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Rising tension in Western Balkans add to diplomatic concerns
PoliticsForeign Policyelection was originally scheduled to take place next week but the visit to Skopje of US Undersecretary... so, his visit did not bring any new or concrete results in bilateral terms. Turkish worries
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Effort to end notaries' strike amid concern for auctions, NPLs
EconomyProgrammefor greater protection for notaries during their recent visit to Athens. Government spokesman Dimitris..., according to financial news website Capital.gr. The matter was discussed during the recent visit
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Talks on Macedonia name issue to be ramped up but Kammenos unmoved
PoliticsForeign Policyessential talks … to reach a solution.” He has already expressed his desire to visit Athens in January. According to some sources, Athens would prefer this visit to take place when there are signs
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Name talks enter crucial phase as Athens prepares to share draft "pact"
PoliticsForeign PolicyMinister Nikos Kotzias is due to visit Skopje. Kotzias announced on Saturday during a radio interview with state broadcast ERT that he is planning to visit FYROM at the beginning of March. He
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Coalition suffers space agency misfire
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe visit of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to Athens on Thursday allowed the government to deflect attention from the embarrassing resignation a day earlier of the expert it appointed to head Greece’s fledgling space agency. Juncker’s visit meant that the focus of the local
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No final word on pension cuts as lenders prepare for return to Athens next week
EconomyProgrammeAhead of the institutions returning to Athens next week for their first post-programme visit, the Greek government has been given some encouragement in its bid to avoid the pension cuts that are due..., will be shelved. He said that the matter will be examined in the upcoming visit along with other matters
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Fiscal matters expected to dominate talks as lenders return for post-MoU check
EconomyProgrammeThe institutions are due to carry out their first post-programme inspection in Greece this week, with next year’s pension cuts topping the agenda for their brief visit to Athens. The lenders... on Tuesday. The whole visit is due to be wrapped up by Friday. As part of its post-MoU framework, it has
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Tsipras faces challenges ahead on multiple foreign policy fronts
PoliticsForeign Policyplans to visit Moscow on December 7, would certainly take place under more favourable terms due... on his visit to Russia next month after realising that Moscow’s expulsion of Greek diplomats in July
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Council of Europe report warns over austerity-inflamed inequality in education
SocietyA report on Greece by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe has outlined how austerity damaged the country’s education system and exacerbated inequality in accessing education. The report was compiled from a visit to Greece by the Commissioner during a four-day visit in June
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Territorial waters, hydrocarbon research cause friction between Athens and Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policy, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean, while Cavusoglu has taken a back seat. Suring a visit... waters. Despite recent reports in the Greek press that suggested Alexis Tsipras might soon visit
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