Greece and the economic crisis 2019

NEWS ARCHIVE - June 23 - June 30

June 30, 2019

Golden Visa program backlog

Story at eKathimerini [English] and an older item describing the program at NY Times [English]

Heat wave across Europe

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek] and about the heat in Greece - iefimerida [Greek]

Tax cuts central to Mitsotakis plan to end economic depression

Story at Protothema [English]

Fire in Fylis hampers garbage collection

Story at Skai [Greek]

Polling shows ND with possible large mandate

Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]

Capital controls hamper economy

Story at Liberal GR [Greek]

Lavender growth in Greece part of world market increase

Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]

June 29, 2019

Europe's Florida

How about doubling the visitor count? Idea explored at UK Guardian [English]

Revival in Greece

NY Times is impressed by the tourism numbers and the golden visa program. [English]

Cyprus plans naval exercise

NAVTEX issued for EEZ - story at eKathimerini [English]

Public debt list published

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

"Jihadist" major pill drug bust in Piraeus

Story at SKAI [Greek]

June 28, 2019

TAIPED interested in Hellinikon

Story at Reuters [English]

Antetokounmpo to play for Greece at World Cup

Story at ESPN [English]

International Day of the Seafarer celebrated with lighthouses opening for public

Story at Keep Talking Greece [English]

What will be Mitsotaki's first move?

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

Munitions factory threatened by fire

Story at Washington Post [English]

Overtaxation named culprit in discouraging employment

Story about findings by the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises at eKathimerini [English]

Offshore gas exploration deal signed

Story at UK Telegraph [English]

Tax arrears installment program has 163K participants

Story at Insider GR [Greek]

Bill to end arms embargo on Cyrpus passes US Senate

Story at SKAI [Greek]

Will capitol controls end with SYRIZA exit?

Story at Liberal GR [Greek]

Turkish missile strike against Greece?

Story at Keep Talking Greece [English]

Ionian Sea

June 27, 2019

ETFs hit high

Details at Reuters [English]

Mitsotakis will face opportunities but pressure to conform

Story at eKathimerini [English]

Eurozone housing market off

Story at menafn [English]

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos home harassed by Rubikon anarchists

Story at Protothema [English] and Mitsotakis vows to end tolerance for the anarchist groups illegal activities at SKAI [Greek]

Liquidity and NPLs dragging economy

Numbers at eKathimerini [English]

Karamanlis: The country needs new confidence

Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]

Mitsotakis vows tax cuts beginning January 2020

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

Nightfall over Athens Greece, view from Lycabettus

June 26, 2019

Tax audit software checking deposits

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

New poll shows increased lead for ND

Story at Protothema [English]

US bill to lift arms embargo from Cyprus continues toward completion

Also, "the bill is the fifth piece of legislation this Congress to contain a provision that would ban the transfer of F-35 fighter." Story at Al Monitor [English]

American 6th Fleet to host "Sea Breeze" exercises, to include Greece

Story at Global Security [English]

Will British Airways go on strike?

Story at UK Independent [English]

Kathisma

June 25, 2019

NATO members increasing spending

Story at UPI [English]

Eurogroup schedules meeting for July 8

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

Optimism and anxiety over coming election

Investor fears and hopes Financial Times [English]

Antetokounmpo named NBA MVP

Story at Omaha Com [English]

Erdogan insists Turkey will move forward with EEZ exploration

Story at eKathimerini [English]

USA threatens to exit missile treaty with Russia

NATO involved - story at CNBC [English]

Overdue debt collection campaign by PPC

Story at Tanea [Greek] and 800k behind accounts at SKAI [Greek]

Santorini volcano probed

Story at Houston Chronicle [English]

New Archbishop in America and the future of the Greek-American community

Story at eKathimerini [English]

Turkey responds to Pompeo saying Halki school should reopen

Story at Protothema [English]

Propylaea entrance at the Acropolis, Athens

June 24, 2019

The S400 is a problem for the US and Turkey, not NATO, says Turkey

Story at AA.com [English]

SYRIZA looks for comeback in July election

Story at The Real News [English]

PPC situation impacted by political decisions

Story at eKathimerini [English]

Raids on restaurants for overcharging

Prompted by "exorbitant prices and continued tax evasion" - UK Times [English]

Repeat election results in another Imamoglu win

Story at Protothema [English] and more on this at Naftemporiki [Greek] and at Skai which notes "victory of the opposition in Constantinople is a hoarse slap for the government."