Labours of love: EU funds help draw visitors to Corinthia (New Europe)
When Aglaia Kiourktsoglou first arrived in Stymphalia, a village in Corinthia, Peloponnese, after working at the busy Athens city centre she was taken aback by nature. Read more:
Greece wants Russia tit-for-tat: Gas price break for pipeline join (New Europe)
A discount on Russia gas deliveries to Greece is “the most tangible result” in talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, during the latter’s visit […]
Greeks Shopping for Easter Meat Reflects Nation Uneasy Over Cash (Bloomberg News)
The skinned lamb heads stare balefully out at the elderly women agonizing over them, while a butcher spreads out a piece of white spongy tripe to entice Greeks preparing for […]
Greek Economy Risks Slipping Back Into Recession, Say Analysts (The Wall Street Journal)
Greece’s latest promise to repay its creditors on time has reduced fears about an imminent default but while the government lives from hand to mouth, the Greek economy is slipping […]
Greece plan to release 3,500 immigrants from asylum centres sets it on a collision course with Europe (The Independent)
Inside the barbed wire and fences at the Amygdaleza camp, undocumented migrants of all ages wander around the yard, tending to clothes hanging to dry outside shipping containers. Read more:
Greek Leader Heads to Moscow as Bailout Talks Drag On (The Wall Street Journal)
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be walking a fine line in Moscow this week, aiming to demonstrate an independent streak to voters at home without irritating the European Union […]
Greece buffers EU hardline on Russia’s Turkish Stream (New Europe)
Greece will try to soften the European Union’s resistance to Russian plans to build an alternative to the scrapped South Stream pipeline, to carry natural gas across Greece and the […]
Greece to Send List of Economic Overhauls to Creditors (The Wall Street Journal)
Greece will send a draft list of economic overhauls to its creditors later on Friday, which it hopes will help unlock bailout aid, two government officials said. Read more:
Athènes veut rapatrier l’argent noir des fraudeurs grecs (La Tribune de Genève)
Jacques de Watteville, le secrétaire d’Etat aux questions financières internationales de la Confédération, sera demain vendredi à Athènes pour rencontrer les deux vice-ministres grecs des Finances, Dimitris Mardas et Nadia […]
Greece’s German-Built Money Hall Shows Unity, Divide on Euro (Bloomberg News)
A reminder of why the Greeks and Germans are lashed together in a common currency called the euro sits in a 19th century Athens mansion built by a German for […]