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Samaras calls for gov't to reach deal, avoid snap elections
Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras stressed the need for the coalition to reach a deal with Greece?s lenders in a televised interview, the first since his electoral defeat in January.
Academics fight back on reforms
University academics are to mount a campaign aimed at preventing the government from passing the reforms it has planned for tertiary education.
Former Greek PM: Any snap election or referendum will be on 'euro or drachma?'
Former Greek premier Antonis Samaras said the current leftist SYRIZA government has "fooled the people and will now clash with itself or with Greece's partners", speaking in his first television interview since his New Democracy party lost the Jan. 25 election by coming in second.
Greek minister blasts FIFA, UEFA 'ultimatum'
Greek deputy sports minister Stavros Kontonis said on Wednesday he does not accept ultimatums by world and European soccer's governing bodies FIFA and UEFA.
Kontonis made the comment on Mega television in response to a fax sent earlier on Wednesday jointly by FIFA and UEFA to the Greek soccer federation.
Germany has limited expectations on Greece for Riga meeting
The German finance ministry has limited expectations regarding the Greece crisis at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Friday in Riga, a spokesman for the finance ministry in Berlin said on Wednesday.
Govt needs 350-400 mln to pay wages and pensions
Alt. Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas told private MEGA TV on Wednesday that there is a deficit of 350-400 mln euros that needs to be covered by April 27 so that the government can meet its obligations and pay salaries and pensions.
"We have a 350- to 400-mln-euro revenue deficit that needs to be covered by the end of the month in order to meet the country's needs," he said.
CHP promises a halt to 'Middle Easternization' of Turkey
This column on April 18 analyzed the foreign policy section of the ruling Justice and Development Party?s (AKP) election manifesto and found that the government is not promising a change in its diplomatic line. Today?s column will study the main opposition Republican People?s Party?s (CHP) plan for foreign policy under the title ?the vision for citizens and value-based foreign policy.?
Order points to rising US-Greek tensions
Xeros, Maziotis put on list as Athens tries to ease concerns over prison bill
Tensions between Greece and the US grew Tuesday after Washington placed two convicted Greek guerrillas on a terrorism blacklist amid concerns that a third could soon be transferred from prison to house arrest under the conditions of a new prison law.
Sources: ECB may cut emergency bank funding for Greek banks; Yanis confident of deal
Statements, comments and speculation throughout Europe on the "Greek issue" continued unabated on Tuesday, given that no deal appears on the horizon, at least this month.
UNHCR Demonstrates Concern Following 1300 Migrant Deaths in April
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has noted that 1,300 emigrants have found their death in the Mediterranean only in April.
US Expresses Support for Bulgarian Constitution Amendments
The US will be standing next to Bulgaria in tough times. The statement was made by Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Hoyt Yee following his meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov.
US designated Christodoulos Xeros and Nikos Maziotis as terrorists
The State Department on Tuesday designated Christodoulos Xeros and Nikos Maziotis, members of Greek urban guerrilla groups, as terrorists, a day after protesting a new law approved by Greece's parliament.
Alt. FinMin: 'Urgent need forcing us to collect money'
The alternate finance minister on Tuesday referred to "an urgent need that forces us to collect money", in comments to board members of a union representing the country's municipalities.
Turkey rescues 30 Syrian migrants from sinking boat
Turkey's coastguard rescued 30 Syrians from a boat heading towards Greece after their vessel began to take on water in the Aegean Sea, state media said April 21.
The rescue operation came amid a surge in the numbers of migrants seeking to reach Europe, following the Mediterranean's worst migrant disaster in which as many as 800 people drowned off Libya.