May 11, 2023
Politics, Turkey-GR
In a shocking move just three days ahead of the Turkish presidential elections, candidate Muharrem Ince announced his withdrawal, citing a defamation campaign against him by FETÖ Muharrem Ince, head of the Homeland Party (MP) and one of the four candidates running for the Presidency in the May 14 elections, …
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April 21, 2022
Economy
TotalEnergies on Thursday announced its decision to withdraw from two hydrocarbon exploration blocks near Crete – Western Crete and Southwest Crete – after the completion of surveys in those areas It said that it has informed the authorities and its partners of its decision. According to the announcement, TotalEnergies remains …
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October 12, 2021
Greece, Politics
Fofi Gennimata, the leader of socialist opposition party Movement for Change (KINAL/PASOK) announced on Tuesday afternoon that she will not run in upcoming party elections for leadership due to health reasons. Gennimata announced her withdrawal from the leadership race on a tweet in which she wrote: “The deterioration of my …
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May 27, 2021
Greece, Turkey-GR
Slovakia withdrew its participation from the Turkish military exercise “Anadolu Ankasi 2021” on Thursday, after a Greek demarche due to the participation of Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus in the drill. According to a Greek Foreign Ministry statement, the participation [of the Turkish-occupied north Cyprus] was conveyed by Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan …
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March 1, 2021
Greece
Former EU Commissioner and PASOK minister Anna Diamantopoulou announced on Monday she was withdrawing her candidacy in the race to become the next head of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Diamantopoulou was one of three candidates left in the race. She posted on her Twitter account: I …
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September 8, 2020
Greece, Politics
Talks between Greek and Turkish officials at the headquarters of NATO on how to avoid military escalation in the eastern Mediterranean have been postponed by two days to Sept. 10, Turkish Defense Ministry sources said on Tuesday without explaining the reason. However, the postponement came after Greece requested the NATO …
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May 5, 2020
environment
Several environmental organizations and opposition parties have called on the Greek government to withdraw a disastrous environmental bill that, among other things, will permit oil and gas drilling in NATURA protected areas. Protesters gathered outside the Parliament on Monday calling on the government to “Change the system not the climate” …
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July 1, 2019
Economy
The new pricing policy of Greek banks goes into effect on Monday, July 1st 2019, for money withdrawals from an ATM of a bank other than the card issuer. The measure aims to equalize Greek bank card holders with tourists, but also those holders of foreign bank cards or electronic …
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October 1, 2018
Economy
After three years and three months, Greece lifted the cap on cash withdrawals on 1. October 2018. It herewith completes the so-called “second pillar” of Capital Controls imposed in the country on end June 2015. The Finance Ministry has issued the relevant decision on Thursday, Sept 27th 2018, the decision …
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May 31, 2018
Economy
Greece’s Finance Ministry has reportedly already prepared a new legislation that will further loosen capital controls and spectacularly raise the monthly cap of cash withdrawals for natural persons. The new measure will allow bank account holders to withdraw up to 5,000 euros per month. Since 1. March 2018, the withdrawal …
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May 23, 2018
Economy
Greece is considering further easing of capital controls with the increase of the cap for cash withdrawing and limiting restrictions to businesses. The new measures could be implemented as soon as 1. June, that is on the third year the restrictions were imposed. According to media reports, the new measures …
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February 28, 2018
Economy
Greece has taken further steps to ease the capital control restrictions as of 1. March 2018. Euclid Tsakalotos has approved a series of measures that ease the restrictions, the decision has been already published in the official gazette. The measures raise among others the monthly withdrawal limit and allow the …
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February 16, 2018
Economy
Greece is preparing two more measures to ease restrictions for Capital controls imposed in the country since end of June 2015. One of the measures will be the raising of monthly withdrawal cap and other will affect opening of new accounts at the banks. According to media reports on Friday, …
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December 11, 2017
Very Mix
Baby formula is being pulled from shelves around the world after French authorities ordered a leading dairy company to stop selling hundreds of products because of concerns about food safety. Greece’s National Drug Organization ordered the temporary withdrawal of Lactalis “Frezylac” Monday noon. French firm Lactalis is recalling formula destined …
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May 10, 2017
Economy
Lifting of capital controls is allegedly not expected to take place before at least the end of 2018. The restrictions were imposed end of June 2015, after the European Central Bank drained Greece’s banks and depositors were massively were withdrawing money out of a fear the country could exit the …
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January 13, 2017
Politics
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday the Greek side was once again avoiding a solution to the Cyprus problem, warning that a solution without Turkey should not be expected. “We have told Cyprus and Greece clearly that they should not expect a solution without Turkey as guarantor. We are …
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January 13, 2017
Politics
Ankara shows its real intentions regarding a solution for the Cyprus problem. It not only opposes the idea of withdrawal of its troops from Cyprus and the abolition of the guarantor powers. It also opposes the idea of the European Union as a so-called “guarantor of Cyprus reunification”. Turkish Foreign …
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January 13, 2017
Politics
The conference on the Cyprus issue ended late on Thursday in Geneva. The talks will continue at a technical staff level on January 18 on the issue of securities. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias once again stressed the need for the withdrawal of the Turkish occupation troops with a continuous …
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November 16, 2016
Politics, Refugees
Belgium plans to immediately withdraw the experts that has sent to the Greek islands to assist in registration and identification of refugees. According to the Flemish daily De Standaard, the Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration and member of the far-right N-VA party, Theo Francken, has allegedly decided for …
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April 7, 2015
Very Mix
I would never thought that the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece would care about …shoes. But this is exactly what happened! Because a shoe-manufacturer brought to the market shoes bearing the symbol of the Holy Cross on their soles. In a statement the Holy Synod of the Church …
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