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Greece turns down informal Ukrainian request to send more weapons

March 17, 2022 FEATURED, Greece, Politics 2

Greece has turned down an informal request by Ukraine to send its aging, Soviet-era TOR-Μ1 and Osa-AK missile systems as the country believes they could still be needed by its Armed Forces, media report on Thursday. The rejection comes a day after the Chief of Greek General Staff Konstantinos Floros …

Turkey’s top court rejects plea to convert Hagia Sophia to a mosque

September 13, 2018 Turkey-GR 1

Millions of Greek Orthodox Christians breathed in relief on Thursday upon hearing that Turkey’s Constitutional Court rejected a plea to open the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul as a mosque. The Constitutional Court rejected an association’s demand that the Hagia Sophia be opened for Muslim prayers on “non-competence” grounds, indicating …

Turkey rejects 4. request to release the two Greek soldiers

June 19, 2018 Turkey-GR Comments Off on Turkey rejects 4. request to release the two Greek soldiers

For one more time, Turkish authorities rejected the request to release the two Greek soldiers in custody for the 111st consecutive day and without charges. Lieutenant Aggelos Mitretodis and non-commissioned officer Dimitros Kouklatzis were taken to the court of Edirne from the high security prison in the same area. they …

Schaeuble: Germany cannot accept debt relief measures for Greece

May 20, 2017 Economy 12

Hardly has the Greek government passed through the Parliament the new package of tough austerity 4.9 billion euros with the hope to finally get a debt relief, and Germany set out again to kill the disturbing Greek fly. There will be neither debt relief nor extension of debt repayment is …

Gov’t sources: Greece rejects creditors’ proposal for 5-month extension & €15.5bn

June 26, 2015 Economy 15

Greek government rejected on Friday afternoon the creditors’ proposal for a 5-month program extension and €15.5 billion funding. Citing Greek government sources in Brussels, several Greek media report: “The government rejects the proposal of institutions to extend the existing Greek program, with a funding of 15.5 billion EUR. The same …

Schaeuble rejects Greek request right away; GER FinMin press release

February 19, 2015 Economy 7

Some people have the naturally born talent to make friends. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is certainly not one of them. His reaction to the Greek request for loan agreement extension was quick, official and “brutal” as some people described it. Schaeuble ordered his spokesman Martin Jeager to make a …

Germany rejects WWII Reparations, but Greece has a €162-billion argument

February 11, 2015 Politics 11

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias took the Greek claim of World War II Reparation from Germany in his jacket pocket when he visited Berlin for talks with his counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday. “In my inside pocket, I’ve got that part of the speech from the prime minister who addressed the …

Greece’s Supreme Court: “confiscation of bank deposits” against the Constitution

March 26, 2014 Economy 2

Greece’s Supreme Court ruled that the seizure of bank deposits due to debts to the state without previous notice was against the Constitution. The judges had taken up a debtor’s complaint filed in 2006. The debtor had seen his pension being grabbed from his bank account due to debts to …

Troika rejects decrease in heating oil tax; Greeks to freeze another winter

October 12, 2013 Society 2

Greece’s lenders, the Troika rejected two of Greek government plans: the tax reduction in heating oil and the broadening of income criteria for those entitled to heating oil allowance. The government had proposed to decrease at 15% the Special Consumption Tax for heating oil and avoid the freezing of Greek households and the incredible air pollution of …

Greeek Consumers’ Association: “Expired Food? No, thanks!”

August 27, 2013 Economy, Society 12

“Expired Food? No, Thanks!” with this sentence Greek Consumers’ Association reacted to Development Ministry decision to allow expired food items to be sold at supermarkets and food stores at lower price as of 1. September 2013. The Association notes that the regulation “will turn the country into a vast garbage …

German FinMin rejects WWII reparations, Greek FM insists it’s an issue of international justice

April 11, 2013 Politics 15

German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble rejected any prospect of Berlin paying WWII reparations to Greece. Speaking to “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung“, Schaeuble argued “that was done long time ago” but refrained from giving exact documentation of his arguments – for a change. Furthermore Schaeuble warned Athens saying the issue of allegedly …

Reichenbach: IMF admits austerity program mistake? No idea, no program revision…

February 6, 2013 Economy 1

What if the IMF officially admitted wrong multipliers and false calculations applied for the Greek austerity program. Horst Reichenabch, head of the EU Task Force rejects any discussion on a possible program modification. “At a time when Greece has managed to overcome the difficult phase of this program, I don’t …

Germany Rejects WWII Reparations to Greece as “they lost their relevance”

September 21, 2012 Economy, Politics 1

Germany rejects any War World II reparations to Greece for two reasons: a) “The federal government assumes that after several decades, the question of reparations has lost its relevance” and b) “there is no single official contact between Germany and Greece where this topic has been raised”. So said Martin Schaefer, spokesman for German …

Sarkozy Rejects the Idea of “State Commissioner” For Greece

January 31, 2012 Economy 4

The German proposal of a “state commissioner” for Greece is off the table. Moreover the proposal has been rejected by Merkel’s best friend, French president Nicolas Sarkozy. He said that the austerity programme can only be applied by the Greeks themselves. On their turn Greeks felt unbelievable relieved. Now they will …

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