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EKAB workers threaten with work stoppages
Workers at Greece?s ambulance service (EKAB) have threatened to hold work stoppages from Tuesday because of unpaid overtime.
The EKAB employees? union claims that its members have not been paid since December for working night shifts and on public holidays.
Police, migrants clean up Chios reception center
Dozens of policemen on Chios, along with migrants who have arrived on the island, worked together on Saturday to clean a reception center in the Mersinidi area of the island.
SYRIZA's coalition partner says it will not back citizenship bill
Coalition partner Independent Greeks said on Friday that it will not support the government?s citizenship bill unless there are changes to four articles.
Study finds brains of poorer children shrink in size
As if the brain drain causing Greece’s most educated to leave the country for a better future abroad wasn’t a big enough problem for Greece, the latest scientific research shows that children from low-income families feel the effects on their brains. The stress of poverty, even very small differences in income, can have major effects on brain development.
Reports of Brussels Group officials arriving in Athens on Friday refuted by Greek gov't
Reports regarding Brussels Group officials arriving in Athens late Friday in view of carrying on negotiations with the Greek government were refuted by government circles on the same day.
IMF Notes Major Differences Still Present in Greek Bailout Talks
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Thursday that the talks on a possible new Greek bailout have not progressed much as differences remained.
The statement came hours after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande.
Brussels talks halted as pressure on Greece mounts
The International Monetary Fund has withdrawn its delegation from negotiations in Brussels aimed at breaking an impasse and unlocking crucial loans, citing significant differences with the Greek side following another round of talks between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande.
Wave of illegal migrants, refugees continues to inundate several Greek isles
Hundreds of third country nationals continued, on a daily basis, to land or reach close enough to several of Greece’s eastern Aegean islands in order to attract the attention of the coast guard and be escorted to Greek territory.
IMF throws cold water on hopes for Greece deal
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday Greece and its official creditors have made no recent progress towards resolving their differences.
Hours after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held talks with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and Frances President Francois Hollande on a possible new bail-out, the IMF said major differences had not been bridged.
Greek pensions tangle shows no easy way out of impasse
By Maria Petrakis
To find out why Greece's pension system is tying negotiators up in knots, look no further than Maria Kounani, 59, a mother of two, single parent and early retiree.
Greek homosexual couples offered Civil Union partnerships
Greece’s Ministry of Justice announced on Wednesday that it plans to introduce legislation that gives Civil Union rights to same sex couples. The bill is part of broader legislation on insurance, tax and other issues concerning Greek citizens and aims to afford homosexual couples fundamental legal rights.
Greek citizenship for just 100,000 2nd generation immigrants
Alternate Immigration Policy Minister Tasia Christodoulopoulou told a parliamentary committee that the number of beneficiaries from the new bill foreseeing the granting of Greek citizenship for second-generation immigrants will be less than 100,000.
Swastikas on memorial to thousands of murdered Jewish children
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Konstantinos Koutras made a statement regarding the desecration of a commemorative plaque dedicated to the death of 13,000 Greek Jewish Children murdered during the Holocaust. The memorial, next to a playground at Pafou Square, central Athens, was defaced with Nazi swastikas and Nazi SS signs.
Grace in Santorini offers accomodation to privileged and money to charity
Stay at the Grace Hotels in Santorini, Greece, and the chain will donate $1 for every night a room is occupied in each of their hotels to charity. They also invite guests to contribute the same amount per night. And as if that isn’t enough, they’ll also donate money from the sale of certain food and drink items sold in the restaurants.
Anti-austerity protesters hold finance ministry sit-in
Greek left-wing demonstrators are staging a sit-in at the finance ministry building in central Athens, in a protest against the radical, left-led government, which they accuse of planning new austerity measures.