Greece
Stavros Niarchos Foundation withdraws 3-million grant from National Museum
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) on Thursday said that it was withdrawing a grant of three million euros from Greece’s National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), after the museum failed to meet agreed deadlines for the grant agreed 19 months earlier.
Tsipras to meet President Pavlopoulos
President Prokopis Pavlopoulos will welcome Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Presidential Mansion on Friday at 10.00 (local time).
Tsipras, Davutoglu announce measures to tackle refugee flows (ADDS)
ANKARA (ANA-MPA/ A. Abatzis) Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday announced specific measures – such as closer cooperation between coast guards in Greece and Turkey and cooperation mechanisms between their respective ministries – to curb illegal migration and the action of refugee traffickers along their shared borders.
Dragasakis: Bank recapitalization signals start of new era for banking sector
The success of a new bank recapitalization requires resolving the problem of non-performing loans, one of the top priorities of the government, said the government’s vice-president, Yiannis Dragasakis, during a meeting with Greek bankers on Wednesday.
Village in Lefkada bears the brunt of damages after strong earthquake that killed two
The village of Athani in the southwestern part of Lefkada suffered the biggest damages in houses and infrastructure after the 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit the island on Tuesday morning killing two people, authorities said.
Clashes between police, 200 rioters in Exarchia after march
Clashes between MAT riot police and some 200 individuals were continuing in Athens’ Exarchia district late on Tuesday, after the end of a march marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1973 Polytechnic uprising.
Senior official: ESM to approve disbursement of Greece’s loans
The disbursement of the 2-billion-euro loan sub-tranche Greece is expecting from its bailout program, along with the 10 billion euros for the recapitalization of the country’s lenders are expected to be approved on November 23 (Monday), a senior official participating in the ongoing negotiations with Greece’s lenders said on Monday.
Athens on high security ahead of 1973 Polytechnic uprising anniversary
About 6,000 policemen will be deployed around the Greek capital as part of the police force’s stringent security measures that have been announced ahead of the anniversary of the 1973 Polytechnic uprising on Tuesday.
Pavlopoulos’ message ahead of 1973 Polytechnic uprising
The defence of democracy and freedom must be continuous and undiminished, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Monday in his message for tomorrow’s anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising.
Guarding of Greek-Turkish border discussed with Davutoglu, Merkel says
BERLIN (ANA-MPA/ F. Karaviti) German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said that one of the issues she discussed with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey was the guarding of the Greek-Turkish border.