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Greece Votes: Uncertainty over elections

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 […]

Polls in Greece suggest a narrow race for Parliament

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 […]

Quiet day in Gevgelija – Small groups of migrants are crossing the border

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 […]

Macedonian police fires tear gas at a crowd of migrants in Gevgelija

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 […]

Will SYRIZA split up following the new Memorandum’s vote?

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 […]

Tsipras clashes with SYRIZA MPs before the coming vote in Parliament

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 […]

Greece made a payment on their MMF loan

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 […]

Athens and Brussels optimists for an agreement by the end of August

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 […]

Tsipras admitted he and Varoufakis had a Plan B for the possible Grexit

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 […]

The intensified communication between Athens and Skopje will not stop despite the political situation in Greece

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 […]

Banks in Greece Open, its Economy Sees New VAT Rates

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 […]

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