07 October, 13:01 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, OCTOBER 7 – Judges at the criminal appeals court in Athens have found former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos guilty of money laundering. His sentence is due to be announced on Tuesday, as Kathimerini online reports. The charges relate to bribes […]
Due to expensive tolls and gas, ongoing road projects 29 May, 13:37 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, MAY 29 – From the beginning of the financial crisis in Greece, traffic on the highways of the country has been reduced by 40%, the main reasons being that tolls and […]
06 March, 11:35 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, MARCH 6 – The Greek Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) is examining details of the bank accounts of the three relatives of former Finance Minister Giorgos Papaconstantinou whose names were removed from the so-called Lagarde list of wealthy Greek depositors, and is to […]
86% in trouble with mortgage and consumer credit payments 27 February, 16:14 A woman carries bags of goods as she enters the metro station at the main Omonia square in Athens, Greece (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, FEBRUARY 27 – At least eight in every 10 citizens who have […]
Up from 26.6% in October 14 February, 12:44 A woman knitting caps on a pavement in central Athens [ARCHIVE MATERIAL 20111212 ] (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, 14 FEB – Unemployment levels in Greece reached record new highs in November 2012 with 27% of Greeks out of work versus […]
After islands were cut off from mainland for the sixth day 05 February, 19:39 Unusual inactivity at Greece’s biggest harbour in Piraeus, as no ship or ferry-boat left Unusual inactivity at Greece’s biggest harbour in Piraeus, as no ship or ferry-boat left (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, FEBRUARY 5 – […]
Crisis: Greece; cash payments ceiling to drop to 500 euros 31 December, 13:39 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, DECEMBER 31 – In Greece any transaction in excess of 500 euros will soon only be allowed via credit or debit card or by check, daily Kathimerini reports citing a […]
19 December, 13:18 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, DECEMBER 19 – Unemployment in Greece will climb to 29.3% in 2013 and 31% in 2014, the German institute of macroeconomic forecasts IfW Kiel predicted on Tuesday. The German institute’s economists, as daily Kathimerini reports, also forecast the economic contraction to […]
18 December, 14:36 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, DECEMBER 18 – As of January 1, none of some 120,000 civil servants working at public enterprises, known as DEKOs, will earn more than 2,200 euros per month due to a new pay structure that will lead to all workers at such […]
Monday, 17 December 2012 Nothing seems to work in Grecia!Go-slow action by Greek judges and prosecutors since September has resulted in more than one million cases being postponed, adding to a massive backlog that has built up in the country’s courts over the years, reads daily “Kathimerini”. Hundreds […]
