Greece and the economic crisis 2018
NEWS ARCHIVE - Nov 7 - Nov 13
November 13, 2018
Bank of Greece to cut red loans by €40 billion
An alternative plan to cut 'red loans' by €15-20billion based on the "Italian Model" has also been submitted to the EU - story at TANEA [in Greek]
Rubicon anarchist group and "licensed anarchy"
Is the Citizens Protection Agency running cover for Rubicon so that they operate unpunished? Story at Tovima
Pension cut deal coming
The 2019 draft budget has been hung up with the EU Commission, but Greek Reporter says a deal may be at hand.
Bids on Hellenic Petroleum moved to 2019
Story at Reuters
More airspace violations on Monday
Protothema reports a large number of airspace penetrations by Turkish aircraft on Nov 12.
Turkey puts a second drilling ship to sea
The continuing cold war of the drill ships - story at Liberal GR [in Greek]
5000+ Turkish asylum seekers
Since the failed coup event - story at Protothema
Symi
November 12, 2018
Greece trying to grab Libya continental shelf, claims Turkey
Story at Protothema on visit by Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to Libya. Mr Akar also included in his talk the claim that Greece basically has no right to territorial waters in regard to the Greek islands, such as Crete and Cyprus, where exploration and drilling for the Greek energy industry (and the various partners including USA companies, Israeli companies, etc.) has begun to gel.
Is ExxonMobil facing a naval battle off Crete?
A Forbes Magazine story at Capital GR
EU parliament wants 75% of public buses to be electric by 2030
Story at Naftemporiki (in Greek).
Election season handouts grieve Brussels
Called "backtracking" by EU observers, Tsipras' gov't has been adding new public sector jobs and money distributions to a list of persuasive measures that presumably could help change SYRIZA's second place position in polling to ND. Not that eKathimerini emphasizes this at all, only barely mentioning the political aspect of the slate of "handouts," and the negative responses from across Europe. More on "massive wave of refunds" on past pension cuts at Liberal GR.
Protest against the changes in church-state relations
Article at Iefimerida describing the argument by Vassilis Leventis that the actions by the prime minster to move Greece toward a secular state doesn't reflect the massive demographic support for the Greek Orthodox Church.
Story at Protothema
A 4-year old boy was also killed as the van, driven by an Iraqi man, crashed with a truck while fleeing a police checkpoint - story at Time Magazine
Drill ship Stena IceMax on way to Limassol - story at eKathimerini
Story at Greek Reporter
Alexander Tolstoy, 87, grandson of the famous writer, was buried in Messinia - story at Greek Reporter
Story at France 24
Story at Live 5 News
Story at MSN News
The largest increase was at Iraklion on Crete with 1,500 caught using forged identity papers - Story at ABC News. Increased security is catching more of this throughout Europe - story at eKathimerini.
Story at Protothema
The 36th Athens Authentic Marathon is a trek from Marathon to the Panathenaic stadium - coverage at eKathimerini
Photos and story at Iefimerida [in Greek] and more info at Protothema [in English].
Meanwhile, Albania has banned 52 Greek nationals and Athens wants clarification on this move which is "fueling tensions in bilateral relations" - eKathimerini
Story at Protothema attributes the decline to tax liabilities.
Brief ABC News story on the increase in numbers, also mentions increase in arrests for illegal activity related to crossings.
Story at Telecompaper
Greece has somehow become the standard by which to curse or bless foreign countries as used by American and British press - story at Bloomberg
Brief analysis of the numbers at Reliefwweb
Story at Liberal GR [in Greek] says the "first phase" of the restructuring in completed. CVC is an investment firm with $80 billion in holdings.
Story at Naftemporiki on the study by the Institute of the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises (INSETE) and IPK International. Only 4% of touirsts were for the purpose of visiting relatives or friends, the vast majority being "destination tourists." Origina countries were mainly European tourists with the USA following behind. Of the groups visiting Greece, only Russians showed a decrease.
Story at Tanea [in Greek] about vandalism at the square and paint splashed on the statue of Ethnarchy Athanasios Diakos.
Stoa of Attalos More on the Stoa of Attalos
Story at Reuters on the
lucrative spice trade.
American NPR is interested in this phenomenon of the beginning of a split between Church and State in Greece.
BBC says this is important to Greece becoming a truly "secular society." As they mention in their article: ...despite the archbishop's concessions on constitutional reform, the preamble to the Greek constitution will continue to read "In the name of the Holy and Con-substantial and Indivisible Trinity" - a reference to the fact Greece is not simply Christian, but Christian Orthodox. "
Article at Reuters on new estimates from the Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura.
eKathimerini on the strike meant to bring attention to the effect illegal ride sharing and unlicensed taxi driving is having on their trade.
A "landmark decision" says the BBC as funding for 10,000 priests moves from payroll to subsidy status.
This change is part of the negotiations between Tsipras and the Greek church as part of a move toward separating the two institutions (church and state) - more at Tovima [in Greek].
Story at Greek Reporter on Germans tourist agency DER Touristik, the largest of the German speaking agencies, declaration of 2019's possibilities.
Story at Jpost on creating cooperation between Greece and Israeli military and interoperability in combat situations.
Story at Naftemporiki [in Greek] on an alternative way to rebuilding the Greek pension system, according to the Association of Actuaries of Greece (EAE).
Story at Tanea [in Greek], on the planned burial of the man who was shot in Albania after raising a Greek flag on OXI Day.
Protothema on the results of a new international poll by Pew Research ("Greek attitudes toward religion, minorities align more with Central and Eastern Europe than West")
Fodor's Essential Greece: with the Best Islands (Full-color Travel Guide)
AMAZON: Fodor's Essential Greece: with the Best Islands (Full-color Travel Guide)Greek retirees moving to Bulgaria to reduce cost of living
November 11, 2018
Van load of traffickers crash outside of Thessaloniki
ExxonMobil drill ship due in Cyprus on Monday
Eleni Chatziliadou wins Karate world Championship in Madrid
Tolstoy grandson buried in Peloponnese
Stefanos Tsitsipas wins Next Gen ATP
Two Pakistani migrant traffickers arrested at Evros
Viking Cruise line announces new Greece tours
Thissio nieghborhood, Athens
November 10, 2018
5,633 arrested at airports using fake Identities
EU Commission approves gas link between Bulgaria and Greece
18,750 running in Athens Marathon
November 9, 2018
Over 3,000 attend the Konstantinos Katsifas funeral
Deposits at banks drops €600 million in November
Border crossing numbers jump
Vodaphone bringing PameOdeon's VoD to users
Czechs can hike pensions "without becoming Greece"
Report on the numbers of migrant arrivals in Greece by sea
Restructuring of the private health sector with CVC
Study made of foreign tourist profiles them as upper class income bracket
Lament for damage in Lamia to Diakou Square
November 8, 2018
Saffron trade is blooming / booming
Priests moving from public payroll to subsidy
Tourism 2018 may top €2 billion
Taxi driver 12 hour strike
November 7, 2018
Orthodox priests to exit civil servant rolls
The "Year of Greece" in 2019 tourism
Greek Air Force drills with 11 F16 Israeli fighter jets
Making the pension system sustainable
Funeral on Thursday for
Greek cultural superiority touted in new Pew Research poll
NEWS ARCHIVE - November 2018
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