Greece
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Heroin suspects, also on Lagarde list, to testify
Five of a total 12 people arrested over the biggest drug bust ever made in Greece are due to testify before an Athens prosecutor today.
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PASOK questions firings target
Junior coalition partner calls for better evaluation scheme before public sector workers are dismissed.
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Tenth Athens Pride calls for equal rights to have a family
Hundreds of people on Saturday joined Greece’s annual gay pride parade in a long-standing demand for equal rights to civil union and adoption.
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Govt infighting over lay offs
Ministers dispute the number of university administrative staff that needs to be rehired.
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Greece near bottom of competitiveness list
World Economic Forum report highlights barriers to improving business environment.
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New FinMin welcomed in Brussels
Rehn praises Hardouvelis’s appointment as senior euro officials express ‘relief’.
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New cabinet set to oversee Greek recovery
PM Antonis Samaras described his new cabinet of 45 ministers and deputy ministers as one that would be able to “plan for Greece’s future”.