Les incendies ravagent la région d’Athènes (La Tribune de Genève)
Alimenté par la sécheresse et des vents violents, le feu a dévasté de nombreuses cités balnéaires de l’Attique. Bilan provisoire: plus de 70 morts et une centaine de disparus. Read […]
It was all a blur in fire chaos, Greek victim says (Reuters)
ATHENS (Reuters) – Vassiliki Psevedourou heard a loud bang and in horror saw flames dancing menacingly outside her living room window at Neos Voutzas, east of Athens. Read more:
Greece finds ‘Neko’, a noblewoman buried in her jewelry 1,800 years ago (Reuters)
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek archaeologists have discovered a virtually intact grave of an ancient noblewoman buried with her golden jewelry at a Roman burial monument in the island of Sikinos. […]
In Rebuke to Europe, Greeks Vote Resounding ‘No’ to Bailout Terms (The Wall Street Journal)
ATHENS—Greeks overwhelmingly voted against their international creditors’ conditions for further bailout aid, in a result that could deepen the rift between Greece and the rest of Europe and push the […]
Eurozone Gives Greece Some Debt Relief as Bailout Nears End (The Wall Street Journal)
LUXEMBOURG—The eurozone agreed to lighten Greece’s debt burden when the country’s bailout ends this summer, but the measures fall short of what the International Monetary Fund and most economists say […]
Greece Approves Last Big Austerity Package of Yearslong Bailout (The Wall Street Journal)
ATHENS—Greece’s parliament approved the last big austerity package of its eight-year bailout program Thursday, preparing the country for its full return to financing itself on bond markets beginning this summer. […]
Greece’s Business Prospects Brighten After Lost Decade (The Wall Street Journal)
ATHENS—As economic growth returns to Greece after a decade of crisis, so are some businesses that once wrote the country off. Read more:
In Greece, the Authority Investors Fear Most: Its Archaeologists (The Wall Street Journal)
ATHENS—In Greece, the buck stops with archaeologists. Mike Angeliades, a Greek-American property developer, discovered that after he won a state tender in 2014 for a €400 million ($495 million) plan […]
Greek PM makes small changes to cabinet, keeps finance, foreign ministers (Reuters)
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made limited changes to his cabinet on Wednesday after a minister bowed out in a housing allowance row, keeping his finance minister […]
Greece, Turkey try to calm tensions after Aegean Sea crash (The Associated Press)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The prime ministers of Greece and Turkey worked late Tuesday to calm escalating tensions after a Greek coast guard vessel was damaged in a collision with […]