Greece
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T-bills auction raises 1.625 billion euros
Greece raised 1.625 billion euros from the market in an auction of a three-month Treasury bills issue
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FYROM provokes
Reports on the beginning of work for the placing of a statue of Alexander the Great in the central square in Skopje drew strong reaction from the Greek Foreign ministry
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Conspiracy to kill Karamanlis uncovered
A report has been unveiled saying the Greek secret service knew of a conspiracy to kill then Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis in 2008
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Hero of Greece and beyond dies
Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, the British author, scholar, and WWII Special Operations Executive agent has died, aged 96
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French banks in firing line over Greek crisis
Credit ratings agency Moody’s says it may downgrade its ratings of France’s three largest banks over their exposure to debt-ridden Greece
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Elliniko sell-off deal getting closer
Tender to be launched in next two weeks for redevelopment of old Athens airport
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Greek economy plain junk for S&P
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) slashed its credit rating on Greece by three notches to CCC
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Greek drownings highest in Europe
Greece has the highest rate of drownings according to experts
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Crisis in Athens
Tens of thousands of union members and activists gathered in Syntagma square, while a further 20,000 demonstrated in Thessaloniki, during the third nationwide general strike to be