Latest News from Greece
Construction firms take fresh interest in projects in Greece
By Nikos Roussanoglou
Targeting the thousands of uninsured vehicles
By Evgenia Tzortzi
Some 700,000 uninsured vehicles are on Greeces roads according to the latest data compiled after the records of the ministries of Finance and Transport and the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies were cross-checked.
Athens to ask for austerity relief
If measures are taken to ease the debt, there should be no need for primary surpluses to reach 4.5 pct of GDP
By Sotiris Nikas
The government is planning to raise the issue of changing the fiscal targets when talks on the sustainability of the Greek debt begin at the end of August, in an effort to loosen fiscal policy after a long period of austerity.
What kind of tourists do we want?
By Alexis Papachelas
The sight of thousands of visitors from countries around the world strolling around the streets of central Athens is a sheer delight.
It feels as if the city is coming alive, with hotels often operating at full capacity while there are high expectations that this year will prove one of the best ever for the Greek tourism sector.
Before it's too late
The issue of the continuous influx into Greece of undocumented immigrants seeking a way to enter the European Union has taken on large-scale if not uncontrollable dimensions.
Samaras gears up to present growth plan on Friday
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras continued an election road trip that will take him around the country with a visit to the island of Lesvos on Tuesday but the campaign for the local and European Parliament elections is expected to peak on Friday when he is due to set out his growth plan, also known as Greece 2021.
Barroso did not choose PM, says PASOK chief
PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos (photo) on Tuesday laughed off a Financial Times report that European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso had a hand in the creation of a three-party interim government led by ex-central banker Lucas Papademos in late 2012.
Greece set to be integrated into EU power market
Day-ahead power markets were linked from Portugal to Finland on Tuesday as the European Union seeks to integrate electricity markets by the end of this year across the 28-nation bloc.
Spain and Portugal joined the existing 15-country market coupling project, linked through an interconnector between Spain and France.
Santos seeks World Cup farewell gift for Greeks
Greece will create a little bit of history in Brazil in June and reach the World Cup knockout stages for the first time coach Fernando Santos has confidently predicted.
Man arrested for selling university-grade papers on Facebook
This photograph released by the Greek police shows a screen shot of the suspect's computer. The file that has been opened displays the names of the clients, the subjects of the essays they ordered, the names of the writers, as well as the fees that went to the writers and then to the suspect, under the heading 'net profits.' Surnames have been blanked out for privacy reasons.
Greece sells 1.3 bln euros of 3-month T-bills, yield falls
Greece sold 1.3 billion euros ($1.78 billion) of three-month treasury bills on Tuesday to roll over a maturing issue, the country's debt agency PDMA said.
Slow recovery holds back TUI Travel as tourists return to Greece
By Paul Sandle
TUI Travel, Europe's biggest tour operator by revenues, reported a dip in the number of holidays sold for this summer, as the slow pace of economic recovery in much of the region offset a resurgence in the popularity of traveling to Greece.
Bus and Train Collide in Macedonia
A train and a bus full of passengers collided at an intersection on the road between the towns of Stip and Veles as a result of which the bus capsized in the nearby ditch.
All passengers except one are in a stable condition, although several sustained serious injuries.
Greeks still skeptical of European Union, Pew survey finds
Crisis-hit Greeks remain deeply skeptical of many aspects of the European project despite signs of rebound in overall sentiment, an opinion poll carried out by the Pew Research Center and published on Monday has found.
Bomb scare at Thessaloniki courthouse a hoax
Bomb disposal experts called to the main courthouse in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Tuesday following an anonymous telephone call warning of a bomb have said that the threat was a hoax.
The call shortly after 11 a.m. to one of the court's offices.
Police evacuated the premises and called in experts to scour the building for explosives.