News archive of March 2019

Turkey welcomes Romania's position on EU accession

Turkey's vice president hailed Romania on March 29 for supporting Ankara's efforts to establish "constructive" relations with the European Union.        

Turkish jets hit PKK in N Iraq

Turkey pounded shelters of PKK's ringleaders in northern Iraq's Mount Qandil in an air operation on early on March 30, according to a statement from Turkish Defense Ministry.     

Unique Roman emperor statue revealed in Denizli

Archaeologists in the ancient city of Laodicea in the western province of Denizli have unearthed a grandiose statue of Trajan, one of the greatest Roman emperors, dating back to 113 A.D.

Editorial: Unpardonable and irresponsible lies

The theoretical and easy self-criticism of ministers and SYRIZA cadres is fine, but at some point they have to confront the results.

We make mistakes and sometimes unpardonable ones, Deputy PM Yannis Dragasakis told Parliament about arrangements on resolving non-performing loans.

He did not tell us what these errors are, how much they cost, and who is paying the piper.

Freak Rudy triple sinks the Greens, as Reds risk crashing out

A freak buzzer-beating triple by Rudy Fernandez had Panathinaikos succumb to Real Madrid in Athens, while a careless Olympiakos is risking missing out of the play-offs after its home loss to Zalgiris Kaunas, as both Greek teams wasted their leads to lose to their visitors, one round of games before the end of the Euroleague regular season.

Contributions hike for most freelancers

The 1.5 million freelancers, self-employed professionals and farmers who are insured with the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) face an April 8 deadline for the payment of the new main social security contributions for February that have increased for most of them.

ATHEX: Bourse index posts gains of 2 pct in March

The Greek bourse benchmark rose 1.96 percent over the month of March, taking the growth of the main index in the first quarter of the year to 17.62 percent.

The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index ended at 721.37 points on Friday, adding 1.08 percent to Thursday's 713.66 points. On a weekly basis it advanced 1.85 percent.

Public relations

Regardless of what one thinks about the name deal signed and ratified earlier this year by the Greek government and North Macedonia, the so-called Prespes agreement has left a number of serious issues unresolved.

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