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Cyprus
Cyprus Eyes 2015 Bond Market Return, Wary Of Russia Sanctions
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday told Reuters he expects the republic to return to international bond markets in late 2015, and does not exclude testing investor appetite even sooner.
“We hope to be in a position to enter the...
Greece
Unemployment in Greece Still Highest in EU
Despite a slight drop in unemployment in December in Greece, the proportion of young people and females without work remains the highest in the European Union, data provided by Eurostat has revealed.
Unemployment in Greece rose to 27.5%, compared to 27.6%...
Greece
Bild: Greece Can Reduce Debt with Sex and Drugs
The German newspaper Bild continues to provoke with a new article entitled “Greeks can reduce their debt with sex and drugs.”
In the article, the newspaper criticizes the “extended way” in which Brussels calculates the GDP of European countries.
The newspaper...
Environment
Greek Agriculture Water Use Way Over EU Average
The occasion of World Water Day on March 22 offers a timely opportunity to take stock of a potentially serious problem in Greece: unfettered water consumption.
According to studies conducted by the Greek Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration Management (IGMEM), Greece...
Economy
Venizelos Wants EU To Relent on Russia
With Europe largely reliant on Russia for its gas and energy supplies, and Greece depending on Russian investments during a crushing economic crisis, Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos said there should be no sanctions on Russia for invading Crimea...
Greece
Tunnel Inspection and Evaluation Robot by Greek Scientists
The Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (EPISEY) of the National Technical University of Athens (EMP) along with a European scientific teams has undertaken a new research program entitled ROBINSPECT (ROBotic System with intelligent vision and control for tunnel...
Greece
Informal EU Defense Meeting in Athens
The Informal EU Defense Meeting will be held at the Zappeion Megaron in Athens, on February 20 and 21, 2014. The meeting will be chaired by the Greek Minister of National Defense Dimitris Avramopoulos, as Greece currently holds the rotating...
Greece
Judge Bars TV Migrant Boat Sinking Report, Mega TV Defies Her
Just a day after Greece's World Press Freedom Index ranking fell to 99th, a judge has ordered a TV show not to show a documentary investigating the sinking of a migrant boat in which a dozen lives were lost,...
Greece
No Summer Vacation For 1 out of 4 Greeks
The Eurobarometer results released in Brussels showed that one in four Greeks (26%) do not intend to go on vacation this year because of their economic situation, while in the same category the number on a European level was...
Business
Bloomberg: The European Debt Crisis (Video)
The news agency Bloomberg with a short animated film, explains the reasons that led to the economic crisis outburst in Eurozone with disastrous consequences for Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain.
The news agency thoroughly describes how the crisis started. In...