Latest News from Greece
Fenerbahçe coach Obradovic asks fans to show hospitality to Greek fans
Fenerbahçe coach Zeljko Obradovic has called on the club fans to show hospitality to Olympiacos fans in Istanbul ahead of May 21's clash between the two teams for the Turkish Airlines Euroleague trophy.
Olympiakos vs. Fenerbache meet in Greek-Turkish Euroleague Final battle (photos)
The stage is set for a classic Greek-Turkish battle in the 2016-17 Euroleague basketball final, as Turkish Fenerbache, who beat Real Masdrid late Friday (84-75) will face Greek champions Olympiakos who disposed of CSKA Moscow (82-78) in another thriller.
Envoy in Ankara urges EU to snub Seawolf ceremony
In a letter to his European Union counterparts, Greece's ambassador to Turkey, Kyriakos Loukakis, has asked them to abstain from attending the closing ceremony of the Denizkurdu 2017 (Seawolf) naval exercise.
Turkish media published excerpts of the letter, dismissing it as Greek "propaganda" to the Europeans.
Protecting tourism
Foreign tourist arrivals in Greece are expected to reach new heights this year. We need to be careful, however, because when it comes to such a precious commodity, the goal cannot always be just about increasing numbers.
When left uncontrolled, mass tourism and cheap cruises can soon wreak havoc on important destinations and destroy their allure for more discerning travelers.
Prospects for debt deal at Eurogroup unclear
With a new raft of austerity measures voted into law by coalition MPs, the government has shifted its attention to Monday's crucial meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels, hoping for a decision on debt relief as well as a green light for bailout funds.
KEPE: Stem 'brain drain' and make the most of it
Greece will have to make the most of the huge opportunities presented by the major achievements of diaspora Greeks for the benefit of the local economy, according to a study by the Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE).
CFOs express fears about course of economy
The chief financial officers of companies operating in Greece are quite pessimistic about the course of the Greek economy and market according to a European survey of CFOs conducted by Deloitte in the first quarter of the year.
Greek bond yields decline
Investors started focusing on the positives in the eurozone on Friday, particularly after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi's optimistic comments the day before.
"Everything has turned upside down - European political risks have faded, the economy is looking strong, while in the US everybody is worried," said DZ Bank strategist Daniel Lenz.
Varoufakis claims Tsipras pressured him to accept creditors' demands
Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, claiming that the premier had tried to scare him into yielding to creditors' demands.
"In the summer of 2015 Alexis Tsipras told me that I should fear a new Goudi," Varoufakis told VICE magazine, referring to a military coup that took place in Greece in 1909 amid simmering social tensions.
Champion of Crete synagogue restoration dies, 85
Nicholas Hannan-Stavroulakis, the man who famously fought for the restoration in 1999 of the Etz Hayyim Synagogue in the town of Hania on the island of Crete, died Friday morning. He was 85.
Stavroulakis served as the director of the Jewish Museum in Athens and was an emblematic figure in Greece's Jewish community.
His funeral will held in Athens on Monday.
Mayor of town near Albanian border calls for gun trade crackdown
Andreas Papaspyrou, the mayor of Konitsa, near Greece's border with Albania, has called for better policing and heightened security in the border region following the discovery on Thursday of a cache of assault rifle ammunition, the latest in a string of such finds.
IMF head Lagarde optimistic over Greek debt
According to sources outside the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the organisation’s General Director, Christine Lagarde reached a compromise on the issue of a Greek debt relief with Washington Group members during a meeting that took place within the framework of the Bari G7. The sources revealed that Mrs.
PM Tsipras: May 19 a day of remembrance for Genocide of Greeks in Pontos
The historical memory of the Pontian Genocide remains alive, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras tweeted on occasion of National Memorial Day on May 19, for the ethnic cleansing of nearly 300,000 Pontian Greeks in the aftermath of the first World War between 1914-1923. “May 19 is a day of remembrance and respect to the Greeks of Pontos.
Turkey blocks off Rhodes airport for military exercise!
Turkey is taking its provocations against Greece to the next level, as newspaper Yeni Safak published a letter by Greek Ambassador to Turkey, Kyriakos Loukakis claiming that Turkey has violated the national sovereignty of Greece. In the letter Mr.
The Black Book of the sufferings of the Greek people in Turkey (LINK)
In honor and memory of the Genocide of the Greeks of Pontos, we present to you a link to a book edited in 1920 by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, that records just a fruction of the sufferings of the Greek populations by the Neo-Turks of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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