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[] | 2016-08-26T20:47:18 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Police in the town of Rethymno on Crete have arrested a 68-year-old man and two accomplices for allegedly blackmailing a woman, 34, and a man, 38, on two separate occasions with the threat of violence, and extracting a total of 40,000 euros from them. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211526%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fthree-arrested-for-blackmail-on-crete.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/greek_police_crack_two_crime_rings_on_crete_1-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Three arrested for blackmail on Crete | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Police in the town of Rethymno on Crete have arrested a 68-year-old man and two accomplices for allegedly blackmailing a woman, 34, and a man, 38, on two separate occasions with the threat of violence, and extracting a total of 40,000 euros from them.
The main suspect had originally been detained for livestock theft bu... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211526/article/ekathimerini/news/three-arrested-for-blackmail-on-crete | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/5a553f3140fe240801ce39bc34f0756f6276893b84a0ff02834e07c451cc101e.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T14:48:34 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Parliament on Wednesday voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of two deputies belonging to Greece’s neofascist Golden Dawn party, clearing the way for prosecutors to file criminal charges against them. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211628%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fparliament-lifts-immunity-of-two-gd-mps.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/lagos_golden_dawn-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Parliament lifts immunity of two GD MPs | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Parliament on Wednesday voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of two deputies belonging to Greece’s neofascist Golden Dawn party, clearing the way for prosecutors to file criminal charges against them.
A total of 197 MPs voted to lift the immunity of Yiannis Lagos and Nikos Michos who are accused of orchestrating an... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211628/article/ekathimerini/news/parliament-lifts-immunity-of-two-gd-mps | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/68a4485d845126325fec33d08f987c0083a9b82131278e9f43933897a6360ba6.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:47:22 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The Council of State on Friday rejected nine requests for the temporary suspension of a contentious television license tender that will see the number of broadcasters in Greece reduced to just four. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211499%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fcouncil-of-state-nixes-suspension-of-tv-license-tender.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/sumboulio-tis-epikrateias-ste-arxeiou-thumb-large--2-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Council of State nixes suspension of TV license tender | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The Council of State on Friday rejected nine requests for the temporary suspension of a contentious television license tender that will see the number of broadcasters in Greece reduced to just four.
The president of the country's highest administrative court, Nikos Sakellariou, refused to order the tender process – whi... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211499/article/ekathimerini/news/council-of-state-nixes-suspension-of-tv-license-tender | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/1c7b7d240e14a908475536c39a085e274ce9d396c88d872801b48ef1ad18c385.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:48:24 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The banking sector’s weak performance weighed on the growth trend observed in other blue chips at the Greek bourse on Tuesday, but the benchmark managed to break its three-day losing streak, registering a moderate rise. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211608%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fathex-moderate-rise-puts-an-end-to-benchmarks-losing-streak.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/stock_market_facade_web--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | ATHEX: Moderate rise puts an end to benchmark’s losing streak | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The banking sector’s weak performance weighed on the growth trend observed in other blue chips at the Greek bourse on Tuesday, but the benchmark managed to break its three-day losing streak, registering a moderate rise. Stocks were split between winners and losers, while trading volume remained low.
The Athens Exchange... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211608/article/ekathimerini/business/athex-moderate-rise-puts-an-end-to-benchmarks-losing-streak | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/38f53b4f529dea29c3ca9170c67c8843d60e35ff98e3e62a9c404fdbc200e3d0.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:48:31 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greece’s ongoing auction for four nationwide TV licenses is designed to preserve “full transparency and objectivity,” a government spokesperson said Wednesday adding that the process was unfolding in a “smooth manner.” | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211622%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fauction-for-tv-licenses-unfolding-in-a-smooth-manner-govt-says.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/gerovasili_maximou_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Auction for TV licenses unfolding in a 'smooth manner,' gov't says | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greece’s ongoing auction for four nationwide TV licenses is designed to preserve “full transparency and objectivity,” a government spokesperson said Wednesday adding that the process was unfolding in a “smooth manner.”
However, speaking to journalists Olga Gerovasili said that because of the conditions in which the auc... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211622/article/ekathimerini/news/auction-for-tv-licenses-unfolding-in-a-smooth-manner-govt-says | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/eaf1848325964950b767f43743664e5cc57bbd677a179ac86ecaad92afafe2a9.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T18:47:20 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Vocalists Pantelis Thalassinos and Lena Alkaiou and accordionist Zoe Tiganouria are among the artists who will be joining forces at charity concert taking place at the open-air Veakeio Theater in Piraeus on Saturday, August 27. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211510%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fwhats-on%2Fcharity-concert--piraeus--august-27.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/veakeiotheater-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | ekathimerini.com | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Vocalists Pantelis Thalassinos and Lena Alkaiou and accordionist Zoe Tiganouria are among the artists who will be joining forces at charity concert taking place at the open-air Veakeio Theater in Piraeus on Saturday, August 27. Money from ticket sales will go toward charities supported by Piraeus Cathedral. Admission i... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211510/article/ekathimerini/whats-on/charity-concert--piraeus--august-27 | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/6d77404dbb96c766c330b4e89ea0395eba6926a4806cba579b80f8f8a71f8a1b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:47:24 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The Holland Tunnel Gallery in Parikia, Paros showcases “Metropolis,” a group show bringing together works by 17 Greek and foreign artists. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211485%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fwhats-on%2Fgroup-show--paros--august-30-september-3.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/holland_tunnel_paros-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | August 30-September 3 | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The Holland Tunnel Gallery in Parikia, Paros showcases “Metropolis,” a group show bringing together works by 17 Greek and foreign artists. The exhibition runs from August 30 to September 3 and will be open daily from 8 to 11 p.m. A closing party on Saturday, September 3, will include a live jazz performance in the venu... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211485/article/ekathimerini/whats-on/group-show--paros--august-30-september-3 | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/818e0bfee02c0fb00f00299f457988dd57b0df3daf895f176133ccdb6c30f0bd.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:48:08 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Firemen were battling a forest fire in the area of Koutsi in Nemea, in the Peloponnese, on Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211551%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Ffiremen-battle-forest-fire-in-nemea.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/fireman_volunteer-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Firemen battle forest fire in Nemea | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Firemen were battling a forest fire in the area of Koutsi in Nemea, in the Peloponnese, on Monday.
