The statements of German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière are "out of place" and "do not help" the situation, Alternate Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas said in an interview with Praktorio 104.9 FM on Tuesday.
Greece’s small accommodation businesses active in tourism have taken a blow this year, recording decreased arrivals and overnight stays as well as diminishing revenue, according to the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETKE).
The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), representing over 50,000 businesses, is calling on the government to reconsider plans to construct so-called hotspots, or refugee registration centers, at major tourist locations across the country.
The leaders of France, Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Malta will meet on Friday September 9, in Athens, on the initiative of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, to work out proposals for their own vision of European structure and EU policies.
Greek-American relations are entering a new, very productive phase, since Greece is an extremely important partner of the United States because of its geopolitical importance, the U.S. Ambassador to Greece, David Pearce, said on Friday, during a meeting with Alternate Minister for European Affairs Nikos Xydakis.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will present the next steps of the government to economic recovery and real growth in the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), government spokeswoman Olga Gerovassili said in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Sunday.
"The spokeswoman of the addicted to lies government is strangling the truth," main opposition New Democracy (ND) spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos said on Sunday.
Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis in an interview with the Athens - Macedonian News Agency on Sunday announced a series of actions to boost entrepreneurship in Greece, attracting new investments and completing the institutional framework for the settlement of bad business loans as well as the debts of entrepreneurs and self-employed in the public and social security funds.
European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Gunther Oettinger expressed his reservations regarding the legality of the procedures of the tender for the TV licences in Greece, responding to a question submitted by MEP Eva Kaili.
The new page in the TV landscape only concerns the change of ownership and not the character and the content of the media, Communist Party KKE said in an annoucement on Friday after the conclusion of the tender for TV licences.
The TV channels with the same and some new owners will not safeguard the people's right to information and entertainment or the media workers rights, the announcement added.
A unique exhibition entitled "Elephas tiliensis. Dwarf and three-dimensional" was inaugurated at the Museum of Geology and Paleontology of the National University of Athens on Thursday evening.
The government is celebrating today the definition of corruption, main opposition New Democracy (ND) spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos commenting the result of TV licences' tender.
The tender for the TV licenses was absolutely successful, State Minister Nikos Pappas said in statements outside the building of the General Secretariat of Information and Communication early on Friday.
"I did not expect such a high price," he added.
"The tender was absolutely sacksful and gives Greece the opportunity to take a step forward to a new television era, where legitimacy is crystal clear," he underlined.
Skai TV, Ioannis Kalogritsas, ANTENNA TV and Alter Ego of Vangelis Marinakis are the winners of the the TV licences after 66 hours of bidding.
The total amount the Greek state will receive is 246 million euros.
Greek authorities have finally located a speedboat carrying irregular migrants, which had sent a distress signal via the European emergency number early on Wednesday morning.