20 September 2015
After only eight months after Syriza was elected, the Greek people today again go to the polling stations. More than 9.8 million Greeks have the right to vote today will need to determine which party or political option will decide their future and implement the new package of the measures agreed. What will people choose […]
31 August 2015
Public opinion polling in Greece, taken three weeks before the early elections, show the race for Government will be very narrow and that the winner is not going to enjoy majority in parliament, which is going to be even more divided than the current one. Results from the six polls that were released over the […]
25 August 2015
New way of migrants and refugees, mostly coming from Syria, is expected to reach the Macedonian border to the south. Greek media repored that around 5 in the morning, the ferry Elifterios Venizelos, carrying 2500 migrants, set off from Mitilini to the island of Lesbos. The ferry is expected to reach Piraeus today around 5:40. From […]
22 August 2015
A group of migrants penetrated the cordon made of police and army troops. The migrants are moving towards the train station in Gevgelija, reports RTS. RTS’s reporter said the police has fired stun grenades. The migrants are passing through places where there are fewer police and army groops. The Ministry of Interior does not have […]
22 August 2015
The situation on the Macedonian-Greek border at Gevgelija is quiet. Around 600 migrants crossed the border during the night and headed to the Tabanovce crossing at the Serbian border with the five o’clock train. The Ministry of Interior reports that they are processing numbers of migrants, according to their capacity, to cross the border. Those […]
21 August 2015
At least eight people were injured after special police forces used shock-bombs and tear-gas to subdue an unruly crowd of several thousand migrants who are stuck between the borders of Greece and Macedonia, reports the news agency Associated Press, citing information obtained from the Greek police. Foreign agencies are reporting that the crowd of […]
21 August 2015
Macedonian special police members used tear gas to calm down a growing crowd of unruly migrants which was trying to enter from the border zone to Macedonia, reports Reuters and Radio Slobodna Evropa. The government of Macedonia declared an emergency situation and closed the south border to the migrants, who come mainly from Syria through […]
13 August 2015
The Greek government is on yet another crossroads. The casting of votes for the new package of measures will show how much support the Government lead by SYRIZA and Prime Minister Tsipras can enjoy from the party’s own rank. The leftist party has inched even closer to dissolution following yesterday’s appeal by former energy minister […]
12 August 2015
In an environment full of obstacles and mutiny in the ranks of SYRIZA and announcements for protests in the streets, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras submitted in front of the National Assembly the new three-year agreement with Greece’s creditors. There is optimism that the agreement will get a green light by Friday morning. The agreement that […]
7 August 2015
Greece has made a payment of 186.3 million euro on their debt to the International Monetary Fund, reports the institution. By doing this Athens avoided a late payment. This is the first time that Greece, from early June onwards, to pay on time their debt to the MMF. Athens has to pay off 22 billion […]
5 August 2015
The Greek government is expecting by the end of today to close the first round of negotiations with the “troika” and with its creditors. This will get the country closer to a potential deal by the end of August. In the ranks of the Greek government there is optimism that by August 18 or 20 […]
31 July 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras admitted openly that he had given an order to Yanis Varoufakis to prepare a Plan B, for a possible Greek exit from the Eurozone. Answering to the question posed by the leader of PASOK, Fofi Genimata, regarding the entire controversy which rose with the information of a Varoufakis’s alternative of […]
24 July 2015
Despite the political turmoil in Greece, its Ministry of foreign affairs is planning to continue to intensify the policy of proactive cooperation with Macedonia, directed at improving the relations between the countries and solving the name issue. According to diplomatic circles in Greece, the Greek foreign ministry is considering continuing the activities around the name […]
20 July 2015
Banks in Greece are open today for the first time in three weeks, but limits to cash withdrawals remain. People can now take out 420 euro once per week, instead of the 60 euro limit per day. Today comes into force the VAT rate hike from 13 to 23 per cent. German chain of markets […]
