The revelations about the illegal farm subsidies disbursed by the clumsy-sounding Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aid, known by its Greek acronym OPEKEPE, show a corruption-riddled system, with the agency too close to the supposedly monitored farmers, and local party members and government officials too close to both.
More than 80 projects with a total cost exceeding 1 billion euros, extending from the urban fabric of Nicosia to the suburban communities of the city, were announced.
Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos met with former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi at the 29th Annual Government Roundtable organized by The Economist.
Inflammation has become a bit of a dirty word. We blame it for a number of diseases. We try to eat foods that fight it. We take medication to tamp down the pain it causes.
Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Dimas on Monday launched the solar park program of Olympia Odos, in Kiato in the northern Peloponnese.
The scandal with the OPEKEPE agency should act as an opportunity to open a discussion on the absence of a long-term strategy for providing meaningful support to the countryside.
A limpet mine may have caused a blast that damaged a Greek tanker sailing off Libya’s coast last week, the fifth such incident to hit commercial shipping in the region in recent months, maritime security sources said on Tuesday.
The European Union will take a firmer line with Libyan authorities over a surge in migrant departures across the Mediterranean, EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner said on Tuesday during a visit to Athens.
The Finance Ministry released a statement regarding the potential acquisition of the Athens Stock Exchange by Euronext, saying that it considers the move a “vote of confidence” in the Greek economy.
Firefighters responding to a blaze at an apartment in Patra, western Greece, on Tuesday evening discovered a severely burned body, believed to be that of a woman.