Several Greek political leaders chose the islands for the Easter holidays, as their schedules showed on Thursday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who arrived on Rhodes on Thursday, will travel to the island of Tilos for his Easter holidays with his family. Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be on Tinos, in the Cyclades, … Περισσότερα
Uber on Thursday announced it was suspending one of the two services offered in the Greek market, UberX, starting Tuesday, 10 April. The company offers the UberX service (using professional drivers) and UberTaxi (using professional taxi drivers). In an announcement, Uber cited a recent amendment in the Greek legislation on transport services as the reason … Περισσότερα
Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos on Thursday sent a message to Greece’s partners regarding debt relief, urging them to do their part and ease the country’s debt burden. “Greece, through the sacrifices of its people, fully meeting its obligations, has achieved the targets for the surpluses it must have. This must be taken into account very … Περισσότερα
The first official economic report by the Finance Ministry’s Council of Economic Experts, whose chair is Alternate Finance Minister George Chouliarakis, was published on Thursday with information on basic indicators in the Greek economy for 2017, including the following: A high primary surplus of 3.7% of the GDP (or 5.93 billion euros) was achieved in … Περισσότερα
Wage employment in the private sector grew in March, recording the best performance since 2001, the Labour ministry said in a report released on Wednesday. The report by the “Ergani” IT system, said that the balance of hirings/dismissals in March was positive by 55,494 new job positions as new hirings totaled 196,142 and dismissals totaled … Περισσότερα
A large number of migrants and refugees reached the Aegean island of Chios in the 24 hours before 10:00 on Wednesday morning, following a three-month period of no migrant arrivals on the island. A total of five incidents involving the corresponding number of dinghies were reported in just a few hours, bringing a total of … Περισσότερα
A total of 7,000 Greek soldiers will be transferred to the Greek islands and the northeastern borders of Evros shortly, National Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said on Wednesday from the eastern Aegean island of Ikaria, where he observed a local military exercise. Kammenos said one half of the soldiers would be placed at the Aegean … Περισσότερα
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the telephone on Wednesday, according to the prime minister’s press office. The two leaders discussed an upcoming trilateral summit with Cyprus that will take place in Nicosia on May 8, as well as developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, the … Περισσότερα
A meeting between Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and the head of the Movement for Change Fofi Gennimata was held on Tuesday. No statements were made afterwards. According to Gennimata’s associates, however, Kotzias’ briefing was substantial and the discussion focused exclusively on the negotiations for the FYROM name issue, without any reference to Turkish provocations and … Περισσότερα
Centrists’ Union leader Vassilis Leventis on Tuesday expressed the opinion that “the FYROM issue is probably “heading for treason” and will be passed in parliament even if the government’s junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) does not vote for it. Speaking to ANT1 television, Leventis claimed that the “Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and Democratic … Περισσότερα