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Archive - Aug 2015

August 16th

The three factors of split

16 August 2015 / 13:08:23  
President of the Left Platform Panagiotis Lafazanis, president of parliament Zoe Konstantopoulou and former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis are playing their political games in order to remain on the political stage.


Amphipolis residents - up in arms for the tomb

15 August 2015 / 22:08:50  
The locals see the monument as a draw for tourists in the future; for them the excavation delays are unjustified and politically motivated


August 15th

Pensions will be cut from October

15 August 2015 / 19:08:55  
Greeks can retire either when they turn 67, or after 40 years of service and at the age of 62


Piecemeal and with strings attached: this is how the new programme tranches will be coming to Greece

15 August 2015 / 18:08:14  
€23 billion will be remitted by 19 August, of which €10 billion will go to bank recapitalisation, another €3 billion will be wired in autumn – if performance on the programme measures is okay.


The Eurogroup approved the new bailout for Greece

15 August 2015 / 11:08:40  
Eurozone finance ministers have agreed on the third bailout package, with the first tranche of €26 billion to be released soon


August 14th

53 illegal immigrants abandoned on a desert island north of Alonissos

14 August 2015 / 19:08:00  
According to the Athens News Agency, a minimum of 500 illegal immigrants were rescued in the last 24 hours by the Coast Guard in different parts of the eastern Aegean


The Greek Parliament approved a third bailout programme

14 August 2015 / 18:08:23  
42 SYRIZA MPs voted against, it was a single negative vote short of a coalition breakdown