Yearly Archives: 2014
Athens Stock Exchange: Nosedive
Equity prices were falling on Monday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index down 10.90 percent, standing at 760.24...
Greek Parliament Fails to Elect President; Greece to Call Snap Elections
Greece will have to call general elections within a period of at least 21 days from today as the Greek Parliament failed to elect Stavros...
Smart Car Explosion on Major Highway in Athens
A tragic incident occurred at 7:30 a.m. Monday morning, December 29, in Attiki Odos in Athens, Greece, near the exit of Athens International Airport “Eleftherios...
The Arithmetic Ahead of Monday's Final Greek Presidential Ballot
Only a few hours ahead of the third, critical ballot for the election of the new President of the Hellenic Republic -- to be...
Airlift Operation Overnight for Hundreds Trapped in Burning Ferry Off Greece, One Dead [video]
Some 165 passengers have been rescued so far from the Italian-flagged burning ferry-boat "Norman Atlantic," which belongs to the Greek ferry line ANEK, sailing...
Opposition Parties React to PM Samaras' Last Interview Before Third Presidential Ballot
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' seems to have instigated fierce criticism after yesterday's interview on public TV, NERIT.
"In a last attempt to avoid the...
Santa Run Organized in Chania and Ioannina
For the fourth consecutive year the association "Santa Run," in collaboration with the Regional Government of Crete, the Municipality of Chania and the Cultural...
Money Week: Greek Athex Index the 6th Worst Investment of 2014
Greek stocks ranked as the world's sixth worst investment, according to the British leading financial magazine, Money Week. According to the annual list ranking...
3.8 Magnitude Quake Shakes Thessaly
A weak magnitude quake rocked the citizens of Trikala and Karditsa earlier today, in Thessaly, central Greece.
According to data from the Athens Geodynamic Institute,...
Alexis Tsipras: SYRIZA's Victory Will Signal a 'Start in Greece 's Restoration'
The victory of main opposition SYRIZA in the Greek national elections will be "the start of a great national effort to save society and...