According to the fire service, 18 firemen, 7 fire engines and 5 water-dropping aircraft were taking part in the efforts, authorities said. | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211551/article/ekathimerini/news/firemen-battle-forest-fire-in-nemea | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/5d02c7779d5c1b3b72e0e0403ed49bc9d65eee6ec9a5e6e5720a25a11496b682.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:48:22 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Local and port authorities on the islands of the eastern Aegean are demanding immediate government action to decongest overcrowded migrant camps, insisting that they cannot cope with the recent surge in arrivals from neighboring Turkey. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211605%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fgreek-islands-raise-alarm-over-migrants.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/refugee_boat_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Greek islands raise alarm over migrants | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Local and port authorities on the islands of the eastern Aegean are demanding immediate government action to decongest overcrowded migrant camps, insisting that they cannot cope with the recent surge in arrivals from neighboring Turkey.
In a letter addressed to Shipping and Island Policy Minister Theodoros Dritsas, the... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211605/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-islands-raise-alarm-over-migrants | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/b48480eafccde77f033cd86f11d21e5ad8d5dda828c0a8ff01004b500b1fa94f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:57:41 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Unemployment benefits will not be disbursed Friday due to a technical problem, the Greek Manpower Organisation (OAED) has said in a statement. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211498%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Ftechnical-failure-delays-payment-of-unemployment-benefits.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/oaed_logo_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Technical failure delays payment of unemployment benefits | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Unemployment benefits will not be disbursed Friday due to a technical problem, the Greek Manpower Organisation (OAED) has said in a statement.
Benefits will be paid on Monday, OAED said. | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211498/article/ekathimerini/business/technical-failure-delays-payment-of-unemployment-benefits | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/23b7c535791b70f5b9aa02f79d8a315738a6e14dcf8279b8e927bbbf2f4c9f01.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T14:48:10 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | EU Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici fully supported the position of the European Commission regarding data on Greece’s deficit in 2009 provided by ELSTAT, the country’s statistical authority, European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211556%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fcommission-backs-former-elstat-chief-issue-to-be-discussed-at-next-eurogroup.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/elstat-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Commission backs former ELSTAT chief, issue to be discussed at next Eurogroup | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | EU Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici fully supported the position of the European Commission regarding data on Greece’s deficit in 2009 provided by ELSTAT, the country’s statistical authority, European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Monday.
ELSTAT’s former chief, Andreas Georgiou, an ex-IMF statis... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211556/article/ekathimerini/business/commission-backs-former-elstat-chief-issue-to-be-discussed-at-next-eurogroup | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/aecd127ff70f3f24cdd742d21821f653783926b03b322a2db8bc119b93dfa6d8.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:48:30 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | A political changeover is key to turning the country’s fortunes around, conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday during a visit to Nemea, in the Peloponnese. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211619%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fpolitical-changeover-key-to-rebooting-greece-nd-chief-says.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/mitsotakis_web--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Political changeover key to rebooting Greece, ND chief says | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | A political changeover is key to turning the country’s fortunes around, conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday during a visit to Nemea, in the Peloponnese.
Pointing at the recent attack on the Athens traffic police chief in downtown Athens, the New Democracy leader also criticised the left-led governmen... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211619/article/ekathimerini/news/political-changeover-key-to-rebooting-greece-nd-chief-says | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/6653da16db10a7f283ac02e4de44323aec924c9bb85cb921b6f4dcf25c1edc46.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:47:58 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The Athens Open Air Film Festival continues on Monday, August 29, with a screening of Douglas Hickox’s 1973 comedy-horror “Theater of Blood.” | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211511%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fwhats-on%2Ftheater-of-blood--athens--august-29.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/theatreofblood-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Theater of Blood | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The Athens Open Air Film Festival continues on Monday, August 29, with a screening of Douglas Hickox’s 1973 comedy-horror “Theater of Blood.” Starring Vincent Price, Diana Rigg and Ian Hendry, the movie traces a Shakespearean actor’s revenge on his critics. The screening takes place in the courtyard of the Numismatic M... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211511/article/ekathimerini/whats-on/theater-of-blood--athens--august-29 | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/e5ab627cbaf8d76c6988e8e856e8bfdf40f52a5416262d06c2818031688e0126.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:55:16 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | It is said to be the world’s first weather station, to date back more than 2,000 years, and to have been used by merchants to tell the time – even in darkness. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211470%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Flife%2Fancient-greeces-restored-tower-of-winds-keeps-its-secrets.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/aerides_web--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Ancient Greece's restored tower of winds keeps its secrets | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | It is said to be the world’s first weather station, to date back more than 2,000 years, and to have been used by merchants to tell the time – even in darkness.
The Tower of the Winds, still standing at the foot of Athens’s ancient Acropolis hill despite attempts by Lord Elgin to move it to Britain, has been restored an... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211470/article/ekathimerini/life/ancient-greeces-restored-tower-of-winds-keeps-its-secrets | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/92a33d608455dc34c2c2744c58900af13f662dbc65cf6afc7efc4e80778b1d9f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:51:48 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | While speaking at a summit of the Party of European Socialists (PES) in Paris Thursday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke about the need for alterations to the European Union’s policies vis-a-vis the economic crisis, with an emphasis on relaxing austerity measures and reinforcing the growth agenda. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211483%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fpm-addresses-eu-socialists-in-paris.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/tsipras_hollande_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | PM addresses EU socialists in Paris | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | While speaking at a summit of the Party of European Socialists (PES) in Paris Thursday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke about the need for alterations to the European Union’s policies vis-a-vis the economic crisis, with an emphasis on relaxing austerity measures and reinforcing the growth agenda.
