FinMin claims: “Greece shielded from Cyprus crisis, has Plan B for Cypriot...
Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras claimed on Wednesday that Greece was “shielded” from any fallout from the banks crisis in Cyprus. Speaking to Greek Parliament a day after Cypriots rejected...
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Greece moves forward: Samaras & Co partners visit highway construction sites
Pictures from the distant past, when politicians inaugurated ambitious projects in the presence of entourage supporters and applauding locals. Prosperity right outside your doorstep.Prime Minister...
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Latest on ERT: Dismissed ERT-journalists on air, while their colleagues on...
The decision of Greek government to shut down practically overnight the public radio & television broadcaster ERT has triggered a big wave of reactions but also a what it seems to be a major...
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Athens: huge protest as journalist continue broadcast; will ERT shutdown...
Journalists and technicians of public television ERT continue to broadcast program despite the government decision to shut down on Tuesday night and the order to evacuate the building. Panels with...
View ArticleERT – the day after Court decision: Lost in interpretations and proposals
More than 12 hours after the Council of State ruled that the Greek government has to restart the transmission of public broadcaster ERT, nothing has changed. Except that the black on second channel of...
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Did BMW’s €690K donation to Merkel’s CDU influence EU’s emissions decision?
Is this how the European Union works? A generous donation by a special interest group can influence the decision-making process and make the EU directives questionable as for their motives? The answer...
View ArticleGreek debt relief discussion starts on …technical level
Greece made its first official request for a further debt relief at the Euro Working Group in Brussels. This does not mean much in substance for the time being, as the International Monetary Fund may...
View ArticleEurogroup draft demands from Greece’s govt what toppled Greece’s previous govt
“Greece needs to do more to start third bailout talks” is the Eurogroup finance ministers conclusion on Sunday and it was the same on Saturday. Already yesterday a draft was on the making but the...
View ArticleGreece’s Monday morning blues
Monday morning I turn on the TV to watch the ‘latest news’ and the the agenda of the week ahead. Monday morning, I realized, Greece is in the same stage we left it on Friday evening. Minus some assets,...
View ArticleOpinion Poll: Conservative ND 3.7% ahead of ruling SYRIZA
Conservative New Democracy leads with 3.7% ahead of ruling party left-wing SYRIZA. In a public opinion poll conducted 4-11 February 2016. third party in respondents’ preference is Communist KKE however...
View ArticleMinister Pappas: Gov’t determined to break “triangle” of corruption between...
Greece’s State Minister responsible for media, Nikos Pappas said that the time has come to break the “triangle” of corruption, which he says exists between politics, banks and the media arguing that...
View ArticleMe and my straw hat through the empty streets of Greece’s news landscape
Second day of the mini heat wave in Athens. 36° Celsius short before 3 pm. It is slightly better than yesterday, when temperature reached 39 C at 3:30 early in the afternoon. A very weak wind has...
View ArticleGreek Gov’t tells central banker Stournaras to stay out of politics
The Greek government told the country’s central bank chief to stay out of politics. On Monday, the Governor of Greek’s Central Bank and former finance minister Yannis Stournaras urged the government to...
View ArticleWhat’s up in Greece’s politics? Ex PASOK PM Simitis calls for Early Elections
Odd things are happening in Greece’s politics. After 13 years of silence, the prime minister who took Greece to the eurozone, tha man who urged Greeks to put their savings in Athens Stock Exchange and...
View ArticleWhat is the Greek Problem? Politics destroying Economy?.
Below is an article I found about the Greek Problem. Picked it up from The Market Mogul.com, a website about finances. Enjoy! The Greek problem: Politics destroying Economy… Lack of action leads to...
View ArticleEx defense minister Tsochatzopoulos to exit prison after friends...
Ex defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos may be leased from prison even today Thursday, after friends of him donated the bail amount of 200,000 euros. It is a matter of bureaucratic details that have...
View ArticleOrthodox Christians, incl Greeks, want a strong Russia to counter the West
Orthodox Christians in Central and Eastern Europe but also in Greece express pro-Russia views and many would like to see Russia playing a stronger role in the area in order to balance the influence of...
View ArticleFirestorm as Greek politicians discover Varoufakis’“Adults in the Room”
A political firestorm broke out in Greece over the weekend when several newspapers published excerpts from the book “Adults in the Room” written by former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. In his book...
View ArticleTsipras stirs political landscape with article honoring PASOK founder,...
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stirred Greece’s political landscape on Sunday with a published article honoring the founder of socialist PASOK, Andreas Papandreou. The article appeared to the date PASOK...
View ArticlePortraits and Voices from Greece: Amazing project “Life Narratives” by Nikos...
Amazing portraits by photographer Nikos Markou. Young and old Greeks speak about how Politics and Society Impact their Lives. The project “Life Narratives” is a contemporary photographic series based...
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