Greek central bank governor says he will recommend full lifting of capital controls
The Bank of Greece will recommend capital controls in the country be fully lifted the soonest possible, central bank governor Yannis Stournaras said on Friday.
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Six foreign nationals killed as severe weather hits Greece
ATHENS, July 11 (Reuters) – Six foreign nationals, including two children, were killed and more than 100 other people injured after gale-force winds, rain and
Conservative leader Mitsotakis becomes Greek PM, picks cabinet
By George Georgiopoulos and Lefteris Papadimas Conservative politician Kyriakos Mitsotakis took office as Greece’s new prime minister and named his cabinet on Monday, after storming
Featured Greeks vote as leftist Syriza days in power seem numbered (Update 4)
By Michele Kambas and Angeliki Koutantou Greeks voted on Sunday in the first general election since the country emerged from international bailouts, with polls predicting
The main policies of Greece’s July 7 election rivals
Greece will hold a national election on July 7 with the conservative New Democracy party leading ruling left-wing SYRIZA by 9-11 percentage points in opinion
Greece seizes record amount of amphetamine Captagon shipped from Syria
Greek authorities have seized what they described as the world’s largest single haul of super-charged amphetamine Captagon pills from Syria worth more than half a
Greek conservatives tipped to oust leftists in early election
Greece’s opposition conservatives are expected to ride a wave of anger over continuing austerity measures to seize power from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ lefists in
Animal rights group says Greece covering up Santorini donkey abuse
Animal rights group PETA has accused Greek authorities of covering up what it called the “cruel” treatment of donkeys on the popular island of Santorini and
Turkey could face consequences if it doesn’t change tack, says Greece
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday Turkey could face consequences from Europe if it persisted on a course of action challenging Cyprus’s right
Seven drown after migrant boat overturns off Greek island of Lesbos
Two children, four women and a man drowned when a boat carrying them overturned off the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday, the coast guard
Warming up for election, Greece’s Tsipras rebuffs lenders
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday rebuffed European Commission concerns over recent tax breaks, saying it was taking a leaf out of his political
Greek PM comes unstuck over Macedonia, austerity in European vote
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was struggling for his political survival on Monday after his Syriza party, hurt by austerity and a bitter rift over
Greek PM calls snap vote after drubbing for ruling Syriza
By Renee Maltezou and Michele Kambas ATHENS, May 26 (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called snap national elections after suffering a heavy defeat
Greek PM says EU poll is also vote of confidence in his policies
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday that the European parliament election was also a vote of confidence in his policies, and a minister who
Greece seeks confidence vote after row over quadriplegic candidate
By Renee Maltezou ATHENS, May 6 (Reuters) – Greece’s leftist government triggered a parliamentary confidence vote on Monday to upstage an opposition push to censure
Greece: Free our marbles from ‘murky prison’
Greece’s president called on Monday for Britain to free the Parthenon marbles from the “murky prison” of its national museum, upping the rhetoric in a
Clashes erupt as Greek police stop migrants from reaching border
Greek police fired teargas on Saturday as angry migrants hoping to travel to northern Europe hurled stones and bottles after being barred from reaching a
Greek police fire tear gas at migrants as convoy grows (Update)
Greek police fired tear gas on Friday to disperse migrants who had gathered in a field near the country’s border with Northern Macedonia in the
At Athens pinball museum, arcade gamers go back in time
On a side street near the Acropolis, a new museum is exhibiting items a little different from the elegant white marble statues of ancient Greek
EU Commission ready to release grants to Greece
Greece has respected its commitments under a post-bailout programme, the European Commission said on Wednesday, paving the way for Athens to receive nearly 1 billion