The meeting ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211483/article/ekathimerini/news/pm-addresses-eu-socialists-in-paris | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/c3197df67f8eebe10a4cc0332fa22be3f1b1bd998ddaddf608b20f8f466cf940.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:56:47 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greeks paid an additional 1 billion euros in tax in June 2016 compared with June 2015, a report from the General Secretariat for Public Revenue shows. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211482%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fdata-show-greeks-paid-1-bln-more-taxes-in-june.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/change-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Data show Greeks paid 1 bln more taxes in June | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greeks paid an additional 1 billion euros in tax in June 2016 compared with June 2015, a report from the General Secretariat for Public Revenue shows. The jump in tax takings was the result of a host of new measures voted in the spring and implemented with immediate effect.
Value-added tax increases were the main contr... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211482/article/ekathimerini/business/data-show-greeks-paid-1-bln-more-taxes-in-june | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/aa38ad07a0839638c0b5d9714e6bf15674d38df6f6779c2b821e5710366f1dd7.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:50:10 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Cosco posted an 18.3 percent increase in profitability at the port of Piraeus during the first half of 2016, according to parent company, Cosco Shipping Ports (as Cosco Pacific is now known following the Cosco Group’s recent overall transformation). | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211492%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fcosco-posts-leap-in-profit.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/cosco-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Cosco posts leap in profit | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Cosco posted an 18.3 percent increase in profitability at the port of Piraeus during the first half of 2016, according to parent company, Cosco Shipping Ports (as Cosco Pacific is now known following the Cosco Group’s recent overall transformation).
Profits amounted to 15.86 million euros compared to 13.4 million euros... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211492/article/ekathimerini/business/cosco-posts-leap-in-profit | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/893bc0d49abf3142ab3e67537ed8dc697bed2e70474851c968c80149688f8ebe.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T12:47:36 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The director of Greece’s Public Power Corporation (PPC), Manolis Panayiotakis, has written a letter addressed to the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce (ESEE) to complain about the debts the electric power company is owed. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211515%2Fopinion%2Fekathimerini%2Fcomment%2Fcostly-arguments.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/garnish/no-author.png | en | null | Costly arguments | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The director of Greece’s Public Power Corporation (PPC), Manolis Panayiotakis, has written a letter addressed to the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce (ESEE) to complain about the debts the electric power company is owed.
In the letter he says that it would appear PPC is owed more money for electricity provid... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211515/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/costly-arguments | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/7f27dca60580883f04223ea70101eae00334537300461348cfe3fab0514a0ea0.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:47:56 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Listed companies in the Greek commercial iron and steel industry continue to struggle as orders have fallen to levels unseen since the 1980s, with the decline in domestic demand being aggregated at around 65-75 percent. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211533%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fsteel-orders-drop-to-1980s-levels.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/real_estate_construction_web-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Steel orders drop to 1980s levels | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Listed companies in the Greek commercial iron and steel industry continue to struggle as orders have fallen to levels unseen since the 1980s, with the decline in domestic demand being aggregated at around 65-75 percent.
In 2015, the four companies in the sector had cumulative post-tax losses of 26.39 million euros, rec... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211533/article/ekathimerini/business/steel-orders-drop-to-1980s-levels | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/849254cbb88d04473de99455c7f1422a1e3d818cd3066e1ae34a6f90fe3fff87.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:47:32 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | A gang that robbed tax drivers in Megara, west of Athens, was broken up Friday by police who arrested three people, aged 18, 20 and 27, and are searching for a 22-year-old accomplice. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211522%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fthree-arrested-for-robbing-cabbies.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/police_logo_web-thumb-large--5-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Three arrested for robbing cabbies | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | A gang that robbed tax drivers in Megara, west of Athens, was broken up Friday by police who arrested three people, aged 18, 20 and 27, and are searching for a 22-year-old accomplice.
The gang, which had been active over the last four months, would get into cabs at taxi stands near hospitals and head to the area of Vly... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211522/article/ekathimerini/news/three-arrested-for-robbing-cabbies | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/db1fb13d19444f496da2a915e1b258decb1ffce977c13a3ca7bc663e11937604.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T10:47:55 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Would the Donald Trump phenomenon exist were it not for the web and social media? The answer is no. The eccentric mogul would not have got even as far as competing for the Republican party’s presidential nomination. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211536%2Fopinion%2Fekathimerini%2Fcomment%2Fpolitics-in-the-age-of-the-web.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/trump-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Politics in the age of the web | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Would the Donald Trump phenomenon exist were it not for the web and social media? The answer is no. The eccentric mogul would not have got even as far as competing for the Republican party’s presidential nomination.
The unfounded conspiracy theories to which he resorts, the falsification of actual facts and his constan... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211536/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/politics-in-the-age-of-the-web | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/0948195dbdef196c787629eaca103c36ab5400c2fef2e21326e57fa4c801261f.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T20:48:22 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | As the number of refugees and migrants trapped on Greece’s islands officially rose to nearly 12,000 Monday, concern is mounting regarding overcrowding at camps. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211569%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fnew-inflows-stretching-migrant-refugee-centers-on-islands.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/lesvos-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | New inflows stretching migrant, refugee centers on islands | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Over 120 migrants who landed on Lesvos on Monday were allowed to camp at the port after staff at the Moria hot spot said they could not take in any more arrivals.
