Greece
Greece
SYRIZA's Six Immediate Priorities
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, in his address in Corinth, referred to six top priorities that his government will implement in order for Greece to become a European country again. "The sealed lips have turned into clenched fists and fear has...
Education
Postgraduate Studies Mania Hits Greece
A significantly increasing number of Greek students have signed up for postgraduate studies over the past five years - during which the country has been hit by the economic crisis - in an attempt to increase their skills and...
Greece
New Greek Polls: SYRIZA Continues to Lead Over New Democracy
Greek main opposition SYRIZA leads over ruling New Democracy (ND) by 2.6 percentage points, according to an opinion poll published in Sunday newspaper "To Vima."
According to the poll, SYRIZA came first with 28.1%, followed by ND with 25.5%. In third place was...
Greece
Populous Greek Delegation in Paris Participates in Solidarity March
Heads of state and the European Union leadership, along with millions of people, attended today the solidarity march in Paris for the victims of the multiple Islamist attacks. At the same time, the security measures were draconian, as some 2,200...
Greece
Former Greek PM George Papandreou Speaks About Everyone and Everything
Democratic Socialists Movement leader and former Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou, during an interview to Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Saturday, referred to everything and everyone and shed light to a number of questions and speculations regarding his actions and policy when...
Greece
SYRIZA Leader Tsipras: We Will Free Farmers From the Shackles of Unjust Taxation
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, who is visiting the region of Argolida, Greece, said that "we will re-establish the cooperative movement on healthy roots and will release the farmer and producer from the ties of an unjust taxation."
Tsipras underlined that...
Greece
Norman Atlantic: DNA Tests to be Used to Identify Corpses
The Operational Center of the Italian authorities continues their investigation to track those who were on board of the ferry boat “Norman Atlantic” and are still missing.
As stated, the prosecutor of Bari who is in charge of the investigation...
Australia
Australian Defense Ministry Looking at Greek Soldiers to Staff its Army
In an attempt to shield its national defense, the Australian government is seeking qualified soldiers from abroad, while the recruitment campaign is also addressing Greek and Greek-Australian citizens.
Among other specialties, the Australian Department of Defense is seeking shooters, counter...
Economy
German Economist: 50% of the Greek Debt Should be Written Off
“We should probably reduce Greece’s public debt to half, which means 120 billion euros should be written off. This is what the German chief economist, head of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIY) and major government advisor, Marcel...
Greece
Greek Seamen Worried by Norman Atlantic Probe’s Slow Pace
Four seafarer trade unions argued that the investigation into the causes of the "Norman Atlantic" ferry fire is being delayed alleging lack of information as regards the exact number of the victims and the missing.
The search and rescue operations...