New Democracy bears a “huge responsibility” for its populism in undermining his government after Greece’s financial woes became known and for prolonging the country’s bailout regime, former prime minister George Papandreou has said.
Friday’s stormy weather will continue on Saturday across almost all of Greece, the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY) has announced.
Former prime minister Antonis Samaras believes that the country’s lenders pulled the plug on his government in late 2014 so as to prevent Greece exiting the bailout agreements before Alexis Tsipras and Syriza came to power.
Heavy rainfall on Thursday has caused severe problems in Meteora, Thessaly, local officials have said.
It takes a village to raise a child, as the old African proverb goes. But what happens when you need to hire – and, of course, pay for – that village? It is currently estimated that it costs around €13,000 per year to raise a child in Greece.
The European Investment Bank’s (EIB) contribution to the Cyprus’ economy was considerable, with 230 million euros disbursed in loans for public sector projects in 2023.
The second day of the conference, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the restoration of Greek democracy – a period known as the Metapolitefsi – is under way Friday at the National Gallery in Athens.
German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom has given a vote of confidence in the Greek economy and its prospects.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday discussed the Middle East, North Africa and the Black Sea region at a conference in the Turkish city of Antalya, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
Speaking on the government’s decision to reduce inflated prices on certain supermarket goods on Friday, Development Minister Kostas Skrekas said that the measure will be permanent and that it tackles a decades-long malaise.