Greece

Greece dropped charges of breach of duty against three former privatization officials on Thursday, court sources said, paving the way for the disbursement of new bailout loans.

The three officials from Spain, Italy and Slovakia had faced charges stemming from the sale of state properties in 2015.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged foreign investors on Thursday to come to Greece "now and and not in the future."

Addressing the Economist conference at the seaside resort of Lagonisi in southern Athens, Tsipras said "investors must take advantage of the opportunities (the country has to offer)."

"They must invest and support our big effort," he said.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will attend Friday's third day of the UN-backed Cyprus talks in Switzerland, which, according to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias Thursday, had so far not broken any ground with regard to the pivotal and thorny issue of security.

The perennial drama of trash piling up in our cities is high on the list of Greece's plagues.

Greece’s short-term objective is to return to bond markets and this will be possible even without the inclusion of its bonds in the European Central Bank’s asset-buying programme, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Thursday.

Cleaning staff at the Technological Educational Institute of Messolongi, western Greece, found the body of a 23-year-old student hanging in a stairway in the building housing the college's accounting department Thursday morning.

According to reports, the man was from Athens and his body was taken to Messolongi hospital.

A Supreme Court prosecutor Thursday revoked a ruling by the Council of Supreme Court Judges ordering six members of the country's privatization agency TAIPED to face trial in connection with a sale-and-leaseback deal for 28 state-owned buildings in 2013 and 2014.

The Greek Cypriot and Greek sides are "dreaming" when they push for lifting all guarantees. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said yesterday, when he was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the talks in the Swiss Alpine resort of Crans-Montana.

European NATO allies and Canada will increase defence spending this year by 4.3 percent, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday, amid pressure from President Donald Trump to spend more.

President Nicos Anastasiades has replied to three questions posed by the United Nations regarding security and guarantees on Wednesday by addressing the Conference from a 16-page document at Crans-Montana, Switzerland on Thursday morning.