Latest News from Greece
Bulgaria's Exports Grew 4% in 2015 - Final Data
Bulgaria exported BGN 44.949 M worth of goods last year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI)'s final data shows.
The figure constitutes an increase of 4% compared to the previous year.
The highest growth in exports was observed in March (24.4%), the largest fall having been in September (7.5%).
Creditor representatives in Athens on 'technical mission,' EC spokeswoman says
European Commission spokeswoman Annika Breidthardt on Monday confirmed, in comments to reporters in Brussels, that the mission chiefs representing Greece's international creditors were back in Athens for talks with government officials this week.
Double ‘no’ from Berlin to Greece about compensations
Berlin rejected calls from Greek Minister Alexis Tsipras during the International Fair in Thessaloniki, that Germany should pay compensations for Nazi atrocities to Greece.
Bailout inspectors back in Greece as reforms delayed
Inspectors from Greece's bailout creditors have returned to Athens as the Greek government faces calls to speed up the implementation of economic reforms so it can get more rescue loans.
MNI news agency: Talks on Greek debt after German elections
A day after Greek PM Alexis Tsipras’s statements during the TIF press conference that the political process in Germany should not stand in the way of discussions over a possible Greek debt relief, financial news agency MNI reported that any talks of a debt restructuring would be postponed until after the German elections, scheduled to take place in exactly one year.
Police arrest Iraqi for sale of fake IDs on Lesvos
A 35-year old Iraqi man was arrested by Greek police on the island of Lesvos for allegedly possessing four fake Italian IDs. The Mytilene police detained the man, who was also found to be carrying 800 Euros, in the capital of the island in broad daylight and have launched an investigation to detect the source that provided the suspect with the false IDs.
South Aegean region leverages social media and online platform to promote islands
The southern Aegean island region has entered into the digital era by adopting a complete tourism marketing strategy in its efforts to promote its destinations to visitors across the globe in new innovative ways.
Greek PM lands in Thasos to inspect fire (aerial video of burnt lands+photos)
Greek PM Alexis Tspiras has arrived on the island of Thasos to inspect the situation and see the catastrophic effects of the wildfire that has ravages forests and farmlands for the past past 3 days. Tsipras arrived a little before 11 am on Monday morning in a military Chinook helicopter.
Greek officials to resume talks with creditors
Government officials were to resume talks with representatives of the country's international creditors in Athens on Monday.
The talks are to begin in the afternoon and to focus on Greece's efforts to crack down on corruption and on the creation of a new privatization fund, Finance Ministry officials said.
Large areas of farmlands and forests burnt on Thasos, as wildfire rages for 3rd day (photos)
Tens of houses, large areas of pinewood and farming lands have been burnt to ashes in the worst fire in the past 30 years on the island of Thasos, as the wildfire that broke out in Saturday, is raging for a third day in a row.
One in two pensioners lose money from Tsipras’s ‘squaring the circle’ speech
Despite the Greek PM Alexis Tsipras’s claim that he had managed to ’square the circle’ during his speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair, Sunday, the numbers paint a different story regarding the cuts in pensions. Half of the Greek pensioners (1.2 million) saw a cuts in their meagre incomes ranging from a few Euros to 230 Euros (abolition of the EKAS benefit).
Food prices keep rising despite shrinking household incomes
While households' disposable income keeps shrinking, consumers also face the constant increase of prices in dozens of commodities, particularly food products, making Greece one of the most expensive countries in the European Union in this domain.
Greek PM Calls for Deepening Ties With Russia
BELGRADE - Greece is going to develop ties with Russia in all spheres, country's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said at the opening ceremony of the 81st Thessaloniki International Fair.
Trikala thanks refugees for help in distributing water to flooded villages
The municipal authority of Trikala in central Greece on Sunday issued an announcement thanking dozens of Syrian refugees staying at a camp in the vicinity for their help in distributing drinking water to flooded villages in the area.
PM says debt solution 'closer than ever'
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday declared that Greece was "closer than ever" to a settlement to its debt problem while underlining that a rift between the European Union and the International Monetary Fund on that issue was damaging for the country.