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FYROM deputy PM in Athens for name talks
The deputy prime minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is visiting Greece in an effort to resolve a long-standing dispute over the tiny Balkan republic's name that has blocked its membership of NATO and closer integration with the European Union.
Eurozone unemployment falls to nine-year low as economy powers ahead
Eurozone unemployment fell to a new nine-year low in November thanks to strong economic growth, data showed on Tuesday, but the jobless rates differ widely across the single currency bloc.
Greece to limit Sharia law after European Court challenge
Lawmakers in Greece are set to limit the powers of Islamic courts which operate in a border region that is home to a 100,000-strong Muslim minority, acting in response to a European court complaint.
Fog causes problems at Thessaloniki airport
Dense fog in northern Greece caused cancellations of flights to and from Thessaloniki's Makedonia Airport on Tuesday morning.
According to the airport's website, five flights from the northern port to city - to Athens, the southern Peloponnese town of Kalamata and the cities of Istanbul and Bucharest - had to be cancelled due to conditions.
ND's line on FYROM talks was drawn at 2008 NATO Summit, says leader
New Democracy will maintain the same policy line over ongoing talks with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) the conservative party drew when in government at a 2008 NATO Summit, where Athens vetoed its neighbor's bid for accession into the alliance pending a resolution on the longstanding name dispute, the conservative leader said on Tuesday.
Turkey insisting on servicemen's extradition
Ankara on Monday repeated its call for the extradition of eight Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece after the failed coup in 2016, despite Athens's efforts not to include the issue in the list of bilateral differences dividing the two countries.
Opposition MP and ex-FM accuses gov't of 'arrogance' in FYROM name talks
The government is showing "arrogance" in regards to fresh efforts to resolve a longstanding name dispute between Greece and its northern neighbor, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), said New Democracy's Dora Bakoyannis.
New regulations for pharmacies in multi-bill
The multi-bill to be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday includes news regulations on the operation of pharmacies in Greece.
Gov't in all-night talks with creditors over multi-bill
Government officials were in talks with representatives of the country's international lenders into the early hours of Tuesday, putting the final touches on a multi-bill containing the final measures Greece needs to legislate to enter the last stretch of its current bailout program.
Small Greek businesses finding it hard to adjust to conditions
Some 676,700 very small, small and medium-sized enterprises account for almost 87 percent of employment in Greece, according to the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).
Athens optimistic over FYROM name talks
During a cabinet meeting on Monday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said it would become clear over the next few days if real progress on the decades-old name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) was "feasible."
Minister says curbing school trips abroad aims at 'more equality'
Education Minister Costas Gavroglou has rebuffed reports last week that school trips abroad were being prohibited.
In an interview with Ta Nea newspaper, Gavroglou said that the ministry is only "restricting trips abroad that have a high cost and limited educational value."
Turkey reiterates extradition request for eight servicemen
Turkey's deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag has reiterated Ankara's request that Athens extradite eight servicemen who fled their country after the failed coup of 2016.
Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting on Monday, Bozdag said that Turkey expected their extradition "as soon as possible," according to a report by the state-run Anadolu agency.
Greek carrier Aegean grew passenger traffic by 6 percent in 2017
Greece's largest carrier Aegean Airlines said on Monday it flew 6 percent more passengers last year, mostly on international flights, hitting a record 13.2 million passengers.
Aegean, a member of the Star Alliance airline group, improved its load factor to 83.2 percent last year from 77.4 percent in 2016, riding on a strong tourism year.
Untangling the year's complex economic reality
There will be competition this year to find a punchy way to sum up this transitional, and potentially transformative, year for Greece. "Clean exit" is one of the terms that has been thrown about a lot recently, while even the "Grecovery" mantra of 2014 has been repeated in the past few months by those expecting to reap the benefits of Greece completing its third bailout this summer.