Athens Exchange hits 3-year high
Eurogroup approved the 8.3 billion euro bailout aid tranche for Greece, sending the Athens Stock Exchange to near a three-year high and trimming the 10-year bond yield to 6.19 per cent
The transcripts that burned Baltakos
The transcript of the video as presented by Ilias Kasidiaris to the Hellenic Parliament, shows not just collusion between the Cabinet Secretary Panayotis Baltakos and Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris, but may also throw a spanner at government efforts to try Golden Dawn members on charges of forming a criminal organization.
The following is a translation of the transcript presented by Ilias Kasidiaris as well as the cover letter of his presentation. Caution: The text contains expletives.
Israel opening defense attache office in Athens
According to Israeli sources the IDF and the Ministry of Defense decided to close the military attaché office in Switzerland this summer. Concurrently, it was decided to open a new military attaché office in Greece, as a counterweight to the decline of defense relations with Turkey.
.So far, the military attaché in Italy was also responsible for transactions and security relations in Greece, but Athens will now get a permanent military attaché who will address security relations between the two countries
The decision was not accepted without controversy within the defense establishment, since Switzerland traditionally buys Israeli security means in larger amounts than Greece
The IDF and the Ministry of Defense said in response that "the deployment of foreign military attaché is determined depending on an overall assessment of the situation, consists of needs, resources, and other relevant elements
Minor rioting in downtown Athens
At the end of the rally organized by workers unions and SYRIZA MPs, minor rioting erupted in downtown Athens, with some protesters trying to push the police forces towards parliament.