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Archive - Aug 2015

August 6th

The catastrophes and triumphs of Greek history

06 August 2015 / 21:08:35  
As a country in a never-ending transition from East to West – this is how the professor of political science at Yale University, Stathis Kalyvas, describes Greece in his latest book entitled, Modern Greece: What everyone needs to know


August 6th

Three generations of Greeks digging the Suez Canal

06 August 2015 / 13:08:28  
The new Suez Canal, which was officially opened today, is expected to fundamentally change the navigation in this part of the world and double its commodity transport capacity


The summer has sheltered immigrants in parks – how about the winter?

05 August 2015 / 23:08:16  
It has been 3 weeks already that 500 migrants from Afghanistan are living in a tent camp in the central Athens Pedion tou Areos park; the government has yet to build a centre for them to move in


August 5th

Greek tourism with taxes twice as high as those of competitor countries

05 August 2015 / 19:08:06  
25 million foreign tourists and €14 billion worth of revenue during this year's tourist season have been forecast by the President of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Andreas Andreadis


A cabinet minister from SYRIZA wants fines for cancer patients

05 August 2015 / 15:08:42  
According to the ministerial plan, failure to comply with mandatory preventive tests will entail covering only half of the cost of treatment


No signs e-crime in Varoufakis' Plan B

05 August 2015 / 13:08:21  
The testimonies of the first witnesses in the prosecutor's investigation, which initiated the Supreme Court claims against Varoufakis, are expected by the end of the week.


August 4th

Athens Stock Exchange continued its fall today, the main reason being bank shares

04 August 2015 / 20:08:24  
But the overall picture has improved as the main index reported losses of only 1.22% at 659.94 points