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Archive - 2014

October 19th

Greece at the bottom of European issuance market

19 October 2014 / 20:10:42  
The overall share of Greek issuance premiums is 2.2% of GDP against a European average of 7.69%. Customers are increasingly drifting towards bank teller’s desks and the Internet at the expense of insurance companies and independent agents.


Four tough months for the Greek government

19 October 2014 / 18:10:46  
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is facing difficult negotiations on his country’s exit from the Memorandum and its sovereign debt: these are key issues for the presidential elections as well as for possible early parliamentary elections.


October 18th

Greeks have concerns about Ebola

18 October 2014 / 19:10:13  
71% of Greeks are worried by the prospect of an Ebola outbreak in the country; 73% – by an outbreak in Europe, yet most retain their trust in Greek physicians; 96.1% insist that illegal immigrants ought to be vetted.


The police has rounded up six Bulgarians for baby trafficking

18 October 2014 / 18:10:25  
A search is under way for another two accomplices – a woman from Bulgaria and a Greek lawyer who had been in charge of legal shenanigans; two infants and one child have been found after the arrests.


The Macedonian tomb in Xanthi opens for visitors

18 October 2014 / 17:10:26  
Organised by the Archaeological Service, the event is designed to draw the public's attention to what it does. The rest of the time, due to staff shortages, the greatest monument of its kind in Thrace can only be visited by tourists by prior appointment.


October 17th

Alexander the Great in a rock mood verging on kitsch

17 October 2014 / 18:10:09  
Тhe State Theatre of Northern Greece is putting on the musical theatre super-production "Alexander the Great. Rock opera", composed by Constantinos Atiridis, who is also its co-director along with Yiannis Vouros, and Alexandra Charanis its libretto author.


Greece handed a protest note to Albania for the nationalist attacks after the match with Serbia

17 October 2014 / 15:10:25  
Albanian nationalists invaded Dervitsana village in northern Epirus shouting "Out, Greeks" and "We will burn you, Christians!"