Latest News from Greece
Farmers to decide their next move
Greek farmers continue their protest actions by blocking the roads all over Greece. With the country split right down the middle, they hold a meeting on Sunday at Nikaia to decide their next move.
Representatives of 135 blockades set all over Greece are expected to participate in the meeting. Their common demand is the withdrawal of government’s draft of the social security reform.
Tension escalates on Kos Island due to hotspot construction
In an effort to de-escalate the tension between the residents of the island of Kos and the government on the construction of the hotspot, the island’s mayor, Giorgos Kyritsis, sent a letter to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asking him to withdraw the police forces.
Key Bulgaria-Greece Border Crossings Remain Closed
Major crossings at Bulgaria's border with Greece remained fully or partially closed to traffic on Sunday morning, the Interior Ministry has announced.
Passage at Ilinden-Exochi crossing is blocked completely.
EU ready to seal Greece-FYROM border
EU member states examine the details of a controversial plan, which includes sending border guards and even troops to FYROM’s border with Greece in an effort to stop the flow of migrants entering northern Europe, as the Financial Times writes.
Protecting EU borders not turning out well, says Merkel referring to Greece
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Saturday for better protection at the extrenal borders of European Union so as to maintain the Schengen zone.
“We need to protect our external borders because we want to keep Schengen,” Mrs. Merkel said in her weekly podcast adding that if EU fails to protect its external borders, the free movement of people would be jeopardized.
Blockades test Greek economy’s limits
Greek farmers escalate their protest actions and block the roads and customs all over Greece stretching Greek economy to its limits.
Businessmen have expressed their concerns on huge problems in the market due to the blockades and call farmers to limit their protest actions, even though they understand their demands.
Ex-Greek FinMin Varoufakis's Movement 'to Seek Allies in Bulgaria'
DiEM25, the movement due to be launched by former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, is set to look for allies in Bulgaria, a civic activist said on Saturday.
Two Bulgaria-Greece Border Crossings Sealed to All Traffic
The major border checkpoints of Ilinden-Exochi and Makaza-Nymphaea, connecting Bulgaria and Greece, are closed to all traffic as of 13:00 local time (EET), Bulgarian police authorities have said in a statement.
This includes cars and buses as well as transit commercial trucks.
The return of ‘Quartet’ to Athens still unclear
Next week’s Eurogroup meeting is expected to give a hint on when the representatives of institutions will visit again Athens so as to continue the negotiations, since during the first round of talks no progress was recorded.
The major issues are still open, while there is a huge gap between the views of Greece’s lenders and the Greek government.
Gov’t brings back its ‘parallel program’
The mass protest rallies that took place in almost all cities of Greece seem to have alarmed the Greek government which probably feels that it is trapped between lenders’ representatives and Greek society.
Farmers’ blockades to split Greece right down the middle
Farmers protesting against the government’s proposed plan for social security reforms escalate their protests actions and despite the bad weather they decide to continue blocking the roads.
On Friday they decided to close the motorway at Tempi Valley for 24 hours on Saturday, as they toughen their stance towards the government.
Greek Farmers Warn of 'More Intense' Blockade on Bulgaria-Greece Border
A more intense blockade is due from Saturday across Greece unless farmers' demands to scrap some austerity measures are heard, a Greek daily reports.
Gov’t admits that some EU countries want to close borders
It is the first time that the Geek government admits that several countries of European Union want to close their borders referring to Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic and stating that they are not implementing Europe’s policy on the refugee crisis.
Minister warns on delay in EU funds
Volkan Bozk?r, Turkey's EU minister and its chief negotiator with the bloc, has warned the EU that a delay in the delivery of migration funds worth 3 billion euros to Turkey would also cause a delay in implementing more effective measures to handle refugees in the country.
Thousands of Syrians amass on Turkish border
Tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing violence in the war-torn country have amassed on the Turkish border, with more compatriots also expected to head toward the frontier.