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Greece
Turmoil Over Alleged Changes in Illegal Immigration Policies
Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Yiannis Panousis reacted strongly to a police document that circulated on Tuesday regarding "new policy on migrant detention procedures." The document states that illegal immigrants arrested in the Greek borders will not be detained but...
Crime
Greek Student Still Missing After Almost a Month
Greece has been devastated by the disappearance of 20-year-old student Vangelis Giakoumakis, who has been missing for almost a month since February 6. Greek journalist and writer Elena Akrita addressed a letter to Greek Deputy Minister of Public Order,...
Greece
Greek Gov't Working on Plan to Lower Electricity Rates, Sources Say
The Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy ministry is working with Greece 's Public Power Corporation (PPC) on a plan to lower electricity rates, government sources said on Tuesday.
Responding to media criticism of a decision to improve the pay package...
Economy
Greek Communist Party Submits Draft Law Abolishing Loan Agreements, Memoranda
The Greek Communist Party (KKE) submitted on Tuesday a draft law denouncing the loan facility agreements signed by Greece and its partners in the EU from 2010 to date and abolishes the two memoranda and Medium-Term Financial Strategy Frameworks...
Greece
Former Minister's Trial Continues with Testimonies of Ex-sec'y General, SDOE Head
The trial of former Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou on charges of tampering with possible tax evasion evidence continued on Tuesday with witnesses taking the stand including former colleagues and ministry staff.
Papaconstantinou is on trial on allegations of striking...
Greece
Schaeuble Warns Varoufakis to Not Change Terms of Agreement
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble maintained his hard stance on Greece by warning his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis to not change the terms of the bailout extension agreement.
Speaking to German newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung, Mr. Schauble said that the burden of...
Economy
Greek Gov't Looking More and More Like the Tower of Babel
A little over a month in the Maximos Mansion and it seems that the Greek government officials are in constant competition with each other over who is going to sound more leftist, more "for the people," who commiserates more,...
Greek News
Greek-British Soldier Dies After Battle With ISIS
A former Greek-British Royal Marines member became the first Briton to be killed fighting alongside the Kurdish forces against the jihadist Islamic state in Syria, according to BBC.
The 25-year-old soldier, Konstandinos Erik Scurfield died on Tuesday March 3 after...
Greece
New Greek Poll: SYRIZA 41.3%, New Democracy 19.2%
According to the latest post-election poll with 1,009 respondents, conducted on behalf of star.gr, leftist SYRIZA remains in the lead with a 22.1 percentage point difference over center-right New Democracy.
Asked “what party would you vote for if elections were...
Greece
Greek Defense Minister Sends Arms Procurement Files to Prosecutor
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos announced on Tuesday he submitted two files relating to arms procurement to a public prosecutor in order to investigate possible bribery or corruption.
"For two of the cases we already have evidence - very...
Greece
Greek Govt Presents Bill to Address Humanitarian Crisis
The Greek Accounting Office has received the government's bill to address the humanitarian crisis, which is the first to be tabled by newly elected SYRIZA. The bill includes measures for feeding, housing and providing electricity to households classified as "very...
Greece
New Democracy Leadership Race Fires up Ahead of Party Convention
Greek main opposition New Democracy leader and former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is preparing his armory for the upcoming critical meeting of the party's Parliamentary Group on Thursday, where he is expected to go under friendly fire and his leadership...
Economy
Greek Govt Work Coordination Minister: Water and Energy Not for Sale
Greek Government Work Coordination Minister Alekos Flabouraris stated that energy and water will never be privatized in Greece.
In an interview to Greek radio, Flabouraris said that the Public Power Corporation (PPC) will not be privatized and the same applies to the...
Cyprus
US Department of State to Cyprus: Not the Time for Business with Russia
US Department of State Deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf, asked to comment on the bilateral relations of Cyprus and Russia and the agreements the two countries have recently signed during President Nicos Anastasiades' official visit to Moscow, said this is not the time...
Economy
Greek Economy Minister: Bold Measures Against Corruption Needed
The European governments' fight against corruption needs to be given with bold measures, Greek Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis underlined while representing Athens at a European Union Competitiveness Council meeting.
Addressing the Council, the Greek Economy Minister distinguished the importance of the...