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Greece's foreign policy trap
Agoraalready started to make its presence in the area felt. In February, Turkish warships blocked... and to avoid the area being handed over to Bashar al-Assad, with whom the Turkish president has been
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Central Athens shop closures at six-year low, mixed picture in other commercial centres
EconomyFeaturesselected commercial zones in each area. The six-month survey revealed that 24.9 percent of stores... percent to 22.8 percent within a year. Broken down by area of activity, a decline of 0.78 pp was noted
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Travel balance records 127 mln surplus in Q1, much improved on last year
EconomyMacroeconomy. Those from non-euro area visitors increased by 24.9 percent to 109 million. Receipts from German... by 12 percent to 1.1 million. Within this, euro-area visitors were up by 15.8 percent to 524,300
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Government bolsters aid package as questions mount over deadly fires
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the wake of the fire in Mati, when he paid a visit to the area northeast of Athens on Thursday. He... being blown across the area by the gale-force winds, many people reportedly either could not find
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Putting right everything that went wrong in Mati
Agoraclose to an inhabited area at the same time as other major blazes around Athens, many illegally built... but it will also have to look at what occurred in the area over previous decades. It was encouraging
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Buckling under pressure of Mati death toll, Tsipras searches for corrective actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the coalition’s crisis management strategy. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited Mati, the area... a few days after New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis also made a low-key visit to the area
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societyin Greece burns on average three times the area of a fire in Spain, Portugal or France, and 1.5 times the area of a fire in Italy. Greece itself had been able to fight forest fires more effectively
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No final word on pension cuts as lenders prepare for return to Athens next week
EconomyProgramme. “As is the case in a number of countries in the euro area, it is important that the level of direct income... to further reduce the NPE ratio in Greece in the years ahead, until it is closer to the euro area
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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeaturesa visa to other Schengen area countries, but it does not entitle them to work in Greece or any other... in the area, buying properties in bulk and “packaging” them for resale to “golden visa” applicants
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PWC report finds Greek fire damage above average despite lower incidence
Societyarea burnt per forest fire, at 27.94 hectares compared to an average of 11.42. The majority of fires.... Furthermore, countries in central Europe have the lowest ratio of burnt forest area per forest fire, which
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