Greece
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Questions raised for NERIT
Recruitment procedures of new state broadcaster under scrutiny after the announcement of the first appointees.
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More than 900 peacekeepers serve in Cyprus
Britain is the biggest source of personnel contributing 272 soldiers.
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Tons of fruit rot thanks to Russian ban
Agricultural experts from the European Union’s 28 member states set to gather in Brussels to work out a solution.
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Gov’t seeks to tackle property tax confusion
The ministry is keen to allow homeowners to repay the tax in six to eight installments.
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Minister seeks 2,000 voluntary staff transfers
Desperate to meet the toika’s civil service job cuts, Interior Minister Argyris Dinopoulos is asking for 2,000 municipal employees to switch jobs.
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Turkish shopkeepers selling life vests to would-be migrants
Shopkeepers are cashing in on the illegal immigrant traffic off the coast of Greece.
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Archaeologists to reveal secrets of Ancient Amphipolis
The tomb dates to between 325 and 300 BC, which coincides with the time when Alexander the Great died.
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Tax clearance mess grows by the day
The new single property ownership tax (ENFIA) installed last week caused an uproar due to erroneous data having been used in the calculations.
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Makeshift migrants’ camp firebombed in Patra
Police on the hunt for perpetrators who pelted a derelict paper factory housing dozens of undocumented immigrants.
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Greece swelters through 41 degree heat
The Health Ministry has advised people to avoid going outside as the country swelters through 40 plus heat