As the number of refugees and migrants trapped on Greece’s islands officially rose to nearly 12,000 Monday, concern is mounting regarding overcrowding at cam... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211569/article/ekathimerini/news/new-inflows-stretching-migrant-refugee-centers-on-islands | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/649f648c87fad4167756d9fdd219cdc5b97825e68e9dce411a390831b5d83eeb.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:48:35 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The resignation of six members of the administrative board of the National Technical University of Athens is hardly breaking news. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211610%2Fopinion%2Fekathimerini%2Fcomment%2Fsurvival-trumps-progress.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/ntua-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Survival trumps progress | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The resignation of six members of the administrative board of the National Technical University of Athens is hardly breaking news. Ever since 2013, when the 15-member administrative boards undertook their duties at the country’s universities, very few of those now in power have seen them in a positive light. While the ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211610/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/survival-trumps-progress | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/7bb04b44a0a01361764e2df348eed7f220a11b2cc5191d02f80d24f0b171d16e.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T20:48:12 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greek stocks declined for the third session in a row on Monday, on particularly thin trading volume partly explained by the bank holiday in the UK. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211575%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fathex-benchmark-slips-in-very-thin-trade.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/stock_exchange_red--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | ATHEX: Benchmark slips in very thin trade | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greek stocks declined for the third session in a row on Monday, on particularly thin trading volume partly explained by the bank holiday in the UK. Market experts attribute the drop to the tension between Brussels and Athens concerning Greek statistics and the upcoming second bailout review.
The Athens Exchange (ATHEX)... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211575/article/ekathimerini/business/athex-benchmark-slips-in-very-thin-trade | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/e02fa8c46ac1ab0421644ac5d442e1fd53ab7411cb5c9dbab8ed62463fa278d7.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:53:23 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Authorities on the island of Chios on Friday ordered the evacuation of the village of Sidirounta, after a fire that broke out in a nearby forest area injured at least six, according to early reports. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211494%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fsix-injured-in-chios-fire.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/fireservice-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Six injured in Chios fire | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Authorities on the island of Chios on Friday ordered the evacuation of the village of Sidirounta, after a fire that broke out in a nearby forest area injured at least six, according to early reports. A 64-year-old woman who was seriously injured in the blaze was expected to be transferred to Athens during the day.
Fire... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211494/article/ekathimerini/news/six-injured-in-chios-fire | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/e10f11aaa489887606f80f898e6bbe0ecf3571e03d52622027e12ac041ec84a1.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:54:18 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Images and social media can contribute to uncovering what happened but can also confuse the issues. It is the responsibility of each of us to fight the fog of “enhanced reality” to seek the truth. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211487%2Fopinion%2Fekathimerini%2Fcomment%2Flies-video-burkinis-and-the-elusive-truth.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/burkini_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Lies, video, burkinis and the elusive truth | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | A woman is forced to remove her clothing by French police.
When a photograph was published of Jeremy Corbyn sitting on the floor of a train carriage, the railway company quickly posted images from its closed-circuit television system showing that the British Labour Party leader had passed empty seats on his way toward ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211487/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/lies-video-burkinis-and-the-elusive-truth | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/9c7c46d0d93c57e54cf05da0cc3ef7247ac8a6f09e0c44bdcf177d812c50bf92.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:48:23 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The majority of unemployed Greeks appear to be effectively shut out of the labor market, as only 4.3 percent of those who were jobless during the final quarter of 2015 managed to find employment this year, Eurostat has announced in a report. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211607%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fpath-back-to-work-is-a-tough-one-for-unemployed-greeks.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/unemployment-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Path back to work is a tough one for unemployed Greeks | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The majority of unemployed Greeks appear to be effectively shut out of the labor market, as only 4.3 percent of those who were jobless during the final quarter of 2015 managed to find employment this year, Eurostat has announced in a report. According to the European Union’s statistical agency, the equivalent eurozone ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211607/article/ekathimerini/business/path-back-to-work-is-a-tough-one-for-unemployed-greeks | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/2e1816def4daa37808ff731a0016f0696e9eb35d418bc8c04b5b1a5653fe5550.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:48:08 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The government is in a race against time to convince a demoralized electorate that its policies will bear fruit soon and that the Greek economy is on its way to recovery, as its grace period is running out with further tax hikes and spending cuts looming. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211544%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fgovt-under-pressure-for-tangible-results-by-years-end.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/tsipras_web--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Gov’t under pressure for tangible results by year’s end | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The government is in a race against time to convince a demoralized electorate that its policies will bear fruit soon and that the Greek economy is on its way to recovery, as its grace period is running out with further tax hikes and spending cuts looming.
According to senior aides, the government believes that its comm... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211544/article/ekathimerini/news/govt-under-pressure-for-tangible-results-by-years-end | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/80a44eacd617441420e5f1bbd20396749f6f0d96adc3c0efb48e3a6059b9ef8e.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:48:33 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greek coast guard was seeking for a migrant boat off the Ionian island of Corfu following a distress call by a man claiming to be one of the passengers, at 6.30 a.m. on Wednesday, reports said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211623%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fcoast-guard-in-search-and-rescue-operation-off-corfu.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/coast_guard_web--4-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Coast guard in search and rescue operation off Corfu | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greek coast guard was seeking for a migrant boat off the Ionian island of Corfu following a distress call by a man claiming to be one of the passengers, at 6.30 a.m. on Wednesday, reports said.
