In 2004, Greece was amongst the top 29 most developed countries of the world. Today, it has a debt of over 300 billion Euros. What has happened to the economy to cause such a catastrophic turnaround? This short article will attempt to outline the main factors that led to this financial meltdown. The economic crisis [...]

As in many other countries around Europe, immigration is often used as a scapegoat for economic problems. Greece, with its many islands and a coastal line of 15,000 kilometres, is a relatively easy gateway for illegal immigration into Europe. Greek immigration policies have traditionally been lenient in comparison with North Europe and any immigration policy [...]

Government Spokesman George Petalotis in today’s press conference of representatives of EU, IMF and the ECB made the following statement: The behavior of the representatives of EU, IMF and ECB in the interview was inadmissible. We asked them to help and honour fully our commitments. But We did not ask anyone to interfere in our [...]

Greece Israel cooperation The speech of the Greek Prime minister Speech in the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Athens. The Greek Prime minister spoke about the relations of Greece and Israel and their cooperation in matters of tourism, security, agriculture, high technology. He ensure that Greece and the EU will play [...]

The Ministry of Regional Development and Competitiveness will activate a new system of Electronic registration in order to control all fines imposed on companies by all public audit services in the first quarter of 2011. The minister for Regional Development and Competitiveness Dinos Rovlias said “the impunity for violations of the Market Code by any [...]

Athens 11/01/2011: With continuous strikes are protesting the labourers of the public transport in Athens Greece. In particular, today Tuesday 11, workers in buses conduct a work stoppage from 11 am to 3.30 pm. The trolleys will remain immobilized from 11 am to 3 afternoon. The HESAP from 12 noon till 4 in the afternoon [...]

Since 2 years we haven’t update our blog for various reasons. In 2011 we will continue to write with fresh Greek News and articles from the Greek media with more frequency, almost one or two posts daily so check here every day to cutch up with the latest from Greece . During the 4 years [...]