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Lesvos strained by migrant influx
Coast guard officials intercepted more than 400 undocumented immigrants on several islands in the eastern Aegean within 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday as authorities on Lesvos appealed to the central government for support as the relentless flow of arrival fuels tensions and overwhelms local services and infrastructure.
House speaker and SYRIZA in attack on Bank of Greece governor
Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras came under attack on Wednesday from Parliament Speaker Zoe Constantopoulou and her SYRIZA colleagues after the central bank issued in one of its regular reports a warning regarding the consequences of the government failing to reach an agreement with its lenders.
Toxic recycling plant's license revoked
The Environment Ministry said on Wednesday it will revoke the license of a recycling plant in Aspropyrgos, west of Athens, where a fire earlier this month sent toxic smoke wafting over the capital for days.
Anti-austerity rally again held in downtown Athens (Watch live)
Protesters gathered in front of Parliament in central Athens on Wednesday for what’s billed as an “anti-austerity” demonstration, with most ire aimed at institutional creditors locked in mostly fruitless negotiations with the radical leftist Greek government.
Another demonstration, from a different standpoint, comes on Thursday, one promoting the idea of “staying in Europe”.
Bookies not backing Greek 2015 euro exit yet
Growing nerves over Greece have been the talk of financial markets for the past week, but online betting firms see only around a one-in-five chance it will leave the eurozone this year -- a lower likelihood than earlier this year.
Archbishop slams cohabitation pact as poor imitation of marriage
Archbishop Ieronymos, the head of the Church of Greece, on Wednesday slammed cohabitation agreements, which grant couples living together similar rights to those who are married, describing the pact as ?a poor imitation? of marriage.
Veteran SYRIZA MEP Manolis Glezos says he's stepping down
SYRIZA MEP Manolis Glezos confirmed on Wednesday that he will step down from his position at the end of the month.
The veteran leftist had said before being elected in last May?s European Parliament elections that he would only serve for a year before handing his seat to someone younger.
Thompson: Revising regulations regarding public acquisitions in Romania will help the fight against corruption
A proper revision of the regulations regarding public acquisitions in Romania and the implementation of the Prevent system in identifying conflicts of interest will help Romania to fight corruption in this field, the US Charge d'Affaires in Bucharest, Dean Thompson, stated on Wednesday.
Man sentenced for 1990 abduction and murder to be extradited from Turkey
A 58-year-old man who had been sentenced to life in prison for a kidnapping and murder carried out in Greece in 1990 was due to be extradited from Turkey on Wednesday.
Constantinos Spinaris absconded while on furlough from prison in 2005 but was caught in Turkey a year later for drug smuggling.
Viki Stamati's sixth appeal for house arrest rejected
An Athens-based court on Wednesday rejected a sixth appeal by Viki Stamati, the wife of jailed former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, to have her prison sentence for money laundering commuted to house arrest, prompting Stamati to demand that the five-judge panel be replaced.
ECB ups Greek bank's emergency funding by 1.1 bn euros
The European Central Bank on Wednesday raised the maximum emergency funding that Greek banks can obtain by 1.1 billion euros ($1.24 billion), a banking source told AFP.
Bulgaria's Square 500 Museum Renamed to 'Bulgarian LOVER'
The back yard of the museum complex Square 500 has been painted early Wednesday morning.
The graffiti painted at the gate were created by the artistic NGO destructive Creation. They chose to write ''Bulgarian LOVER'' because of the intentional word play with the street name of the new museum - the Bulgarian Louvre.
ELA ceiling for Greek banks again increased, this time by 1.1 bln euros
The European Central Bank on Wednesday again raised the Emergency Liquidity Assistance ceiling ELA for Greeks banks by 1.1 billion euros, with the total now at 84.3 billion euros.
Additionally, although the issue of collaterals was discussed, no decision was taken on the issue.
Schaeuble: Berlin making contingency plans for Grexit
German FinMin Wolfgang Schaeuble said Berlin is making contingency plans if talks between the Greek government and creditors collapse, a development that would usher in the prospect of default.
He made the comments to a finance committee in Germany’s lower house.
Female high school students permitted to wear abayas in Konya
Students at a high school in the Central Anatolian province of Konya have received permission to wear an abaya over their school uniforms, after the school's principal approved of the decision.