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Wall Street Journal: Greece hastens to submit list of reforms

According to Wall Street Journal, the bailout extension, after a few not so easy weeks, removes immediate concerns over a potential exit from Europe’s currency union, but sets the stage for further talks over Greece’s financial future.

Greek gov't denies finance minister Varoufakis to resign

Greece's outspoken Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is not planning to resign, two Greek government officials said on Friday, denying a report in Germany's Bild newspaper.

"None of this is true, it's far from reality," one of the officials told Reuters.

Acropolis Museum: A century of Greek tourism architecture (photos)

The Greek participation in the 14th Biennale of Architecture in Venice, Italy, titled "Tourism Landscapes: Remaking Greece" and features Greek architecture from 1914-2014. It is on display for the Greek public to enjoy at the Acropolis Museum (D. Areopagitou Street, at the foot of the Acropolis)  from Friday, March 27, through to April 11.

Kammenos wants ? 2 mln from Protagon cartoonist, Potami chief

Greece's Defense Minister Panos Kammenos has sued cartoonist Andreas Petroulakis and centrist Potami Leader Stavros Theodorakis. He is demanding a million euros from each one for defamation on the site, Protagon. The cartoonist states that Theodorakis no longer has a relation with the Protagon news site as he transfered his shares.

Greek future as trade hub in limbo amid Syriza split on railways

By Jonathan Stearns and Paul Tugwell

As dusk falls on the plains outside the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, Georgios Plaitakis opens up the throttle of his diesel-powered passenger train and settles in for the nine-hour journey east to the frontier.

Greek government seeks balanced reform package

Greece is preparing a package of reforms that will contain many of the government?s election pledges but will also satisfy many of the lenders? demands regarding changes they want to see the country make, the coalition says.

Greek govt says national reform plan on its way

The Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government on Thursday said it would submit an elaborate national reform plan to Eurogroup as time is running out. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis' colleagues said that the Greek side would present its reforms to the three institutions of international creditors in a teleconference call on Monday.

Lights off at Athens International Airport on Saturday

The Eleftherios Venizelos Athens International Airport is taking part in international Earth Hour from 8.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, by switching off lights at one of its two runways as well as other select parts of the airport, such as staff parking. Earth Hour is a lights-off event that was founded in 2007.

Greek defense minister heads to USA after controversy

 Senator blocked annual Independence Day resolution over Kammenos comment

Defense Minister Panos Kammenos heads to New York this weekend for Greek Independence Day celebrations after finding himself at the center of a controversy that led to the US Congress failing to pass a resolution commemorating the start of Greece?s revolt against Ottoman rulers for the first time in 30 years.

Greek, Chinese FMs discuss deepening countries' ties

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi discussed deepening the two countries? economic ties when they met in Beijing on Wednesday.

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