK Officials Called to Testify in Corruption Trial
Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos, and former Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence (KYSEA) members who were active during the period that Akis Tsochatzopoulos served as the Greek National Defense Minister were called...
Greece
Group of Anarchists Protest Inside Greek Parliament Courtyard [Video]
A group of anti-establishment protesters managed to enter the premises of the Greek Parliament for several minutes earlier today protesting for the abolition of maximum security prisons (the so-called «Type-C» prisons).
The group was asking for the release of former...
Economy
Reuters: A Grexit Could Cost ECB Tens of Billions of Credit
A Grexit could cost the European Central Bank tens of billions of credit, a hole that Germany and other euro zone members may have to fill, says a Reuters report.
The continuous arguing between Greece and lenders has put a...
Greece
2004 European Champions beat Cyprus 6-1 (Videos)
The Euro 2004 Champions, Greece, beat the 2004 national team of Cyprus 6-1 in a friendly match in Nicosia in front of 6.000 fans.
Angelos Charisteas, Giorgos Karagounis, Stelios Giannakopoulos and the rest of the gang that participated in the...
Economy
Greek Economy Minister: Deal Soon for Greece
An agreement with the lenders is expected to be reached in the Holy Week, Greek Economy Minister George Stathakis told SKAI TV on Wednesday.
"I take it for granted that the agreement will close soon and will lead to the disbursement of...
Economy
Greece Submits New List of Economic Reforms to Creditors
The Greek Government proposed a new list of economic reforms to its creditors today. The 26-pages-long list covers taxation, privatizations, Greece’s public sector, its labour market and healthcare, among others.
The list was firstly obtained by The Financial Times and journalist...
Economy
Euro Working Group Teleconference on Greece Produces No Decisions
With no significant decisions, as expected, concluded the Euro Working Group (EWG) teleconference about Greece. According to a Eurozone source the discussion between the single currency's Deputy Finance Ministers lasted less than two hours and the member states' representatives...
Greece
Russian Sailing Ship Docks in Patras for Twinning with Kaliningrad
A Russian sailing ship has docked in Patras until April 2, on a visit leading to a twinning between the Greek port city and Kaliningrad, the home of the Russian Baltic fleet.
Economy
Opinion Poll: Greeks in Support of SYRIZA Govt But Afraid of Grexit
The newly elected SYRIZA – Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition government has managed to attract the Greek public opinion to its side in the first two months since it took office. According to a new opinion poll conducted by the University...
Greece
Half a Million Immigrants Standing By at Greek Borders
About 500,000 immigrants mostly from Syria are waiting in Turkey to enter Greece, according to information by the Greek secret services.
At a time when the citizen protection ministry decided to reduce by 30 percent the border guard forces in Xanthi,...
Greece
Greece Inaugurates Special Committee to Pursue WWII Reparations from Germany
The special committee that will pursue war reparations, the repayment of the loan received during the occupation and the return of stolen archaeological treasures from Germany starts work today.
The committee convenes a few days after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras...
Economy
Yanis Varoufakis: "Greece Will Adopt the Bitcoin If Eurogroup Doesn't Give Us a Deal"
While Greece's lenders are pushing the Greek government to accept their terms in order to allocate funds so the country will not go bankrupt, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis seems to have another ace up his sleeve. The second top thinker in the...
Economy
Alexis Tsipras and the Enemy Within
No one can blame Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for not trying hard enough to hold the country from falling off the cliff. Like a captain in a ship hit by the roughest storm, he fights tooth and nail to...
Cyprus
Greek President Meets With Representatives of Missing Relatives and Refugees During Cyprus Visit
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos, on his second day in Cyprus, visited the Greek Contingent in Cyprus (ELDYK), in line with the provisions of the 1960 Constitution which established the Republic of Cyprus, as well as the...
Energy
Tsipras: New Page in Greek-Russian Relations
"The ties between Greece and Russia can be upgraded to a new level and Greece can become a bridge between the West and Russia," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told TASS news agency, ahead of his upcoming visit to Moscow...