1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (360+ words) At a time when public finances are showing strong surpluses and the state is no longer facing the suffocating liquidity conditions of the bailout era, approximately €3 billion remains firmly locked in the treasury, instead of being channeled into the real…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (187+ words) The Council of State has ordered the reinstatement of police protection for a key witness in Greece’s Siemens corruption case, ruling that authorities failed to adequately justify ending the security measures. In a decision issued Tuesday, Greece’s highest administrative court…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (70+ words) eKathimerini.com An Athens taxi driver has been arrested in the city center for charging clients double the legal rate, police said Wednesday. The 59-year-old suspect was detained during daytime Tuesday by traffic police who found he had allegedly switched…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (469+ words) Greece’s first outbreak in 25 years of the deadly livestock foot-and-mouth disease has spread to a new part of the island where it was first recorded last month, authorities said Monday, appealing for farmers’ cooperation to deal with “a very difficult…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (141+ words) Two new cases of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth livestock disease have been recorded on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos, authorities said Friday. The Rural Development Ministry said a total 20 cases have been recorded so far since mid-March, when…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (84+ words) ekathimerini.com Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis’ visit to Tripoli, Libya, has been postponed due to extreme weather warnings, the ministry said Tuesday. The visit was scheduled for April 1, where the minister would meet officials of the Government of National…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (232+ words) Authorities confirmed three new cases of foot-and-mouth disease on the island of Lesvos, bringing raising the total number of cases to five, officials said Tuesday. The Rural Development Ministry said the new cases were detected across five livestock units, including…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (328+ words) The government is considering using part of the budget’s primary surplus to provide immediate support to households and businesses amid soaring fuel prices. According to a senior government official, the surplus could allow up to €2 billion to be used over…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago   (186+ words) As energy rates soar and the Middle East crisis shows no signs of abating, the Greek government is facing a familiar, yet particularly adverse scenario: The need to prevent a new wave of inflation from hitting households and businesses. The…...