Greece Set for Electoral Reform That Could Make Coalitions More Common (The Wall Street Journal)
ATHENS—Greece’s left-led government is pushing through a radical change to the country’s electoral system, which it says will make the country more democratic but critics say will make the crisis-racked […]
Turkish Officers Put Greece in Difficult Spot With Asylum Request (The Wall Street Journal)
ATHENS—Turkey’s growing crackdown after the failed coup is putting Greece in a bind. Greece’s government is eager to avoid a fight with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by extraditing the […]
Alleged Turkey Coup Supporters to Face Trial in Greece (The Wall Street Journal)
ATHENS—Greece faces a delicate balancing act as it confronts the spillover of Turkey’s failed coup on its territory: Eight Turkish officers who supported the coup and fled to Greece want […]
Turkish military staffers seek refuge in rival Greece (Los Angeles Times)
As Greeks watched with concern the evolution of what became a failed military coup in neighboring Turkey, a lone Turkish Black Hawk helicopter appeared in Greek airspace. Read more: Κράτα […]
Charges Russian gas giant cut gas flow (New Europe)
The Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine on July 13 reportedly dismissed Gazprom’s appeal against a $3.4 billion fine. In January, Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee (AMCU) fined the Russian gas monopoly for […]
Bratislava wants energy security for European citizens and companies, better energy prices (New Europe)
ATHENS – Slovakia, which kicked off its six-month presidency of the European Union on July 1, will push for the implementation of the EU Energy Union, energy security and lower […]
Greece Won’t Reach Budget Targets After 2018, Tsipras Says (The Wall Street Journal)
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the country won’t be able to reach its primary surplus budget target after its current bailout program expires in 2018 and called on the […]
China Cosco to Invest Over $552 Million in Port of Piraeus (The Wall Street Journal)
Chinese Shipping company China Cosco Holding Co. is expected to invest more than half a billion euros ($552 million) in the Greek Port of Piraeus within the next five years, […]
Europe Prepares to Pick Who Can Run Greece’s Banks (The Wall Street Journal)
ATHENS—European authorities are seeking to replace a third of the board members at Greece’s major banks, among the toughest actions by regulators since the financial crisis. And Louka Katseli is […]
La police évacue le camp de réfugiés d’Idomeni (La Tribune de Genève)
Branle-bas de combat mardi matin au campement d’Idomeni, à la frontière gréco-macédonienne: 1400 policiers venus de toute la Grèce, assistés d’interprètes, investissent le camp, où se trouvent encore 9000 réfugiés […]