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Diplomacy
Thousands Demonstrate in Athens Against Prespa Agreement
Thousands of people descended from every corner of Greece and began gathering at Athens’ Syntagma Square in the early hours of Sunday to participate in a demonstration against the Prespa Agreement.
Hundreds of buses were chartered to bring citizens from across...
Economy
Standard & Poor’s Keeps Greece’s Credit Rating to B+
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) rating agency kept Greece’s credit rating at ''B+'' on Friday, following an upgrade made in July 2018, when the agency increased the country's rating by one notch.
According to S&P, the outlook for the Greek economy...
Diplomacy
Prespa Agreement Brought to the Greek Parliament
The draft bill of the Prespa agreement was brought to the Greek Parliament on Saturday morning.
The bill, which will be discussed in the Greek Parliament next week, is expected to be voted on by Friday, January 25, 2019.
According to the...
Greece
Potami MP's Might Deviate From Party Line on Prespa
The Political Council of the opposition centrist Potami party reaffirmed on Thursday that its parliamentary deputies will vote according to their consciences when the Prespa Agreement comes before the Greek parliament for ratification.
According to the state-run AMNA news agency,...
Greece
Public Sector Employees Call 24-Hour Strike for Thursday
Greece’s largest public-sector union organization (ADEDY), which represents employees working for the country's public sector, has called for a 24-hour nationwide strike on Thursday, January 17.
ADEDY demands the revocation of the new system for teachers' appointments, contained in a...
Economy
Greece Seeing More Tourists — But They Spend Much Less
According to a study published on Tuesday by the Bank of Greece, tourism revenues, measured on a per capita basis, have declined in Greece over the last several years.
This finding came as a bit of a surprise, as Greece...
Greece
Parliamentary Confidence Vote Debate Opens With Heated Words
The confidence vote procedure requested last week by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras began on Tuesday morning in the Greek parliament.
The first hours of the discussion featured a heated debate between the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition's...
Diplomacy
Russia Claims Prespa Agreement ''Imposed From Outside''
Moscow has voiced its criticism of the vote taken in FYROM's parliament regarding the Prespa Agreement, accusing the West on Monday of trying to unlawfully draw the country into the NATO alliance.
A statement issued by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Greece
Tsipras Meets New Defense Minister Apostolakis
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with his new Defense Minister, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, at Maximos Mansion on Monday at noontime.
''The decision to appoint Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis as defense minister was a message to all sides, both within Greece...
Education
Teachers Clash With Riot Police in Central Athens
Teachers and riot police clashed in central Athens on Monday afternoon, following a protest against a new system of hiring educators which the Greek government announced recently.
The protest was organized by D.O.E. and O.L.M.E., the largest teachers' unions in...