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Greece
Former Greece's House Speaker to Start New Party
Greece's controversial former house speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou is ready to start a new party, according to a report in Efimerida ton Syntakton daily.
The report says that Konstantopoulou is expecting the official disbandment of the present parliament and election announcement...
Greece
Greek Parties Accuse Tsipras of Unduly Expediting Election Date
Alexis Tsipras receives fire from political parties over his move to expedite elections for September 20 using allegedly undemocratic procedures.
New Democracy, PASOK, To Potami and Popular Unity accuse the prime minister for cunningly trying to speed up the elections...
Diaspora
Albanian Gov’t Tears Down Greek Orthodox Church
Himare, Albania, municipal authorities demolished the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Athanasios in the early morning hours of Wednesday to the dismay of Orthodox Christian locals.
Bulldozers and municipal police arrived at the Drymades village where the church is and started...
Europe
As Europe Migrant Crisis Swells, UN Urges Better Response
Record numbers of migrants are entering Hungary, officials said Tuesday, as well as arriving in many other parts of Europe. The U.N. refugee agency is calling on all governments to respond compassionately to this human tide of people who...
Greece
New Poll Shows SYRIZA Leading New Democracy by 2%
According to an opinion poll conducted for Greece's Vergina TV, New Democracy's popularity is currently significantly closer to that of SYRIZA than it was in January 2015.
SYRIZA received 24% of the respondents' vote while New Democracy got 22%. In the January 2015 elections,...
Greece
Police Officers in Lesvos Issue Notice About Risks With Migrants and Refugees
As the Greek islands have become the primary destination for migrants and refugees seeking to enter the European borders, local authorities have expressed the need for additional help to deal with this unprecedented situation.
According to Greek newspaper "Proto Thema," approximately...
Economy
Greek Farmers to Begin Demonstrations in Mid-September
With Greece's third bailout deal officially in effect, Greek farmers are planning to express their grief on taxation and social security changes, starting on September 16.
The members of the Panhellenic Coordinating Committee of Farmers, which is an umbrella organization of various farming associations and includes approximately 20,000...
Economy
Greek Social Security Funds Take Loans to Meet Obligations
While the third Greek bailout is now law of the land in Greece, the country's social security funds seem to be struggling to stay afloat.
Greece's Social Security Institute (IKA) had made a request for a 180-million-euro loan to the Generational Solidarity Insurance Fund...
Archaeology
Mycenaean Palace Offers View On Prehistoric Sparta
Archaeological excavations, carried out since 2009 at the 3.5 hectares site of Aghios Vassilios Hill near the village of Xirokambi on the Sparta plain, unearthed the remains of a Mycenaean palace, Linear B tablets and seals, fragments of wall paintings and bronze...
Crime
Greek Economic Prosecutor Seeks to Strip Immunity of Greek Parliament VP
Greek Parliament Vice President Alexis Mitropoulos is being accused of money laundering and tax evasion.
On Tuesday, Greek Economic Prosecutor Ioannis Dragatsis formally asked Greece's Supreme Court to submit a request to the parliament asking that Mitropoulos be stripped of his parliamentary immunity so that...