Greek State Bought Kolokotronis Letters

After the initiative of the Minister of Culture Panos Panayotopoulos, the Greek State purchased the two historic letters of Theodoros Kolokotronis. The negotiations between the Greek State and the owner of the letters, took place in the last 24-hours. The Greek State paid 4,000 Euros for each one. The one letter was written in 1822, […]

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Proposal for former Greek finance minister to face trial

Greek ReporterProposal for former Greek finance minister to face trialFinancial TimesA Greek prosecutor has proposed that George Papaconstantinou, former finance minister, should face trial on charges of tampering with a USB memory stick containing a list of 2,000 Swiss bank accounts held by alleged Greek tax evaders. A special council ...Former Minister of Finance Taken to Special CourtGreek Reporterall 4 news articles »

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Bailout creditors conclude talks on Greek austerity program in Athens, to return in December

ATHENS, Greece — Greek officials say bailout creditors have concluded a round of talks with the government on demanded austerity measures and will return to Athens early in December. Tough negotiations over the past two weeks focused on 2014 ...

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Turkey has 'nothing to learn' from Greece on religious freedoms

Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkey has 'nothing to learn' from Greece on religious freedomsHurriyet Daily NewsTurkish Foreign Ministry released a statement yesterday in response to Greek anger over the possible conversion of Istanbul's Hagia Sophia Museum into a mosque, saying Turkey had “nothing to learn from Greece concerning matters of freedom of religion.”Turkey and Greece feud over Hagia SophiaThe Daily StarTurkey Accuses Greece of Doubting their Religious FreedomsGreek ReporterGreece slams calls for Hagia Sophia to be turned into mosqueKathimeriniJournal of Turkish Weeklyall 23 news articles »

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Greece, Italy and Germany are Europe's birthrate laggards

KathimeriniGreece, Italy and Germany are Europe's birthrate laggardsKathimeriniGreece had the equal third-lowest birthrate in the European Union last year, according to figures published on Wednesday by Eurostat. Greece, along with Italy, had a crude birthrate of 9 per 1,000 inhabitants when the EU average was 10.4 per 1,000.Healthy birth rate is EU's fifth highestCyprus Mailall 2 news articles »

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Mitroglou leads Greece to WCup, holds Romania 1-1

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Greece sealed its place at next year's World Cup after settling for a 1-1 draw against Romania in the playoffs on Tuesday to advance 4-2 on aggregate and reach its fifth major tournament in a decade. Kostas Mitroglou ...

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Creditors conclude talks in Greece, back December

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek officials say bailout creditors have concluded a round of talks with the government on demanded austerity measures and will return to Athens early in December.

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