The International Monetary Fund’s participation in the Greek bailout is necessary, EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Thursday, according to ANA-MPE.
The bodies of four migrants (an infant, a woman and two men) were recovered on Thursday at the sea region northeast of Farmakonissi who were passengers of a wooden boat, that carried approximately 50 migrants, that sank on Wednesday near this island.
BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA / M. Aroni) – Greece needs to build a long-term, sustainable, less fragmented and more just pension system, European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis told reporters here as he arrived at the Eurogroup meeting on Monday.
The main issue for Greek foreign policy, is the just resolution of the Cyprus issue, pledged Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in a speech at the Hellenic Parliament during the debate on the budget for 2016.
Tension rose during the second march of anti-authoritarian groups through central Athens to mark the seventh anniversary of the shooting of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos.
Israel has quietly tested ways of defeating an advanced air-defense system that Russia has deployed in the Middle East and that could limit Israel’s ability to strike in Syria or Iran, military and diplomatic sources said.
US Secretary of State John Kerry took a positive view of Greece’s energy policy and its efforts to tackle the refugee crisis during a one-day visit to the country Friday, while he urged Athens to continue on the path of economic reforms.
Greece is a center of stability in the region and a pole of cooperation, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday in welcoming the US Secretary of State John Kerry at the Maximos Mansion.
Enough is enough. According to the latest data of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, since 2011, more than 7,000 aircrafts have been increasingly violating Greek sovereignty in the Aegean. Specifically: 3,545 Infringements of Air Traffic Regulations, 6,421 Violations of National Air Space and 64 Overflights of National Territory.
By Tocqueville* The upcoming EU-Turkey summit regarding the Syrian refugee (decided long before the downing of a Russian bomber over Syria) risks adding insult to injury.