News archive of June 2014

Israel has found the bodies of three missing teenagers, accusing Hamas of their murder and vowing to make the Islamist movement pay.

"This evening, we found three bodies and all the signs indicate that they are the bodies of our three kidnapped youngsters," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ministers at the start of an emergency session of his security cabinet on June 30.

Israeli forces found the bodies of three missing teenagers in the occupied West Bank on June 30 after a nearly three-week-long search and a sweep against the Islamist Hamas group that Israel says abducted them.

By Giorgos Lialios

State sell-off fund TAIPED announced on Monday that it was freezing the privatization process for the majority stake in the Thessaloniki Water Company (EYATH).

By Ilias Bellos

By Giorgos Lialios

A draft law by the Tourism Development Ministry, discussed on Monday by a special parliamentary committee, will speed up the licensing process for tourism accommodation units, setting a limit of 50 days from the day the application is submitted.

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov notched yet another memorable win in his career and reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament.

In his 1/8 final match, the 23-year old from Haskovo defeated Leonardo Mayer of Argentina in 3 sets (6:4, 7:6, 6:2) to reach his best ever round of the oldest tennis Grand Slam.

 NBG looks set to boost its assets by 400 mln euros and its capital adequacy ratio by 70 basis points

By Yiannis Papadoyiannis

National Bank of Greece is proceeding with the absorption of its corporate management subsidiary Ethniki Kefalaiou, as Kathimerini understands that the decision has already been approved at all corporate levels and will be immediately enforced.

By Ian Bremmer *

Taking stock of Greece’s six-month European Union presidency on the day before Italy takes over, Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos on Monday called it “successful,” noting it had paved the way for the country to finally emerge from a protracted financial crisis.

Artemis Matthaiopoulos on Monday became the eighth Golden Dawn MP to be remanded in custody pending trial on criminal charges as magistrates leading a probe into the neofascist party prepare to summon another five legislators, including party leader Nikos Michaloliakos (photo), for additional testimony.