Creditors play down fears of Greek default as deadline approaches
The Greek finance Yanis Varoufakis urged creditors on Tuesday to ‘get their act together’ if they want Greece to repay its June IMF loan. And […]
Spring storms cause disruption across Chania prefecture – Unsettled weather with storms till Friday
Sudden downpours in the late afternoon brought traffic chaos in Chania with a number of minor accidents during the afternoon rush causing bottlenecks in the […]
Government to abolish antiquated way of calculating car taxes
The first tax reform of the new government is about to bring to parliament will change the way the road tax is calculated. Since the […]
Paul Krugman: Grexit and the morning after
(New York Times) We just had another electoral earthquake in the euro area: Podemos-backed candidates have won local elections in Madrid and Barcelona. And I […]
American University funds study of frescoes in Cretan churhes
American university William & Mary Assistant Art History Professor Cristina Stancioiu will spend much of this summer in Crete and Rhodes, thanks in part to […]
Tsipras to meet Junker after ‘friendly negotiations’ with Merkel, Hollande do not lead to a breakthrough
ANA/MPA—Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to meet with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday, at 14:30, according to sources. “I am optimistic that […]
Fight to save the Greek pension takes centre stage in Brussels and Athens
(from The Guardian) In the five years that debt-stricken Athens has struggled to remain solvent – surviving on rescue loans issued by the EU, the […]
Municipal police reforms but with much fewer staff
(eKathimerini) The municipal police force, disbanded in the summer of 2013 as part of the previous government’s cutbacks, is to become operational again but with […]
Kalyves – return to ‘normality’ after roadworks
Today Friday, Kalyves is expected to return to normality after the completion of road resurfacing and repairs to the sewage network that obstructed the only […]
Greek defence minister to Washington: Russian sanctions too costly for Greece
(Sputnik News) Greece has revealed it’s been asked by the US to prolong anti-Russia sanctions. However, Athens stressed Russia is a strategic ally and the […]
Corfu deaths: Thomas Cook boss meets parents of children killed by faulty boiler
(The Guardian) The boss of Thomas Cook has met the family of two young children killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in Corfu. Peter Fankhauser, chief […]
Tsipras – Merkel meeting to discuss Greek crisis confirmed
(The Guardian) Greek PM Alexis Tsipras will meet with German chancellor Angela Merkel, after dinner, on the sidelines of the EU summit in the Latvian […]
Until Europe writes down Greece’s debt, the drama will continue to run
(The Independent) So the tale of Greece lurches on, with some sort of denouement expected in the next couple of weeks. It is not possible […]
Back to drawing board after creditors reject Greek VAT proposals
ANA-MPA — The government is rethinking its proposals for revising Greece’s VAT charges to something closer to the existing system, after the idea of introducing […]
Greek state hospital staff go on strike over staffing, pay
(AP) — Doctors, nurses and ambulance staff from Greece’s state-run hospitals and health centers have started a 24-hour strike protesting understaffing and underfunding and demanding […]