Reports said rescuers have so far failed to locate the vessel which, the passenger said, was in danger of sinking. | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211623/article/ekathimerini/news/coast-guard-in-search-and-rescue-operation-off-corfu | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/3371e7f9d3db4b272bf50aee7fbe2cd5722ce888cef1356e731c669d283f7691.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:56:19 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Victor Ibarbo of Panathinaikos (r) vies for the ball with Christian Norgaard of Brondby (l) during their second-leg match at Brondby Stadium, in Brondby, Denmark, in the Europa League playoffs late Thursday. The game ended in a 1-1 draw and the Greek side qualified for the group stage after winning 3-0 in the first leg... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211493%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fin-images%2Fpanathinaikos-qualifies-to-europa-league-group-stage.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/panathinaikos_web--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Panathinaikos qualifies to Europa League group stage | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Victor Ibarbo of Panathinaikos (r) vies for the ball with Christian Norgaard of Brondby (l) during their second-leg match at Brondby Stadium, in Brondby, Denmark, in the Europa League playoffs late Thursday. The game ended in a 1-1 draw and the Greek side qualified for the group stage after winning 3-0 in the first leg... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211493/article/ekathimerini/in-images/panathinaikos-qualifies-to-europa-league-group-stage | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/4a1759a8f56aa6b4108490d2043b1ac2f74c89e263a74904d7c714350869517d.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T14:48:33 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Regional Governor of Central Greece Costas Bakoyannis has announced the start of work to restore the ancient Theatre of Eretria, on the southeastern coast of Evia. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211627%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Frestoration-of-ancient-theater-of-eretria-under-way-regional-governor-says.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/eretria_ancienttheater_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Restoration of ancient Theater of Eretria under way, regional governor says | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Regional Governor of Central Greece Costas Bakoyannis has announced the start of work to restore the ancient Theatre of Eretria, on the southeastern coast of Evia.
“The studies have been approved, the 1-million-euro expenditure has been approved. We are starting,” Bakoyannis said in a message on Facebook.
Restoring the... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211627/article/ekathimerini/news/restoration-of-ancient-theater-of-eretria-under-way-regional-governor-says | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/5b3c9ae70db0d369aa01b0576dca20c9f9cc67fe5230300f6988b885bf576d34.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T14:47:38 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | A tourist wanders through the archaeological site of the Roman Agora at the foot of the Acropolis, in central Athens, on Saturday. After an uncertain start to the year following last year’s record tourism figures, professionals have noted a spike in bookings over the next couple of months, inspiring hopes of an extende... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211543%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fin-images%2Ftourists-enjoying-greek-capital.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/tourism_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Tourists enjoying Greek capital | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | A tourist wanders through the archaeological site of the Roman Agora at the foot of the Acropolis, in central Athens, on Saturday. After an uncertain start to the year following last year’s record tourism figures, professionals have noted a spike in bookings over the next couple of months, inspiring hopes of an extende... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211543/article/ekathimerini/in-images/tourists-enjoying-greek-capital | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/b3805174ef99d7131227d3d3cccea6e76269584acfac62618880d322b7ad937e.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:47:59 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Hikes in social security contributions and taxes, coupled with rumors that contributions for 2017 will be calculated on the basis of earnings in 2015, have spurred thousands of self-employed professionals to move the headquarters of their businesses. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211540%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fgreek-firms-looking-for-escape-routes-from-high-payments.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/factory-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Greek firms looking for escape routes from high payments | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Hikes in social security contributions and taxes, coupled with rumors that contributions for 2017 will be calculated on the basis of earnings in 2015, have spurred thousands of self-employed professionals to move the headquarters of their businesses to countries with more favorable conditions.
Initial estimates suggest... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211540/article/ekathimerini/business/greek-firms-looking-for-escape-routes-from-high-payments | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/c52ab26b0c78ebd0e400a17b50be8f703727a251f90dba922d72310d3136dd9c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:58:05 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | As Greece struggles to strike a balance between international law and Turkey’s demand for the extradition of eight Turkish officers, it was confronted with a fresh challenge this week after seven civilians from the neighboring country arrived in Alexandroupoli and Rhodes late Wednesday and are expected to request asylu... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211484%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fgreece-grapples-with-more-fugitives-as-it-strives-to-avoid-tensions-with-ankara.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/turkish_flag_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Greece grapples with more fugitives as it strives to avoid tensions with Ankara | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | As Greece struggles to strike a balance between international law and Turkey’s demand for the extradition of eight Turkish officers, it was confronted with a fresh challenge this week after seven civilians from the neighboring country arrived in Alexandroupoli and Rhodes late Wednesday and are expected to request asylu... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211484/article/ekathimerini/news/greece-grapples-with-more-fugitives-as-it-strives-to-avoid-tensions-with-ankara | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/dbd008a757f982ab55edec45c1fa0ab49016c938a41d882d11e70724ac7e553a.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:01:01 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos chats with swimmer Spyros Gianniotis, a silver medalist in Rio, during an official reception to honor Greece’s Olympic team at the Presidential Mansion Thursday. The event was marred by controversy after 19-year-old shooter Anna Korakaki, who won two of Greece’s six medals, includin... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211480%2Fgallery%2Fekathimerini%2Fin-images%2Fhonorary-event-for-olympic-team.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/pavlopoulos_olympics_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Honorary event for Olympic team | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos chats with swimmer Spyros Gianniotis, a silver medalist in Rio, during an official reception to honor Greece’s Olympic team at the Presidential Mansion Thursday. The event was marred by controversy after 19-year-old shooter Anna Korakaki, who won two of Greece’s six medals, includin... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211480/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/honorary-event-for-olympic-team | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/00738710fa7dfbca5bf747f9dcbbe071a4fe29f85c9c92e9d78402de47f23267.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:00:08 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greece’s third bailout, which forced domestic banks to restrict their international activities, is curbing what ambitions they may have fostered. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211490%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fcrisis-killing-greek-banks-expansion-hopes.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/piraeus_bank--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Crisis killing Greek banks’ expansion hopes | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greece’s third bailout, which forced domestic banks to restrict their international activities, is curbing what ambitions they may have fostered.
