10 million euro for BOAK road safety improvements
Last Wednesday Crete governor, Stavros Arnaoutakis, approved a 10 million € budget for safety improvements along 27 km of danger spots on the North trunk […]
Articles by Yannis X
Last week in the Greek press
Sifis the crocodile found dead IKA to axe any doctors found to have role in fraud ring Greece has not submitted reform proposals yet, Germany […]
Minoan Lines to enforce ID checks on all routes
Minoan Lines announced that from 1st April 2015 all passengers on domestic sailings will require to show a photo ID before boarding. All passengers will […]
Study finds that the poor have paid most for the crisis
A study for the Düsseldorf based Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), titled “Greece: Solidarity and Adjustment in Times of Crisis,” examined the impacts of the crisis […]
The SIEMENS scandal may finally reach court after 17 years of investigation – The history of the scandal goes back to the 1990s
A panel of Greek judges have last week reopened the Siemens scandal and indicted 64 people to stand trial over allegations of bribery involving Siemens […]
Grimaldi holds Anek ferry Olympic Champion
Olympic Champion, Anek’s flagship passenger ferry, has been held in the port of Patras following legal action from the Grimaldi Group. According to reports, the […]
Government taps into pension funds to cover March needs
Shut out of debt markets, with aid from lenders frozen and with Mario Draghi, ECB president, blocking avenues suggested by Athens for temporary state funding […]
The ongoing Greek crisis: European negotiations and the Varoufakis proposals
Catroon: Martyn Turner, The Irish Times The dust has hardly settled after Greece managed to evade ‘sudden death’- a bank run followed by euroexit . […]
The Greek proposals: Key points
The Greek government, in what has become known as the Varoufakis email, put forward its plan for much needed reforms. The proposals include a commitment […]
Eurogroup approves Greek deal, giving government four months to implement reforms
Greece secured a four-month extension of its financial rescue on Tuesday when its euro zone partners approved a reform plan, as Athens made a commitment […]
Apokoronas council to improve refuse collection
The new council of the municipality of Apokoronas is almost six months in office and in that time refuse collection has become an issue, with […]
Greek firsts: Can The Greek Spring spread to the rest of Europe?
It has been three weeks since the new government was elected, and as we wait for the outcome of the negotiations between Greece and Europe, […]
German Fraport asks Greece to respect agreement on regional airports.
The finance director of Fraport, Matthias Zieschang , expressed his optimism that the new Greek government will respect the 1.2 billion euro agreement regarding 14 […]
“Work at Chania airport terminal should be completed by 25 March”
Chania airport management decided to close half of Chania airport passenger terminal to speed up the airport upgrade. The airport management hopes to have some […]
Prime minister Tsipras outlines his programme
In a hard hitting speech, Alexis Tsipras laid out plans on Sunday evening to dismantle Greece’s austerity programme. Tsipras said the Greek government cannot ask […]