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More Migrants Arriving at Greece's Port of Piraeus

Around 100 illegal migrants, who used to stay at the Rhodes detention center, arrived at the port of Piraeus, Greece, on Tuesday. The newly-arrived migrants have no plan and do not know whether the Greek state would provide them with accommodation. They headed to Omonoia...

ELSTAT: Greek Museums See Visitors and Revenue Increase

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) released data showing a 19.1% increase in the number of museum visitors across Greece in March. Furthermore, the report noted that museum revenues also increased by 14.7%, compared to the same month in 2014. During the first quarter...

Greece's Financial Havoc Creates Great Uncertainty in Auto Market

The current financial havoc in Greece has created great uncertainty, leading the country's primary consumers to postpone many of their purchasing decisions, such as buying a new car. As a result, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Peugeot Citroën, being the most...

Greece Repays 'Samurai' Bonds to Private Japanese Creditors

In a symbolic gesture that prevented another payment default, Greece repaid samurai bonds maturing on Tuesday, July 14, to private creditors in Japan. “The payment was made, the funds should be credited in the bondholders' accounts,” a Greek government...

Report Predicts Increase in Sales of Private Greek Islands

Knight Frank, a real estate consultancy company, released a report on island real estate across the world, noting that Greece's financial policies could lead to increased sales of the country's islands. "As the long-term ramifications of Greece’s financial bailout play out more fire-sales of Greek islands are expected....

Legislation for Bailout Deal Submitted to Greek Parliament

The legislation for the deal between Greece and its international creditors for a European Stability Mechanism (ESM) package was submitted to the Greek Parliament on Tuesday evening with an urgent status. The legislation is composed of two articles. One contains the agreement reached during the...

IMF Deputy: Greece Needs Debt Relief

Greece needs debt relief to recover its economy after agreeing to several austerity measures in exchange for a bailout, said International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Zhu Min. "The financing is clearly a very important issue for the Greek economy...

Greek Govt Sources: Tsipras Will Not Step Down

These have been a tough two days for Greece's SYRIZA party and the Tsipras administration. At least 30 SYRIZA lawmakers have stated their intent to turn down the deal Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made with international creditors on Monday morning. Though the package...

Greek Economy Minister: Banks Will Not Open This Week – Deposits Will Not Be Slashed

During an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, Greek Minister of Economy, Shipping and Tourism Giorgos Stathakis said that banks will reopen when the European Central Bank (ECB) raises the Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) to Greece, so after the various Eurozone parliaments vote...

Schaeuble: Some Within German Gov't Would Have Opted for Grexit

Following the weekend’s intense negotiations, where he put forward a proposal for a temporary Grexit, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is not exactly viewed as Greece’s ally. Reuters reports that Schaeuble claims there are some in the German government who...