Greece
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Three Golden Dawn MPs to testify next week
Golden Dawn’s Giorgos Germenis, Panayiotis Iliopoulos and Stathis Boukouras are to defend themselves on charges of belonging to a criminal organization
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The movie theatres of Athens
Journalist and history buff Dimitris Fyssas has assembled a plethora of material on movie theatres in the Greek capital from 1896 to 2013
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Tensions peak over university action
Tensions in the higher education sector peaked after administrative employees of two Athens universities decided to prolong their strike action into an 11th week
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Talks drag as troika holds firms
Tough negotiations between the government and the troika edged forward amid ongoing disagreements between the two sides as Athens rejects austerity
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Private sector pays far less than the state
The disparity between public and private sector salaries in Greece ranges between 30 and 58 percent in favor of civil servants, an EC report has revealed
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Testing week lies ahead for government
A crucial week lies ahead for the govt as it continues its discussions with the troika – pressure building for Athens to conclude the review of its adjustment program
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ECHR: Same rights for same-sex couples
In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights found that the Greek state should accord homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexual ones
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Irish woman fights to free husband
Mark Marku was in Ireland when three of the seven armed robberies he was convicted for in Crete took place
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PASOK youth attacked by family of killed rapper
The family of Pavlos Fyssas, the hip-hop artist murdered by a Golden Dawn supporter, have attacked Pasok’s youth wing over its decision to use his image on a poster