Tag: Greece
Greece: the sinking of a cargo ship leaves one dead, a vast operation to rescue 12 people
The sinking of a cargo ship off the Greek island of Lesvos in the Aegean Sea on Sunday left one person dead and a vast rescue operation is still underway…
England and Greece – anger over Parthenon sculptures – News
The fact that Partheon sculptures are currently on display in the British Museum angers Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The art objects belong in the Athens Acropolis, he tells the…
To pass its metro, Athens town hall cuts down trees under a rebellious neighborhood
Exarchia Square in Athens has regularly been the scene of clashes between local residents and the police for the past year. BYRON SMITH FOR “THE WORLD” On November 6, at…
Football: why Zaire-Emery must have parental authorization to play with the Blues in Greece
This is an administrative step to which few players on the France team have had to undergo. But without this document, it is impossible for Warren Zaire-Emery, 17, to make…
In Greece, the distress of farmers in Thessaly two months after storm Daniel: “I lost everything”
Two months after being ravaged by torrential rains, the town of Vlochos, in Thessaly, in central Greece, is nothing more than a ghost village. Built below a river, the houses…
Financial crisis ten years ago – Greece on the rise? It’s all a question of point of view – News
Contents Ten years ago Greece was literally bankrupt. And now? Opinions vary widely on this. Ten years ago, Greece was literally bankrupt: unemployment was at 27 percent, the EU institutions…
Customs fair – stage for volunteer work: ambassadors of folk culture
Nobody can say how much time they had left over the decades to maintain traditions. But they were happy to do it, the ambassadors of folk culture who were honored…
In Greece, the price of olive oil soars, consumers panic
LETTER FROM ATHENS An olive oil factory in the village of Madena (Greece), December 15, 2020. ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP In his food packaging company located in the suburbs of…
In Greece, the Minister of the Economy welcomes the recovery of his country
Kostis Hatzidakis, at the presidential palace in Athens, June 27, 2023. STOYAN NENOV / REUTERS In December 2010, Kostis Hatzidakis was attacked by demonstrators in front of the Greek Parliament.…
Market: Greece now borrows cheaper on the markets than the United States
(BFM Bourse) – On the secondary market, the yield on the 10-year bond of the Greek country fell to around 4.13% while, on the same maturity, the rate on the…
“Greece offers a chance for redemption to Europe”
VSIt’s ultimately a small miracle. Despite the historic depression it has experienced, Greece is today a stable, pro-European country. While the American rating agency S&P removed Greece from its status…
The European Union’s double fault in the management of the Greek crisis in the early 2010s
The Governor of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, in Athens, April 1, 2019. ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP YAnnis Stournaras, the governor of the Greek central bank, has a nice…