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Migrants Clash With Police on Greek-FYROM Border
About 1,500 Pakistanis, Moroccans and Iranians have been stuck in Idomeni -- a little town which is the border between Greece and FYROM -- for weeks after non-EU Balkan states began filtering migrants and granting passage only to refugees...
Economy
The 'Forgotten' Greek Economic Crisis
Europe might seem to have lost interest in the Greek economic crisis due to the latest terrorist attacks and the refugee crisis but this doesn't mean interest will not return. The same can be said about Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang...
Australia
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister to Present Work and Holiday Visa at the Greek Parliament
The Embassy of Greece in Australia is pleased to announce, on the instructions of the Diplomatic Office of the Greek Deputy Foreign Minister, that deputy minister Ioannis Amanatidis will present the Work and Holiday Visa Memorandum of Understanding to...
Economy
EU's Moscovici Sees Discussion on Greek Debt Starting in Early 2016
European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici said on Tuesday he was confident that a discussion on Greece's debt might begin at the start of 2016, while addressing the European Parliament's Economic Affairs Committee.
"I believe that in the...
Economy
Greek PM Tsipras: ‘2016 Will Be the Year Greece Exits from the Crisis’
If 2015 was the year Greece secured its place in the Eurozone and ended the so-called 'Grexit' talk, then 2016 must be the year the country will start its exit from the crisis, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on...
Economy
U.S. Embassy Asks Greek Island to Lower Rent on Athens Property 'Due to Crisis'
The U.S. embassy in Athens has asked the municipal authority on the Greek island of Chios for a 15% discount in the yearly rent it pays on a property in the upper-crust Athens district of Kolonaki, saying it should have...
Environment
Alonnisos Island Bans Plastic Bags
The mayor and the residents of Alonnisos decided to ban plastic bags from the island as part of the plan to make it a model for environmental awareness.
The project went into effect on Monday, December 1st, making the Sporades...
Economy
Greek Pensions are Third Highest Among 34 OECD Nations
Greek pensioners are privileged to receive 98 percent of their average income, a new study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development shows.
Only 7 percent of Greeks over the age of 65 live below poverty level, when the...
Economy
Turkish Stream Gas Pipeline Does not Become 'Victim' of Russia-Turkey Tension
Russia currently has no plan to freeze the overall construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline as tension between Russia and Turkey continues over the shooting of a Russian jet fighter by the Turkish Air Force.
Although, according to Newsweek, the...
Greece
EU Threatens to Suspend Greece from Schengen Treaty
Senior European Union officials warned that Greece could be suspended from the Schengen agreement unless the country tightens border controls.
There is frustration among EU country leaders over Greece's inability to control the influx of migrants at its borders. Top European...