Greece

  Specifically, in the coming days all the details for the rent allowance are to be clarified, which will give relief to 300,000 households. For starters the way  for the Katseli law must be clarified so as to adapt the rental allowance accordingly. Hence those who have consumer loans with a …

Deputy Prime Minister Giannis Dragasakis dropped a bombshell late on Thursday when he admitted that banks’ red loans may lead to fresh recapitalization for the Greek lender institutions.  “If there is no solution with the red loans we may lead banks to demand new capital that the Greek taxpayer will …

    The Tunisian holder of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, Wided Bouchamaoui, sent a letter to Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, informing him that she has already sent a letter to the Nobel Peace Committee, proposing as nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize 2019, the prime ministers of Greece …

  The Munich Conference on Security awards its annual prize to Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev, as recognition of their offer for the conciliation and settlement of the disputes between Greece and Northern Macedonia. This years Ewald von Kleist Prize at the 55th Munich Conference on Security will be awarded on …

Eighteen people have died in Greece  due to health complications caused from a flu infection. Alone in the week January 21-27, a total of twelve people died, the Greek Center for Disease Control and Prevention KEELPNO announced on Thursday. The victims of the flu included 14 men and four women, …

Greece is looking for options to allow British tourists and expats to continue visit and stay in the country visa-free even if there is Brexit without deal. The Greek government aims to allow Britons to enter the country without visa after the UK exits the European Union. “A no-deal Brexit …

The year 2018 ended with a new historical record for Greek tourism, with 33 million international arrivals and revenues of more than 16 billion euros, Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said  in an interview with Alpha TV. € The minister stressed the enormous contribution of tourism as a whole to the …

A high school student was ‘forced’ to do homework outdoors under a street lamp because the family lives in extreme poverty and the Public Power Corporation had cut the electricity supply due to unpaid bills. Both parents are unemployed and they cannot afford much to offer to their three daughters …

  A major upset with the abolition of patients health booklet is coming soon, and in particular by the end of February, for hundreds of thousands of insured and retired persons. Specifically the insurance capability certification, to cover benefits in kind from the EOPYY and cash benefits from the main …

  The first “negative” five, with 6.24% between the areas with the most traffic accidents, is completed with Zakynthos according to data from the Association of Insurance Companies of Greece. The first of them, as is natural because of the very high number of vehicles that are in circulation, is held …