Greece’s statistical agency will no longer public “flash” estimates of the country’s gross domestic product after delays in data collection have led to frequent revisions of official growth figures. Elstat said on Monday that its second quarter GDP ...
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Monday, August 7, 2017
Amended Bill Sees Stronger Greek Ferry Passenger Rights
Reinforcing passenger rights, changes to the scheduling of hydrofoils and high-speed sea craft as well as to the charter of private pleasure boats are among the main amendments made by the shipping ministry to a digital policy ministry bill tabled in ...
Modern myths by Syrian refugee children in Greece
In the fairy tale of “The Travelling Princess”, the heroine is granted one wish: to travel through foreign lands, meet new friends and share her riches with the people she meets. At the end of her journey, Princess Amira gives up her crown, and makes ...
Snakes swarm Kefalonia church in preparation for Greek festival
From August 6- 15 each year, thousands of snakes descend on the Church of the Virgin in the village of Markopoulo on the Greek island of Kefalonia. The dates themselves are significant as the Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus is celebrated on August 6 ...
Lessons for the eurozone from Greece’s painful crisis years
Greece is finally growing again. But it has been arguably the eurozone’s greatest failure. Catapulted into a debt crisis with a 15 per cent government spending deficit in 2009, the country suffered eight years of economic contraction. Unemployment is ...
Greece launches new offshore oil and gas tenders
Greece launched two tenders on Monday for offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation in the west and south of the country, the energy ministry said. The move follows expressions of interest by a consortium of Total, Exxon Mobil and Hellenic ...
Akinci: Varosha opening only within UN framework
In an interview with Turkish Cypriot daily Milliyet and translated by the Cyprus News Agency, Akinci said the GREEK Cypriot side failed to adjust to the ...