Greece and the economic crisis 2019
NEWS ARCHIVE - February 23 - February 28
GREECE TRAVEL GUIDE FOR SENIORS 2026-2027 – AMAZON 128 Pages
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February 28, 2019
Major natural gas field declared off Cyprus
Exxonmobil announces discovery - details on size of the find at Naftemporiki [Greek] and at eKathimerini [English]
Cell phone tower issues with regulator
Are these infractions that will get towers removed so that coverage in Greece will shrink? eKathimerini takes a dubious tone toward the matter concerning the National Commission for Telecommunications and Post (EETT) [English]
Progress on Katseli law
Story at Naftemporiki [Greek] and at Protothema [English]
USA rep wants restraint in East Med
Story at eKathimerini on words from US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer [English]
Is ISIS using Turkey as a crossing path?
Story at Skai [Greek]
February 27, 2019
$1.29 billion raised in bond sale
Details at China.org [English]
Military alliance ahead between Skopje and Athens?
A consideration of the possibilities at in.gr [Greek]
Russia still working at odds against Prespa
Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]
"Ocean of white" covers part of Greece
Snowfall story at Naftemporiki [Greek]
Reversal of fortune for Katseli law
Story at eKathimerini [English]
Next tranche in question - March 11 deadline looms
Story at Reuters and at Bloomberg on the iffy status of compliance. [English]
Polakis continues as Deputy Minister of Health
Story at Tovima on what happened after the "cigarette scandal". [Greek]
Effort to preserve old Jewish cemeteries in Greece, Europe
Story at Time Magazine [English]
Tripadvisor on best Greek beaches
Story at Protothema on best beaches of the world ranking. [Greek]
Turkey's navy exercise on Feb 27
Called "Blue Motherland" - Story at Protothema [English]
New tourism promotional video released
Meteora in winter
February 26, 2019
Projects in Piraeus and Elliniko again face uncertainty
Story at Tornos News [English]
Bad weather in Crete, person missing
Story at Reuters [English]
Eurostat ranks 4 regions of Greece poorest in Europe
Story at eKathimerini [English]
North Korea, Cuba and Bhutan ...and Greece?
Article on higher education, article 16 of constitution - story at Tovima [Greek]
Construction blocking view of Acropolis continues
Story at Tanea [Greek]
Turkey training with Russia on nuclear power
Story at Protothema [English]
Ploutarchou Street
February 25, 2019
Airport vendor decided for 20 year stretch
Story at GTP [English]
Rogoff urges accelerated structural changes
Interview at Tovima [Greek]
More bad demographic news
A look at the states from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Greek Reporter [English]
Yorgos Lanthimos wins Oscar
Academy Award coverage at at eKathimerini [English] and at Skai [Greek]
Pressure for Tsipras to address issue of "repressed Macedonian Minority"
Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]
Ferry departures hampered by storn winds
Twitter announcement by AMNA [Greek]
February 24, 2019
BBC targets Greece for persecuting 'Macedonian Slav minority'
Story at Protothema [English] and more at Tovima and Tanea [in Greek]
Future of Greek/Turkey relations
Story about Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis at eKathimerini [English]
Tsitsipas victorious in Marseilles
Tennis star now ranked No. 11 in the world - Tovima [Greek] and at Tanea [Greek] they say he is about to "break the Top Ten."
Closures due to weather
Details at Protothema [in Greek]
Dyrrachi village in the Taygetus mountain range in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece
Neo Marmaras
An uninhabited island of Kelifos in the Toroneos Gulf of the Aegean Sea.
February 23, 2019
The misleading labels of "statists” and “neoliberals”
Editorial at eKathimerini [English]
Flu deaths catastrophe
Editorial at in.gr attacking gov't spokeman minimizing of the climbing rate of fatalities.
Challenges to Prespa agreement continue
Story at Tovima [Greek]
Changes in compulsory education rules
Story at Kathimerini [Greek]
Fitch credit rating stays negative on Italy
Story at Gulf News [English]
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