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Athens erasing asylum backlog

According to the latest data from sources within the Migration Policy Ministry, authorities have processed 97.5 percent of a backlog of about 84…

Are the capital controls easing?

The government is gearing up to launch new measures that are billed as easing the capital controls but which will in fact reduce the annual amou…

The last tango

In a spectacular about-face, Alexis Tsipras, the leftist prime minister who once warned that the markets “will have to dance to the tune” of his…

FinMin warns of risks in delaying reforms and measures

Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos warns that delays in implementing agreed reforms and measures with the country’s international creditors will…

Ankara activates Plan B for Cyprus

In the aftermath of the failed talks to reunify Cyprus earlier in the month, Turkey is, according to sources, activating its Plan B in a bid to…

Europe’s wine industry may suffer with global warming, research shows

Global warming may hit wine lovers where it hurts the most – the pocket – as rising temperatures are likely to increase labor costs in Europe's…

Documenta’s gift to Greece

The international art event provoked waves of antipathy, despair from ideologically diverse camps and ridiculous amounts of criticism, but also…

The downtown challenge

Police efforts to crack down on rampant crime in places like Menidi, northwest of Athens, are indeed praiseworthy.

Migrant upsurge puts Frontex on standby

The influx of migrants into Greece, Spain and Italy has increased in recent weeks by between 30 and 70 percent, a representative of the European…

Better late than never

After a long delay, the Greek state sector has finally realized just how much costs can be reduced by conducting competitions and auctions elect…

A hot month for Greek diplomacy

Greece’s foreign policy will soon have to face two of its most persistent challenges: the Cyprus question and the name dispute with the Former Y…

?It’s always good to have friends,’ says Israeli PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he believes that the proven and likely energy reserves in Israel, Cyprus and Crete are more than…

Joe Biden to address Concordia Summit in Athens in June

Former US vice president Joe Biden is due to visit Athens to address the Concordia Summit, an annual global affairs forum that will be held for…

Debt talks and the cost of delays

Our partners and creditors owe us a clear description of what they want the restructuring of Greece’s debt to look like. They don’t owe it to Pr…

Funeral service held for Aristides Alafouzos

Aristides Alafouzos was honored on Thursday at a funeral service at the Church of Aghios Dionysios Areopagitis in Kolonaki, central Athens, atte…

Health bill to set 12-hour shift limit for Greek doctors

Legislation being drafted by the Health Ministry aims to set a 12-hour limit on shifts worked by Greek doctors at state hospitals and put an end…

Athens and Beijing sign three-year action plan

Greece and China signed a “three-year action plan” for joint projects over the weekend that will see Greece claim a share of Beijing’s 100-billi…

Cyprus leader criticizes UN envoy for alleged bias, haste

The president of Cyprus on Sunday criticized a UN envoy for perceived bias and undue haste amid troubled talks aimed at reunifying the ethnicall…