Latest in Tag: Greece Highlight
Latest in Tag: Greece
Opinion: Out of sight, out of mind
The refugee crisis has finally made the subject of refugees’ fates a topic of discussion around the world. But little has improved for most of them, says Oliver Sallet.
News consumption in a digital world
Trust in news is highest in Finland and lowest in Greece, a new report on digital news consumption by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism finds. And news via social media is all the rage.
A bit of progress with a big question mark: The EU’s slow-moving migration policy
Fewer migrants are arriving in Greece – the EU’s deal with Turkey appears to be working. But for how long? The EU continues to demand visas for Turks entering the bloc, much to Ankara’s displeasure.
Piraeus port shareholders approve sale to COSCO
A buy-out of the Greek port by Chinese shipping giant COSCO is closer to completion, defying protest. Meanwhile, Germany, pleased by Greece’s economic reforms, has given its stamp on new credit for its government.
Egypt consults with Greece, Libya over rescue operation in the Mediterranean
Approximately 340 migrants were rescued on Friday and nine bodies were found, according to Greek officials
Greek minister: ‘We’re half-hearted’ on some austerity measures
Can Greece deliver on its promises this time? Michel Friedman interviews Nikos Pappas, Greek Minister of State in Alexis Tsipras’ government.
The new Greek reform package explained
Greek lawmakers have voted to overhaul the country’s tax and pension systems. The reforms are deeply unpopular, as Athens will be reaching deeper into the pockets of ordinary Greeks. Here’s a look at what got passed.
Most of Greek bailout money went to banks: study
Only 5 percent of international bailout money for Greece was used to kickstart the country’s languid economy, a new study has found. The rest was used to pay back private creditors, many of which were banks.
Merkel, EU officials seek to promote migrant deal on Turkey visit
Angela Merkel is visiting Turkey with top EU officials in a bid to boost support for the bloc’s controversial migrant deal with Ankara. Human rights groups say the agreement is deeply flawed and should be reassessed.
Can Greece cope with the consequences of the EU-Turkey refugee deal?
As part of the new deal between the EU and Turkey, the Greek government wants to bring thousands of refugees from its Aegean islands to the mainland. But shelters there are ill-prepared, as Panagiotis Kouparanis reports.
Refugees in Greece: From one makeshift set-up to the next
The refugee camp in Idomeni is to be cleared – but is alternative accommodation in Greece really ready yet? Panagiotis Kouparanis reports from Hersos, where authorities are setting up a new camp.
Looking to Greece’s tourism sector amid economic downturn
To further investigate the state of the Greek tourism sector, Daily News interviewed George Alexiou, the owner of the Greek travel agency Santo-Line, based on the Greek island of Santorini
OECD urges Greece to remedy social crisis with reforms
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has called on Greece to implement crucial reforms in its effort to improve stability and recover from a profound social and economic crisis.
Refugee hotspots in Greece: last minute compliance
The Greek government has delivered at the last minute. Just ahead of the EU Summit in Brussels, the government has unveiled all its new reception centers conceived to stem the refugee flow.
Refugee crisis grows in Greece as EU looks on
Despite much-hyped EU summits and agreements, Greece has yet to see much substantive practical support in dealing with the refugee crisis, as Pavlos Zafiropoulos writes from Athens.
Fraport to manage 14 Greek airports
German airport operator Fraport and a Greek partner company owned by one of Greece’s biggest business magnates are to manage 14 airports in Greece under contract to the Greek government. Some details remain sketchy. A consortium majority-owned by Fraport, Germany’s biggest airport operating company, and minority-owned by Greek conglomerate Copelouzos Group, announced on Monday it …
Egypt, Greece, Cyprus: Partnership amid economic political difficulties?
Establishing Palestinian state is important for launching regional body that deals with gas exploration, says Cypriot analyst
Shut off from the Balkan route, asylum seekers flood into Athens
Athens has become the new center of Europe’s migration crisis after receiving more than 2,300 asylum seekers in the space of two days. They had been evicted from the Macedonian border on Wednesday. The mass relocation, coupled with a daily flow of new arrivals from the Greek islands, has left humanitarian aid workers scrambling for space and supplies to house an unprecedented influx of people to the capital
Greeks clear border of refugees
Greek riot police removed asylum-seekers from the Idomeni refugee camp, a site of much despair and chaos since Balkan nations began filtering refugees by nationality. Diego Cupolo reports from Idomeni, Greece. After nearly three weeks of protests and routine riots, 2,000 asylum-seekers were evicted from an encampment on the Greek-Macedonian border and sent back to …
Egypt, Greece and Cyprus to cooperate in natural gas exploration
Al-Sisi highlights maritime trade and hydro-carbons as key areas for future investment
Al-Sisi begins 3-day visit to Athens
Egypt, Greece and Cyprus to hold trilateral summit on Wednesday
Al-Sisi heads to Athens for three-way summit
Talks aim to enhance security, economic cooperation with Greece and Cyprus
The Siemens affair: Lost in translation
In Greece, a corruption trial against former Siemens executives and others employed by the corporation has gotten off to a slow start. The defendants have been accused of bribery and money laundering. On Friday, the first official day of proceedings, Judge Sotiris Tsiberis announced that the corruption trial against Siemens in Greece would begin in …
Greek slump accelerating again
The economic downturn in debt-laden Greece appears to have accelerated again, revised figures by the country’s statistics office show, in spite of a record tourism year and massive financial assistance from the EU. On Friday, Greece’s state statistics agency, Elstat, drastically revised downwards the economy’s third-quarter contraction to 0.9 percent, from 0.5 percent previously. “These …
Greece braces for next general strike
As thousands of Greek pensioners demonstrated in central Athens on Thursday against cuts demanded under an international bailout, the public sector union called its second nationwide anti-austerity strike in under a month
Greece paralyzed by austerity strikes
A massive general strike brought Greece to a standstill on Thursday, as tens of thousands of people protested spending cuts pushed through by the country’s leftist government in exchange for European bailout money. Feeling betrayed by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who was elected on an anti-austerity ticket, Greek unions launched a 24-hour strike, shutting …
Greeks start general strike over austerity
Greeks have walked off the job to protest austerity measures the southern eurozone nation has to endure as a trade-off for a third bailout granted by international lenders. Required reforms have not gone down well. Greece’s largest private and public-sector unions on Thursday kicked off a general strike against fresh austerity measures, marking the first …
Greek bailout tranche delayed as Athens fails to deliver
Greece has been denied the next tranche in its bailout after eurozone finance ministers said Athens had not delivered on a series of reforms to unlock the latest provision under the debt rescue package. Greece was denied its next bailout tranche of 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion) Monday, after eurozone finance ministers said the country …
Ferry strike in Greece
Seafarers are going on strike in Greece during the first week of November. This will also affect tourists who want to use a ferry. Further strikes could disrupt services in other tourism sectors too. Dockworkers and sailors plan to strike starting on Monday November 2 at 5 a.m. for 48 hours. This was announced by …
Number of Egyptian tourists to Greece declined, compared to Lebanese, Gulf tourists
Prices in Greece may be cheap for Europeans and Americans, but difference between euro and the Egyptian pound makes it expensive for Egyptians
