Greece

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Thursday to scrap a deal with the European Union to readmit migrants who have crossed illegally into Europe, amid a standoff with European nations over their reluctance to allow Turkish ministers to hold campaign rallies in their countries.

Less than a month after the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center was handed over to the Greek state, the chairman of its board, veteran actor Giorgos Kimoulis, has tendered his resignation.

News of a parcel bomb going off at the International Monetary Fund's headquarters in Paris swept through the Greek media on Thursday afternoon as it came just a day after a similar device was posted from Greece to the German Finance Ministry.

Reuters reported that one person was "slightly injured" after opening the booby-trapped letter at the IMF's Paris office.

The German Alltours tour operator has a 50% increase in reservations for Greece following the trend of the other German tour operators. A similar increase can be seen in reservations for Bulgaria and Spain, while Turkey’s reservations have plunged almost 50% .

Greece's jobless rate rose to 23.6 percent in October-to-December from 22.6 percent in the third quarter, data from the country's statistics service showed on Thursday.

About 71.8 percent of Greece's 1.12 million jobless are long-term unemployed, meaning they have been out of work for at least 12 months, the figures showed.

The body of a Turkish IT specialist, who was fleeing Turkish crackdown, was recovered from a river that divides Turkish-Greek territory.

An increasing number of people are turning their backs on properties they have inherited to avoid paying the higher taxes that accompany them, according to new data from the country's courts which show that applications for renunciation of property rose 86.4 percent last year compared to 2013.

Our Greek microcosm goes to bed and wakes up with the pending bailout review, looking at the comings and goings, the toing and froing of government officials as they pretend to unload their ammunition against the auditors. The government has been lying to us for the past year, announcing progress every week and proclaiming the review's end every month.

The phenomenon of Artemis Sorras - the self-proclaimed trillionaire who has set up a movement, with membership fees, and claims to be ready to pay off Greece's debt - should be something that causes grave concern.

The third international ArtAnkara Contemporary Art Fair is set to be held between March 16 and 19 at the ATO Congresium Congress and Exhibition Hall in Turkey's capital Ankara, featuring artworks by 600 artists from around the world. 

The fair, covering an area of 10,000 square meters, will showcase the newest works of Turkish and international contemporary art to visitors.