Greece
Protesting farmers block border crossing with Bulgaria indefinitely, set up new road blocks
Farmers in central and western Macedonia escalated protest action without warning on Monday, with a decision to indefinitely block the Promachonas border crossing with Bulgaria with their tractors.
Greece’s migration minister critical of pressures on Greece over refugee flows
AMSTERDAM (ANA-MPA/ M. Aroni) In statements while attending an informal EU justice and home affairs ministers’ meeting in Amsterdam on Monday, Greece’s Alternate Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas criticised the pressures on Greece relating to the refugee crisis and noted that excluding Greece from Schengen would not solve the problem. At the meeting, EU ministers […]
Farmers to continue temporary blockades of border customs crossing indefinitely
Farmers’ tractors remained lined up at the border crossing customs office of Kipi at the Greek-Turkish border on Friday, after the end of a two-hour traffic blockade earlier in the day, in protest against proposed new taxes and social insurance reforms for the sector.
Kotzias: ‘Greece is enlisting all means to protect European borders’
Greece has enlisted all possible means to protect the maritime borders of the European Union but these measures are not effective because people still want to flee, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias told German daily “Tageszietung”, on the sidelines of his official visit to Berlin on Friday.
PM Tsipras to HuffPost Greece: ‘It might be the last opportunity for Greece. Let’s not lose it’
The evaluation of Greece’s economic program must be completed as soon as possible because it may be Greece’s last chance, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in an interview with Huffington Post Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday.
Greek PM and Cyprus president discuss Cyprus problem, regional cooperation during Davos meeting
The Cyprus issue and cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and other countries in the region dominated a meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Friday.
S&P raises Greece’s credit rating to B- from CCC+, stable outlook
Standard & Poors raised on Friday its long-term sovereign credit rating on Greece to ‘B-‘ from ‘CCC+’, with a stable outlook, citing the country’s cpmliance with its economic program.
Greece can act as ‘conduit’ between Iran and Europe, Skourletis says
Greece and Iran are about to launch a new course, in which Greece can act as a ‘conduit’ between Europe and Iran, Environment and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis said on Friday after a meeting Iran’s Deputy Oil Minister Amir Hossein Zamaninia in Athens.
Avramopoulos: Hotspots in Greece and Italy will be ready in four weeks
Hotspots in Greece and Italy will be ready in four weeks the latest, European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said in an interview with Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Tuesday.
Greece signs deal with German state to combat tax evasion, train tax officials
Greece signed on Saturday an agreement with the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia to cooperate on fighting corruption and tax evasion, as part of the exchange of information between the two sides on issues of taxation.