The latest plan includes a direct subsidy to struggling borrowers who could benefit from restructured repayments partially guaranteed by the state
Welcome, 77 artists, 40 different points of Attica welcomes you by singing Erotokritos an epic romance written at 1713 by Vitsentzos Kornaros
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
SA-born golfer to represent Greece in World Cup
Cape Town - South African-born golfer Peter Karmis will represent Greece at the World Cup of Golf at the Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne this week. In July, Sport24 confirmed that Karmis had made ...
BWW REVIEW: EURYDICE Is An Unusual Alternate Look At The Greek Love Story
Mad March Hare Theatre Company and Red Line Productions' interpretation of Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE explores a daughter's love for her father. Directed by Claudia Barrie, this work, written in 2004, is a ...
Greek bad-loan rescue relies on government padding
Greece’s central bank is working on a deal to securitise up to 42 billion euros of lenders’ bad debts. The plan uses tax credits from the over-indebted sovereign to help banks shift loans without too ...
Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece shows us around her new Belgravia store
Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece's eponymous childrenswear label is turning 18 this year, so what better way to celebrate its milestone birthday than with a new flagship store in Belgravia? The 500-sq...
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Bolaris meets with Czech Ambassador Jan Bondy (Athens, 20 November 2018)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Bolaris received today the Czech Ambassador, Mr Jan Bondy, who briefed him on his country’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lukáš Kaucký’s upcoming visit to Greece (26-17/11) on the occasion of the 100 year anniversary of diplomatic relations between Greece and Czechoslovakia. The Ambassador extended an invitation to the Deputy Minister to an event marking the commencement of operations of the Cultural Centre of the Czech Embassy in Athens, where the Czech Deputy Minister will be present, and which will include an exhibition on the activity of Greeks in Moravia in the 19th century. The prospects of carrying out investments in the tourism sector on the part of the Czech Republic were further discussed, especially in mainland Greece. The good level of collaboration was confirmed in the fields of education, the inflow of tourists to our country, and the increase in interest on the part of Czech businessmen to invest in Greece.
74 % of Greeks Say Country is Going in Wrong Direction
Greeks are pessimistic about the state the country is in, according to the November poll issued by Public Issue on Tuesday, according to Kathimerini. According to the report, 74 percent believe that the situation in the country is worsening, with just 17 percent saying that the country is taking steps in the right direction and 7 percent who said it is going in neither a good nor a bad direction. Asked how they feel about what is happening in Greece today, 22 percent said they feel disappointment, 21 percent said they feel anger and 19 percent said they feel anxious. A whopping 84 percent of those who participated in the poll said they are displeased by the way the government is handling the country's problems and 76 percent are unhappy about the way the opposition is responding to the same issues. Asked who is more fit to be prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis came first with 43 percent while Tsipras got 25 percent. Twenty-nine percent responded that neither is fit for the top job.
