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Defending Europe’s condemnation of Turkey’s offensive in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to open the door for 3.6 million Syrian refugees, currently in Turkey, and send them to Europe. Claiming that his critics “are not honest”, Erdogan told a meeting of his AK Party on Thursday that he would …
Read More »Court clears ex DOL publisher, 10 bank executives over loans
The Three-Member Court of Appeals in Athens has acquitted former powerful Greek publisher Stavros Psycharis and ten executives of Alpha Bank of charges over the bank loans to DOL media group without the necessary guarantees and collateral. The loans of €44.7 million were so that Psycharis would to purchase shares …
Read More »Athens Mayor invites citizens to “Adopt Christmas” and pay the bill
The new Mayor of Athens, Costas Bakoyannis has invited citizens of the city to “adopt Christmas.” Behind this simple but rather weird invitation for a city that celebrates Christmas each and every year, is something else. The Mayor of Athens is, in fact, asking residents, professionals and institutions in the …
Read More »Turkey launches military “Operation Peace Spring” in Syria
It was short after 4 o’ clock Wednesday afternoon, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced with a Tweet that the military operation in Syria has started. He has name the invasion to the North of neighboring Syria in order to create a “safe zone” Operation Peace Spring. Türk Silahlı …
Read More »First time ever: Greece sells 3-month T-bills with negative yield
For the first time ever, Greece has borrowed with negative yield. Greece sold 488 million euros ($535.82 million) of three-month Treasury bills to refinance a maturing issue. “The yield turning negative for the first time ever,” the country’s debt agency PDMA said on Wednesday. The debt agency sold the new …
Read More »Parliament approves probe into ex SYRIZA minister over Novartis handling
The Greek Parliament approved the proposal of New Democracy to set up a special investigation committee to probe former Alternate Justice Minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos (SYRIZA). The committee will probe into Papangelopoulos’ possible involvement in crimes related with the Novartis case. The former SYRIZA minister has been accused of interfering and …
Read More »Ancient Greek ‘Curse of the Dancer’ deciphered, revealing backstabbing rivals
“Tie the feet together. Bind down the eyes, the hands, the feet…” Scientists have finally managed to decipher the Ancient Greek curse found on a 1,500-year-old lead tablet. The curse calls upon numerous demons to inflict harm on a dancer named Manna, who likely performed at the famous Caesarea Maritima …
Read More »Greece, Cyprus, Egypt affirm energy Cooperation, call on Turkey to end “provocative actions”
During the tripartite summit in Cairo, Cyprus, Greece and Egypt affirmed their cooperation in engergy sector. At the same time, they called on Turkey on Tuesday to “end its provocative actions” in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, including exploring for oil in Cyprus’ territorial waters, which they called “a breach of …
Read More »Greece raises €1.5billion reopening 10-Year Bond, yield at 1.5%
Greece has raised 1.5 billion euros from the reopening of a 10-year bond issue, with the yield of the bond set at an historic low of 1.5 pct. Offers exceeded 7 billion euros. What is more important is the increased participation of institutional investors in the bookbuilding process that markedly …
Read More »Helliniko Casino proposal inspired by the Acropolis & Caryatids – POLL
One of the two bidding companies for the Casino at Helliniko project, the Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment in collaboration with GEK TERNA, presented INSPIRE Athens on Tuesday. INSPIRE Athens is the idea for the first integrated touristic casino complex (Integrated Resort and Casino – IRC ) in Greece. The building …
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