Greek banks have already seen their position weaken significantly in the broader region of Southeastern Europe, with their portfolio in the area shrinking 51.6 percent to 27.... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211490/article/ekathimerini/business/crisis-killing-greek-banks-expansion-hopes | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/61880a4641d6caeef4c338cd533e332c2435c92b48d0d910b09f2e69e3abe8f8.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:48:29 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus’s largest lender by assets and deposits, posted a second-quarter net profit of 6 million euros compared to 50 million in the first three months of the year on elevated provisions. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211598%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fbank-of-cyprus-posts-q2-net-gains-of-6-mln-euros.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/bank_of_cyprus_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Bank of Cyprus posts Q2 net gains of 6 mln euros | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus’s largest lender by assets and deposits, posted a second-quarter net profit of 6 million euros compared to 50 million in the first three months of the year on elevated provisions.
The bank said on Tuesday profit before provisions, restructuring and a voluntary retirement scheme came in at 135 mil... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211598/article/ekathimerini/business/bank-of-cyprus-posts-q2-net-gains-of-6-mln-euros | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/4cb64b6df0a6bb70b75c22653883b1883426ba9c38a009184b3d4d2bae36275d.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T06:48:20 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Greece’s conservative New Democracy party has a very important part to play right now. The country needs a strong opposition that is in tune with developments, so it would be a very big mistake for this big center-right party to enter a period of navel-gazing at this juncture. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211562%2Fopinion%2Fekathimerini%2Fcomment%2Fopposition-at-a-crossroads.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/garnish/no-author.png | en | null | Opposition at a crossroads | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greece’s conservative New Democracy party has a very important part to play right now. The country needs a strong opposition that is in tune with developments, so it would be a very big mistake for this big center-right party to enter a period of navel-gazing at this juncture.
Another issue the party needs to be especi... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211562/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/opposition-at-a-crossroads | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/6b31ccf791a1ae31d6592c7494422a4b5a4df86a1a7798af39fbab7543d2a777.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:48:02 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | “Are you roasting for coffee?” is a translation of how a Greek might say “Fancy a cup of coffee?” and is the kind of phrase that visitors who really want to experience the country and its people just love to learn. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211509%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fcommunity%2Fgetting-to-grips-with-everyday-greek.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/acropolis_selfie_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Getting to grips with everyday Greek | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | “Are you roasting for coffee?” is a translation of how a Greek might say “Fancy a cup of coffee?” and is the kind of phrase that visitors who really want to experience the country and its people just love to learn. This and other similar phrases used in everyday life are part of the digital curriculum for users of the ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211509/article/ekathimerini/community/getting-to-grips-with-everyday-greek | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/6a97bd9df3d98dfb66c5f25c2ccd5c3522c43934465f25fe702b8731e9324977.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:48:32 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The government on Tuesday launched an auction for four private nationwide TV licenses, a highly polarized procedure that leftist officials have portrayed as a bid to streamline the country’s dysfunctional media landscape which critics see as a thinly disguised attempt to control them. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211606%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Ftv-stations-opposition-parties-slam-govt-bid-to-muzzle-media-as-tender-for-permits-begins.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/control_room-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | TV stations, opposition parties slam gov’t bid to muzzle media as tender for permits begins | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The government on Tuesday launched an auction for four private nationwide TV licenses, a highly polarized procedure that leftist officials have portrayed as a bid to streamline the country’s dysfunctional media landscape which critics see as a thinly disguised attempt to control them.
Eight such networks are operating ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211606/article/ekathimerini/news/tv-stations-opposition-parties-slam-govt-bid-to-muzzle-media-as-tender-for-permits-begins | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/2bfd263a9be3a8e486e76c401e04361b5175fc2ff751f8c77615d0c6f384a4e9.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:57:14 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Composer Maria Kotrotsou performs a medley of her works for piano and orchestra at the Numismatic Museum Cafe in Athens on Thursday, September 1. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211488%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fwhats-on%2Fmaria-kotrotsou--athens--september-1.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/nomismatikomoyseio17-thumb-large-thumb-large--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | ekathimerini.com | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Composer Maria Kotrotsou performs a medley of her works for piano and orchestra at the Numismatic Museum Cafe in Athens on Thursday, September 1. The performance is set to start at 9 p.m. Admission is free but there is a minimum one-drink purchase requirement.
Numismatic Museum, 12 Panepistimiou, tel 210.361.0067, www.... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211488/article/ekathimerini/whats-on/maria-kotrotsou--athens--september-1 | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/3dc69dbed8e69f803ad9102bf9bc4c1f75f481555fc01b62cfdcd54062cd16dd.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:48:36 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has sought to allay concerns over plans to transfer to the Greek state a new park, opera and national library built by a leading Greek foundation. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211626%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fpm-vows-responsible-management-of-new-cultural-center.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/niarchos_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | PM vows ‘responsible’ management of new cultural center. | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has sought to allay concerns over plans to transfer to the Greek state a new park, opera and national library built by a leading Greek foundation.
“The state will manage this important space for education, the environment and culture in a responsible manner,” the premier said in a tweet We... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211626/article/ekathimerini/news/pm-vows-responsible-management-of-new-cultural-center | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/dab5ce6625d7c5b15086c3ebab9ac9d6f48e66526307521081f26f9dd50caeee.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:48:36 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Cyprus signed a deal on Wednesday for the transfer of natural gas via pipeline to Egypt, once extraction starts of discoveries made off the Mediterranean island. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211617%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fcyprus-signs-deal-with-egypt-for-gas-transfers-via-pipeline.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/cyprus_energy_web--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Cyprus signs deal with Egypt for gas transfers via pipeline | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Cyprus signed a deal on Wednesday for the transfer of natural gas via pipeline to Egypt, once extraction starts of discoveries made off the Mediterranean island.
US energy firm Noble found an estimated 4.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in one prospect off Cyprus in late 2011.
