Greece

Greece is a country in the southern Balkans

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Emirates launching new Newark, NJ, service via Athens

Emirates on Monday announced that it will be launching a new daily service from Dubai to Newark Liberty International Airport via Athens on March 12.

Emirates already has four daily flights to New York's JFK and hopes to strengthen its connection with the American metropolis with the new daily service, while also providing a direct link between Athens and the United States.

Emirates launching new Newark, NY, service via Athens

Emirates on Monday announced that it will be launching a new daily service from Dubai to Newark Liberty International Airport via Athens on March 12.

Emirates already has four daily flights to New York's JFK and hopes to strengthen its connection with the American metropolis with the new daily service, while also providing a direct link between Athens and the United States.

Fate of Turkish coup plotters who fled to Greece to be decided this week

Greece's Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on Jan. 26 on whether or not to extradite eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece in a helicopter after a failed military coup in July, the Athens News Agency reported. 

Turkey alleges the men were involved in the July 2016 failed coup attempt and has demanded their swift extradition. 

State Debt Decreases in EU, Bulgaria in Q3 2016

State debt in the entire European Union and the Euro zone has decreased as a percentage of GDP in the third quarter of 2016, showed Eurostat data.

The level of state debt in Bulgaria also marked a drop, compared to the second quarter, in spite of the fact that debt increased on an annual basis (compared to the third quarter of 2015).

Greek farmers rev up engines to block highways across country

Farmers all over Greece are up in arms against the Greek government and are preparing to block main highways throughout the country. The mobilisation is scheduled to start Monday in central Greece, where farmers will set up blockades on the national highway in Thessaly in central Greece.

Cosco to bring huge floating docks to Piraeus ship repair zone

The first of two sizable floating docks Cosco has ordered for the ship repair zone of Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) is all ready for transportation to Greece's biggest port.

Depending on the availability of a ship able to transport the 80,000-ton post-panamax dock, it is expected to arrive in late spring or early summer, according to sources from the Chinese group.

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