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Creditors will determine whether the assumptions on which the draft budget is based - a 2.5 percent growth rate and a 3.56 percent primary surplus – can be achieved without resorting to the politically painful pension cuts measure.

European Stability Mechanism (ESM) chief Klaus Regling indicated that the institutions responsible for the surveillance of the Greek economy will have the last word on pension cuts.

'Over 650,000 citizens voted in the referendum supported [the name change]. Over 90 percent supported [the name change], and believe that the country must accept the agreement with Greece and become a member of Nato and the European Union,' Zaev said.

The government treats an issue such as pension cuts as if it concerns mainly its own political survival, rather than the lives of senior citizens.

Greeks and foreigners who have experience with camps and refugee reception centres, say that they have never encountered such a situation as exists in the Moria refugee and migrant camp, on the island of Lesvos.

Investors are discouraged, when affairs are revealed that bolster their distrust, and when an investigation of these cases and the assignment of responsibility is an exceptionally slow process.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras outlined his arguments about the regional benefits of the FYROM naming accord (Prespa Agreement), discussed Greece’s relations with the US and Russia, and ruled out early elections, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal “I will not play games. The agreement will be ratified in the Greek parliament just after […]

The height of the wave between the Peloponnese and Crete, based on the wave model of the National Observatory/meteo.gr, is expected to be over 11 metres.

A retrial is absolute absurdity, because what Mr. Georgiou is accused of is technically pumping up the deficit in order for Greece to be subjected to a bailout memorandum.

EU officials have repeatedly denounced the prosecution of Georgiou, which they view as shameful harassment, arguing that he just did his job properly.

It would be extremely shameful for our country if the money earmarked for the management of the humanitarian crisis was devoured.

Moody’s decision not to upgrade Greece's credit rating is based on important obstacles on the path toward sustainable development, the country’s exceptionally strict fiscal targets, and the weaknesses of the banking system.

After an autopsy, coroners concluded that there is “an undetermined cause of death”. The report mentions nothing about the beating, which has been described by some as a lynching.

Despite the mixed signals from creditors, which Tsakalotos recognised, he said that, “We have the fiscal space not to cut pensions [as of 1 January, 2019] and not lower the tax-free threshold [as of 1 January 2020].

'Panagiotis Lafazanis, a former SYRIZA minister and currently a party leader, has been summoned by State Security, as was done to intimidate leftists and democrats, during the dark days of post-Civil War Greece,'Theodorakis said.

The ENFIA Real Estate tax, personal income tax, and insurance contributions have emptied accounts

What one sees is the anxiety of the government to distribute hope and promises with a view towards elections, the date of which has not been announced, but which seem ever more in sight.

Hundreds ( perhaps thousands, as no one has really counted) of mainly young people wander the streets and squares in wretched conditions in search of a heroin hit, with no one caring about them.

Cyprus talks, energy issues and Turkey’s hostile activity in Cyprus EEZ, Aegean tensions and implementation of the EU-Turkey refugee agreement were all on the agenda.

There are 41,232 taxpayers with tax debts of over 100,000 euros to the state, a total of 91bn euros, while the largest chunk of back taxes derives from business tax accounts