Greece

Demonstration rallies will be held in all major cities across Greece in support of Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis in today's crucial emergency meeting of euro zone finance ministers in Brussels. The rallies will take place at 6 p.m. today under...

Justice Minister Nikolaos Paraskevopoulos told Parliament that legal cohabitation agreements will be made possible for same-sex couples in Greece, but gay adoptions will not be permitted yet. The new government's pledge to grant legal civil partnerships to homosexual couples is...

Former Prime Minister George Papandreou threatened legal action on Tuesday against anyone reproducing excerpts from a forthcoming book by former HSBC employee Herve Falciani, who claims Papandreou was blackmailed into signing Greece's bailout. The title of the book to be...

Nearly six in 10 Greeks give the government a "vote of confidence" according to the findings of an ALCO poll unveiled on Tuesday, on the website topontiki.gr Replying to a question "Would you personally give the Greek government a vote...

Yet another historic event occurred tonight in the Greek Parliament, where the SYRIZA-led coalition government, the first leftist government in the history of Greece, secured its first parliamentary vote of confidence after the January 25 snap elections. The newly...

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, while addressing the Parliament, declared that Greece is on the brink of the post-bailout era and also fixes the mistakes that caused the country's depression. "With tonight's vote of confidence, Greece is entering the 'post-bailout' era,"...

There are low expectations that any final agreement will be reached at the Eurogroup on Wednesday, European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said on Tuesday. "We have low expectations that any final agreement will be reached tomorrow or at the European...

His belief that Cyprus, despite the crisis, remains an attractive investment destination due to its competitive advantages, among which is the island's location, expressed today the President of Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA), Christodoulos Agastiniotis. Addressing the annual Cyprus...

Media reports citing a six-month extension of the Greek program generated a lightning quick denial by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who spoke after the G-20 meeting in Istanbul today. According to Bloomberg, Schaeuble said such reports are “false.” A plan...

Even the most optimistic of projections were surpassed by the Greek exports recorded in December 2014, significantly reducing the decline records of the first nine months of the past year. As the Panhellenic Exporters Association (PEA) announced, the total...