Greece
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Businesses ask for government intervention
SEV calls for cautious settlement of bad loans and reduction of corporate natural gas rates.
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Greek public sector shrinks
More than 270,000 jobs have been axed since the onset of the crisis.
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Pericles’ wine cup found in Kifissia
The finding will be on display at the Epigraphical Museum in Athens later this year.
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Greece tops eurozone poverty
More than one third of the population lives on or below the poverty line.
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Greece struggling with troika demands
Around 600 minor actions such as wage management are still yet to be completed.
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Pressure on Greece’s borders as more refugees flee Middle East
Greek authorities have arrested 15,104 undocumented migrants trying to enter the country via Turkey this year, a 143.6 per cent increase over the previous year.
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New rules for funding Greek political parties
Limiting the amount of taxpayers’ money is received, increasing transparency regarding donations and preventing parties from borrowing against future revenue introduced.
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Manolada shooting verdict to be reviewed
SYRIZA, PASOK and Democratic Left condemned the verdict issued.
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Greece to help hundreds Chinese nationals leave Libya
After weeks of fighting nearly 100 people have been killed, 400 others wounded, and much of the airport in Tripoli has been destroyed.