Latest News from Greece
Schaeuble expects no final deal on Greece at Eurogroup, spokesman says
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble doesn't expect euro zone finance ministers to reach a final deal on Greece at their meeting today in Brussels, a spokesman said on Monday.
Euro zone finance ministers are meeting in the Belgian capital to assess Greece's progress in fulfilling the conditions of its bailout.
Antetokounmpo shines in the NBA All-Star Game
Giannis Antetokounmpo made history on Sunday night, not only for being the first Greek to take part in an NBA All-Star Game, but also for going from rookie to the top scorer of the Eastern Conference All-Stars in the showcase event of basketball's best league in the world.
Strike closes Acropolis, ancient sites in Greece
The Acropolis and other ancient sites in Greece are closed to the public after state guards called a 24-hour strike over a pay and contract dispute with the government.
Eurogroup expected to determine return of bailout monitors to Athens
Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday were expected to decide on a date for the return of representatives of Greece's international creditors to Athens.
"This scenario is the likeliest," a European official told Kathimerini following a weekend of diplomacy between Athens and Brussels.
Greece would choose Russia as ally over NATO, suggests Gallup poll (map)
According to a multi-nation Gallup poll published, Greece and three other NATO member-states would prefer Russia fighting on their side! By far the largest number of countries polled by WIN/Gallup International chose the U.S.
DHKP-C militant sentenced to 15 years in Belgium for killing head of leading Turkish holding Sabancı
A Belgian court sentenced on Feb. 20 outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) militant Fehriye Erdal to 15 years in jail and deprived her of civil and political rights for 10 years in absentia for crimes committed in Turkey, including being an accomplice in the 1996 assassination of the former head of the industrial conglomerate Sabancı Holding.
Police seek perpetrators of attack on SYRIZA offices
Police on Monday were seeking the perpetrators behind a firebomb attack on the central offices of SYRIZA in Koumoundourou Square, central Athens, on Sunday afternoon.
In a sweep of the area immediately after the attack, which caused damage and slightly injured one policeman, officers detained 44 people.
Schulz: Prattle on Grexit is dangerous
Hours before the EuroGroup meeting in Brussels, the leader of the German SPD party and former European Parliament Martin Schulz said anyone who turned Europe and Germany against each other were committing a sin against the future of the country. “It is not a wise thing to reiterate the discussion about Greece’s exit from the eurozone.
Two budgets, two speeds: Greece outstrips France
There is a two-speed euro zone when it comes to budget discipline according to Thomson Reuters data - with Greece being forced into maintaining a large primary surplus at one end and France being pretty much left to its own devices at the other.
Greece needs 'far less' money than agreed in third bailout, ESM head says
Greece will need less in emergency loans from international lenders than originally agreed in its third bailout program due to a better-than-expected budgetary development, the head of the euro zone bailout fund said in comments published on Monday.
Albania Moves War on Cannabis to Borders
In the first two months of 2017, police have prevented more than a dozen smuggler attempts to transport tons of cannabis into Italy or Greece, shifting their focus from a war against cannabis cultivation to a fight against its export.
An official Albanian State Police source told BIRN on Friday that the fight against drug smuggling attempts is a top priority at this time of year.
Cost of impasse over numbers is adding up
Another week of back-and-forth between Greece and its lenders seems to have brought us no closer to an agreement between all the parties involved in the country's bailout.
President Pavlopoulos adresses refugee children at event
The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos said that migrant and refugee children would be able to stay in Greece as long as it took during his greeting at an event Sunday night for refugee children at the Chaidari City Hall. “Children are those who feel the consequences of war more than adults”, he said during his speech.
Giannis: “I want to make Greeks proud” (video)
“Whatever I do, I have the whole of Greece behind me”, said Giannis Antetokounmpo in a post NBA-All Star Game press conference. The Greek Freak, who shone in the New Orleans game with 30 points, sent a message of love to the Greek people expressing his love for all the support. “I thank you very much for coming here. As I said anything I do I have Greece behind me.
The Greek Freak show in NBA All Star Game (photos-videos)
Greece’s Giannis Antetokounmpo (the Greek Freak) made history in New Orleans, becoming the first Greek basketball player to start on the NBA All Star Game. The West beat the East 192-182 in a match that Pelikans star Antony Davis set a record of 52 personal points and Giannis of the Milwaukee Bucks scoring 30.