A consortium of Italy's ENI and Korea'... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211617/article/ekathimerini/business/cyprus-signs-deal-with-egypt-for-gas-transfers-via-pipeline | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/bbbc34be0623b56c81e0c3f381307fefa660ff506877dae2bb9c4091085c4c52.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T10:48:20 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greece on Tuesday launched a multi-million euro auction for four private TV licenses, a process originally due two decades ago and now marked by political infighting. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211586%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fbroadcasting-license-tender-kicks-off-amid-tight-security.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/tileoptikesadeiesss-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Broadcasting license tender kicks off amid tight security | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greece on Tuesday launched a multi-million euro auction for four private TV licenses, a process originally due two decades ago and now marked by political infighting.
Eight groups are vying for the four 10-year nationwide licenses, with opening bids starting at 3 million euros ($3.4 million).
Their representatives will... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211586/article/ekathimerini/news/broadcasting-license-tender-kicks-off-amid-tight-security | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/91e50cb036ca9ec19427a2447e860ce4e70a1b8cbf1a8021fa82e289a8e838ef.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T08:48:21 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | A senior ranking European Union official has told Kathimerini that Greece made very little progress in August regarding its commitments to its lenders, insisting that their implementation ahead of the second review of the country’s third bailout this fall will create a positive dynamic. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211574%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fbrussels-says-greece-has-made-little-reform-progress.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/moscovici--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Brussels says Greece has made little reform progress | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | A senior ranking European Union official has told Kathimerini that Greece made very little progress in August regarding its commitments to its lenders, insisting that their implementation ahead of the second review of the country’s third bailout this fall will create a positive dynamic.
The official spoke ahead of Tues... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211574/article/ekathimerini/news/brussels-says-greece-has-made-little-reform-progress | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/046859fb432c9ab6fc544e48ed7962ebf78b9e53e11c31af0b2ed4fccc5ad33f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:47:29 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greek conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday vowed to step up criticism of the leftist-led government’s immigration policy following an eight-month political hiatus mandated by record-breaking arrivals and concerns about Grexit. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211514%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fnd-vows-to-step-up-scrutiny-of-governments-immigration-policy.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/misotakis_avramopoulos-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | ND vows to step up scrutiny of government's immigration policy | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greek conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday vowed to step up criticism of the leftist-led government’s immigration policy following an eight-month political hiatus mandated by record-breaking arrivals and concerns about Grexit.
“Regrettably, on many of the issues on which there seemed to be an agreement wit... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211514/article/ekathimerini/news/nd-vows-to-step-up-scrutiny-of-governments-immigration-policy | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/7795eda052089178576f010e4389a00bf90aaf89641d740af759bee5d102b74c.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:48:09 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The road map agreed last June between Albania and Greece to improve bilateral ties appears to be foundering, according to diplomatic sources in Athens, which warn that if talks do not get under way soon, the plan may unravel. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211541%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Froad-map-with-tirana-foundering-diplomatic-sources-say.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/rama-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Road map with Tirana foundering, diplomatic sources say | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The road map agreed last June between Albania and Greece to improve bilateral ties appears to be foundering, according to diplomatic sources in Athens, which warn that if talks do not get under way soon, the plan may unravel.
The main issues dividing the two nations include Albania’s treatment of its ethnic Greek minor... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211541/article/ekathimerini/news/road-map-with-tirana-foundering-diplomatic-sources-say | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/8fcc7fc8279035f33ed5f356b49376cb8b75d5fe9e31ac2f17a13845828bc37b.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T14:48:12 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | People have the chance to row "Olympias," a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme, a ship commissioned in the Greek Navy, in the southern suburb of Faliro in Athens, Greece, on Sunday. [Michalis Karagiannis/Reuters] | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211557%2Fgallery%2Fekathimerini%2Fin-images%2Freconstruction-of-ancient-athenian-trireme-sails-into-the-greek-sea.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/trireme1_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Reconstruction of ancient Athenian trireme sails into the Greek sea | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | People have the chance to row "Olympias," a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme, a ship commissioned in the Greek Navy, in the southern suburb of Faliro in Athens, Greece, on Sunday. [Michalis Karagiannis/Reuters] | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211557/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/reconstruction-of-ancient-athenian-trireme-sails-into-the-greek-sea | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/03712deff8b11a07b4be58985632a3bbfc9796c6a4f42310431926b8386cc272.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T20:48:23 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Two out of three enterprises in Greece along with some 270,000 other property owners are being asked to pay the lion’s share of the revamped Single Property Tax (ENFIA) this year, according to data released on Monday by the General Secretariat for Public Revenue. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211576%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fenfia-lands-a-blow-to-business.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/athens_buildings_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | ENFIA lands a blow to business | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Two out of three enterprises in Greece along with some 270,000 other property owners are being asked to pay the lion’s share of the revamped Single Property Tax (ENFIA) this year, according to data released on Monday by the General Secretariat for Public Revenue.
The above have been asked to pay a property tax increase... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211576/article/ekathimerini/business/enfia-lands-a-blow-to-business | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/6f6ce0daffe1e8151d6c9e9beb02476bc7bfc19aa328eaec597202e5aa429d1a.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:48:14 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | A 21-year-old German national was arrested shortly after his flight arrived at Thessaloniki’s Makedonia Airport on Monday on charges of killing his stepfather with a sharp object in Olsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, hours earlier. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211564%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fgerman-arrested-at-thessaloniki-airport-for-murder.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/makedonia_airport-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | German arrested at Thessaloniki airport for murder | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | A 21-year-old German national was arrested shortly after his flight arrived at Thessaloniki’s Makedonia Airport on Monday on charges of killing his stepfather with a sharp object in Olsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, hours earlier.
