Fiscal and social welfare issues to dominate Monday's meeting with institutions
Fiscal issues will dominate a meeting between the government and the representatives of the institutions on Monday.
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Tsipras: European cohesion judged by its ability to face all parallel crises with solidarity and effectiveness
What is at stake right now is not only the outcome of a crisis, economic or refugee crisis, but the cohesion of Europe itself, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday while addressing the Euro-Med Summit held in Vravrona, eastern Attica region.
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ND: Ready to agree on TV regulator as soon as TV law is revoked
New Democracy is ready to agree with the government on the establishment of the new Greek National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) board, the country’s independent media regulator, if the government repeals the TV licensing law submitted by State Minister Nikos Pappas, party spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos reportedly said in an interview with “Eleftheros Typos” on Sunday.
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Turmoil in Moria hotspot
There was τurmoil at Moria hotspot on Lesvos on Monday. A large number of migrants, mostly from Pakistan, are protesting over the long stay and delays over the examination of asylum applications.
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Opposition accuses Tsipras of lacking crisis exit plan and attempts to gag media
Opposition parties criticized Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after his speech at SYRIZA’s central committee on Sunday morning, saying he has no plan to help Greece exit the crisis and is trying to muzzle the media.
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Retired policeman shoots man in Ambelokipi
The public prosecutor on Sunday charged a 60-year-old retired policeman accused of killing a man in Ambelokipi last Friday with murder while in a calm mental state, and illegal use of a weapon.
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CMEC president in Athens on Monday to sign PPC deal
The president of the China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), Zhang Chun, will visit Athens on Monday, heading a delegation of senior company executives, for talks with Greece’s power utility PPC and the signing of the strategic partnership agreement in the country and the wider region.
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Harvest of Greek saffron starts in Kozani
Farmers in the rural area of Kozani, northern Greece, started harvesting “Krokos”, the local saffron produced by the crocus flower, one of the most important products of the region which have been cultivated for decades.
Hundreds of farmers in the regions of Agia Paraskevi, Kesaria, Ano and Kato Platania Voiou, are found bending over their crops, collecting one-by-one the prized stems of the purple flower.
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Papadimoulis on the quest for building on a new growth model for Europe
Greek MEP and vice president of European Parliament Dimitris Papadimoulis underlined in Euroobserver that “in the broader context, the ECB has been called to deal with the eurozone’s catastrophic austerity politics that have almost frozen growth rates below 2% since 2010, weakened macroeconomic indicators, and created a suffocating, unfriendly environment for investments, especially in the European South.
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PM Tsipras to focus on second program review, debt relief, at EU summit talks
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will focus on the completion of the second program review and on debt relief for Greece during his meetings with his counterparts at the European Council meeting in Brussels.
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Eurostat reports on Greeks living in poverty
More than one in three residents of Greece experienced conditions of poverty and/or social exclusion in 2015, according to Eurostat figures released on Monday 17 Oct. The European Union average was roughly one in four, the same report said.
Melbourne goes Greek for a week in November
Delicious Greek food made by some of the world's best chefs with cocktails to match, by sought-after Athenian mixologists? You guessed it, Oh My Greek (OMG) Week is back. Set to return next month, if you liked what you saw (and tasted) last year, then you're in for a real treat in 2016.
Greek gov't, institutions begin talks on second review of Greek program
Greek authorities and the institutions officially began negotiations on a second review of the Greek program on Friday, with a meeting between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and the heads of the technical staff of the institutions.
Property prices in free-fall during the crisis
Property prices are in free-fall, with apartment prices down 41.4 pct in the 2006-2016 period, Theodoros Mitrakos, vice-governor of the Bank of Greece said on Thursday.