ATHENS--Greece showed a primary budget surplus of 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) in the first half of the year, data from the finance ministry showed Tuesday, beating a target of a EUR1 billion deficit due to lower spending and higher revenues.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Greek tax investigators raid home of ex UBS-Boss & HFSF-Chairman affiliated with ND
Greek tax investigators raided the home of former local UBS bank boss in Athens in the context of tax evasion probe based on account data acquired via Germany. The former UBS boss in Athens was also chairman of the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund where he was appointed in 2013 by […]
Turkish Coup: 14 navy ships & Navy Commander missing, suspected in Greek ports
Fourteen Turkish navy ships have been allegedly still missing since the Coup Attempt on Friday and together with them the Commander of the Turkish Navy, Admiral Veysel Kosele. According to Turkish and UK media, the Admiral has been missing since Friday, the ships since Monday, and the most daring scenario […]
Turkey urges swift return of coup asylum seekers from Greece
[Greek police vehicles encircle a Turkish military helicopter at Alexandroupolis airport on July 16, 2016 after it landed carrying eight officers seeking asylum after a coup bid in Turkey]Turkey's ambassador on Tuesday urged Greece to swiftly return eight military officers who fled across the border after last week's failed coup, warning that the affair could harm bilateral relations.
My big fat Greek holiday! Tom Hanks is summer ready in fedora and neck scarf as he soaks up the sun in Antiparos with his wife Rita Wilson and pals
His wife is the proud producer of the My Big Fat Greek Wedding films. So it's no surprise that Tom Hanks and his beautiful spouse, Rita Wilson, looked in their element as their soaked up the sun on the Greek island of Antiparos, on Tuesday. The 60-year ...
Not returning Turkish soldiers will not help relations with Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) - Turkey's ambassador to Athens said on Tuesday that not extraditing the eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after a failed military coup on the weekend would not help bilateral relation between the two neighbours. Relations between the NATO allies have warmed in recent years but they have a long history of enmity and a longstanding dispute over territorial borders in the Aegean, with warplanes from both sides regularly engaging in mock dogfights. Territorial disputes almost provoked a war between Greece and Turkey in 1996 over tiny uninhabited islets. ...
Official Statement from Greek Government Regarding Police Raid on Former UBS Banker
ATHENS, Greece, July 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is a statement from Olga Gerovasili, spokeswoman for the government of Greece, regarding a Financial Times story published July 19, 2016 and entitled, "Greek tax investigators raid home of former local ...
