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Greece ‘turning a page’ as Eurozone agrees deal to end financial crisis
Greece’s government has said the country is “turning a page” after eurozone member states reached an agreement on the final
Trafficker arrested following pursuit in the sea region of Kos
The coast guard on Friday, following a pursuit, arrested a 37-year old foreign national driving a speedboat that had earlier
Ancient Greek sounds transfix audience in Athens
Hymns sung to the Greek gods thousands of years ago resonated from ancient musical instruments in Athens on Thursday, transporting
FYR Macedonia Parliament to discuss the ratification of the agreement with Greece
The bill on the ratification of the agreement with Greece, signed in the village of Psarades in Prespes on Sunday,
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Research vessel scans and reveals the secrets of Santorini and Kolumbo volcanoes
The research vessel RV Poseidon of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research of Kiel in cooperation with the Geology
Athens hails agreement to give country access to markets in August after final bailout
Greece’s government has said the country is “turning a page” after eurozone member states reached an agreement on the final elements of a plan to make its massive debt pile more manageable, ending an eight-year bailout programme.
“I have to say the Greek government is happy with this deal,” the finance minister, Euclid Tsakalotos, said on Friday. “But at the same time, this government will not forget what the Greek people went through in the past eight years.”
The government spokesman, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, hailed “a historic decision” that meant “the Greek people can smile again”. Financial markets rallied, with the country’s benchmark 10-year bond easing 0.2 points and the main stock index up 1.6%.
Tsakalotos said the plan, which allows Greece to extend and defer repayments on part of its debt for another 10 years and gives Athens another €15bn (£13.2bn) in new credit, marked “the end of the Greek crisis. I think Greece is…
The Court of Edirne has rejected, for the third time, the lawyers’ new request for the review of the pre-trial detention status of the two Greek military officers, and has thus rejected their release. The reasoning of the judges was that the facts based on which their detention was decided have not changed. The two military officers have been in custody since the beginning of March, although no indictment has been filed by the public
Greece’s largest labor unions are staging a general strike against plans to extend austerity measures, in a 24-hour protest that halted ferry services to the islands, and disrupted flights, public transport and other services. Wednesday’s strike also closed schools and left public hospitals running on emergency staff. Government budget austerity measures are due to continue for at least two more years after the international bailout ends in August, starting with another major round of pension
According to the European Commission, Greece is the main EU country benefited from the investments of the Juncker plan, aiming at growth. The Juncker plan is expected to mobilize investments amounting to 283.7 billion euros, which represents 90% of the initial target, stresses the European Commission. More specifically, the European Investment Bank has approved financing for Greece from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), amounting almost to 2.4 billion euros, which is estimated to
US expresses fears Dimitris Koufodinas of November 17 leftist group, who is serving 11 life sentences for murder, could abscond
On This Day
June 24
- 1920: The Greeks defeated Turkish forces at Alashehir during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
- 1925: Officers loyal to Theodoros Pangalos staged a coup. For the next two years, Pangalos ruled Greece by decree.
- 1949: Prime Minister Themistoklis Sofoulis died in office. He was succeeded by Alexandros Diomedes.
- Births: Nora Valsami (1945), actress
- Deaths: Andreas Miaoulis (1835), Greek revolutionary; Themistoklis Sofoulis (1949), archaeologist, politician and Prime Minister
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Greece ‘turning a page’ as Eurozone agrees deal to end financial crisis
Greece’s government has said the country is “turning a page” after eurozone member states reached
Trafficker arrested following pursuit in the sea region of Kos
The coast guard on Friday, following a pursuit, arrested a 37-year old foreign national driving
