Greece
Economy
Dombrovskis: Agreement Between Greece and its European Lenders Possible
An agreement between Greece and its lenders is possible, European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Friday.
In statements to Politico, he said that the Greek issue will be discussed on the sidelines of the IMF's Spring Meeting in...
Education
Protesting Teachers Storm Education Ministry in Greece
Protesting teachers on Friday managed to circumvent police and storm the education ministry headquarters from a side door while a student event was taking place.
It was around 12:30 pm when a group of angry protesters took riot police by...
Economy
European Central Bank Gives Breath of Liquidity to Greek Banks
The European Central Bank gave a breath of liquidity to Greek banks after Thursday's decision to include them in its quantitative easing program and the purchase of EFSF bonds.
The decision constitutes an indirect capital boost, from which banks can...
Economy
PM Tsipras Presents the Progress of the Greek Economic Program
The challenges Europe is facing and issues related to the Greek economy dominated Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' speech at Springer Axel Foundation on Thursday.
The Greek prime minister presented the progress of the Greek economic programme as part of the...
Economy
Eurogroup Chief: Greek Bailout Is Not Heading for a Crisis
The Greek bailout program is not heading for a crisis, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem told CNBC on Thursday, saying that the completion of the review is close.
"We're getting very close (to an agreement) so I'm not for all this...
Greece
Archbishop Ieronymos Arrives in Mytilene, Lesvos
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos who arrived on Friday in Mytilene was the first of the three hierarchs that will visit Lesvos on Friday and Saturday in an attempt to support the refugees.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Vartholomeos) will...
Greece
Pulse Polls: Greek Citizens Want Elections; Opposition Party (ND) Is 6% ahead
A poll made by Pulse for the Athenian TV channel Action24, shows that 47% of Greek citizens want early elections and only 32% want the current government.
New Democracy seems to be ahead with 6%.
More specifically the poll shows...
Greece
NATO Secretary General to Visit Athens and Ankara
The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg will travel to Greece and Turkey next week.
In his short visit, he will meet in Athens with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Mr. Stoltenberg wants to make clear to both...
Greece
Greece Launches Military Exercise Over Migrant Camp
The Greek army launched an unscheduled military exercise Thursday along its border with FYROM and a cluster of islands near Turkey, with fighter jets passing over a tent city in Idomeni near the border.
Sources within the Greek army confirmed...
Cyprus
State Department Report Outlines Human Rights Situation in Government-Controlled and Turkish Occupied Areas of Cyprus
The 2015 State Department Report on Cyprus said the most significant problems in the Republic of Cyprus continue to be trafficking persons for sexual exploitation and labor, police abuse and degrading treatment of persons in custody and asylum seekers,...