According to reports, the accused booked a ticket for Greece immediately after the murder ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211564/article/ekathimerini/news/german-arrested-at-thessaloniki-airport-for-murder | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/7bc6a87d5b3c63e867a48454064980f7d2d68b174162a2d430ff4c009eb0326f.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T08:48:24 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Few people will disagree that the Greek education system is a mess. It is a completely outdated system that is totally divorced from society’s real needs. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211568%2Fopinion%2Fekathimerini%2Fcomment%2Fchanging-the-education-system.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/mathites-lykeiou-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Changing the education system | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Few people will disagree that the Greek education system is a mess. It is a completely outdated system that is totally divorced from society’s real needs.
In fact, the system appears to be designed in such a way as to serve the needs of all the players involved in the broader process: the pupils, the parents, the teach... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211568/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/changing-the-education-system | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/473c42a710c002b2392419e44d32898a9b20128e7cf8a237516d81474cbc6495.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:48:15 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The spokesman of the Union of Centrists, Yiannis Kallianos, has announced he is leaving the party because of what he described as its indirect support to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211563%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Funion-of-centrists-spokesman-quits.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/kallianos-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Union of Centrists spokesman quits | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The spokesman of the Union of Centrists, Yiannis Kallianos, has announced he is leaving the party because of what he described as its indirect support to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
“I loathe to be against my principles,” he said in a written statement to party leader Vassilis Leventis, explaining that the party is ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211563/article/ekathimerini/news/union-of-centrists-spokesman-quits | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/3b1c59985a0a720a3e0f0368616f14150089697a7652985fee1e17e0fa5cd0b5.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T08:48:23 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | A small group of anarchists who were part of a rally on Monday protesting a firebomb attack last week on a migrant squat in downtown Athens, allegedly assaulted the head of the city’s traffic police. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211583%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fprotesters-attack-traffic-police-chief-on-fringe-of-athens-rally.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/astynomikos_geitonias-thumb-large--6-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Protesters attack traffic police chief on fringe of Athens rally | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | A small group of anarchists who were part of a rally on Monday protesting a firebomb attack last week on a migrant squat in downtown Athens, allegedly assaulted the head of the city’s traffic police.
Several dozen protesters had gathered in front of Athens University on Monday afternoon, carrying banners and chanting s... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211583/article/ekathimerini/news/protesters-attack-traffic-police-chief-on-fringe-of-athens-rally | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/b94e2069ecdb96b21ebbf040ec44626db322e01c9533bccc28f2c231983c6114.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T14:48:20 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | A Turkish judicial official claiming to have fled the troubled country because he was a victim of persecution, has requested protection from Greek authorities after landing on Tuesday morning on the eastern Aegean island of Chios. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211592%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fturkish-judicial-official-requests-asylum-on-greek-island.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/limeniko_soma1-thumb-large-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Turkish judicial official requests asylum on Greek island | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | A Turkish judicial official claiming to have fled the troubled country because he was a victim of persecution, has requested protection from Greek authorities after landing on Tuesday morning on the eastern Aegean island of Chios.
According to a report by the ANA-MPA agency, the 50-year-old man admitted to sailing from... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211592/article/ekathimerini/news/turkish-judicial-official-requests-asylum-on-greek-island | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/8809fcf6849eef1219689acc49dc92569318cff1b43a222689974c68957d5a6c.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T12:47:38 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greeks were not able to enjoy the victories of their Olympic champions in Rio after they were overshadowed by a series of unpleasant incidents. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211507%2Fopinion%2Fekathimerini%2Fcomment%2Fregular-people-in-an-irregular-country.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/olympians-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Regular people in an irregular country | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greeks were not able to enjoy the victories of their Olympic champions in Rio after they were overshadowed by a series of unpleasant incidents. Between disparaging comments made about pole-vaulter Katerina Stefanidi in the pro-SYRIZA newspaper Avgi, the oversight of shooting champion Anna Korakaki’s non-invite to a for... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211507/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/regular-people-in-an-irregular-country | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/2ecf070220dad46982bfd2875d10dda3bbd601ba594184bed3e1f1f8adaabd60.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:50:43 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Opposition New Democracy on Thursday launched a full-scale offensive against the leftist-led government over a contentious tender for television licenses, accusing the coalition of leveraging favors through the process and attempting to manipulate the media. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211489%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Ftv-license-tender-draws-harsh-criticism-from-opposition-nd.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/alpha_permit_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | TV license tender draws harsh criticism from opposition ND | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Opposition New Democracy on Thursday launched a full-scale offensive against the leftist-led government over a contentious tender for television licenses, accusing the coalition of leveraging favors through the process and attempting to manipulate the media.
“New Democracy will not acknowledge, legitimize or accept a c... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211489/article/ekathimerini/news/tv-license-tender-draws-harsh-criticism-from-opposition-nd | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/3b4da65060d8b603e2cf616298bc16a18eaab15dd50c4ec70886b1f68773457f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:47:38 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | A staggering 95 percent of Greeks who make online purchases do so from stores or companies located abroad, a recent study conducted by PayPal and GfK on cross-border commerce in Greece has found. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211502%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fgreeks-embrace-foreign-e-stores.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/laptop-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Greeks embrace foreign e-stores | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | A staggering 95 percent of Greeks who make online purchases do so from stores or companies located abroad, a recent study conducted by PayPal and GfK on cross-border commerce in Greece has found, noting that 54 percent of buyers prefer e-stores based in the UK, followed by China on 47 percent, the USA on 34 percent and... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211502/article/ekathimerini/business/greeks-embrace-foreign-e-stores | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/9559d3282d992b8cc668a29b65dddee0cbc5c439c503390b8be38b0198a4e231.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:53:51 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Up to 37,000 children will be turned away from state-run nursery schools, the conservative opposition has warned while slamming the left-led government for failing to solve the problem of space shortage. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211497%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fopposition-slams-govt-over-failure-to-tackle-shortage-of-free-preschool-places.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/preschool_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Opposition slams gov't over failure to tackle shortage of free preschool places | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Up to 37,000 children will be turned away from state-run nursery schools, the conservative opposition has warned while slamming the left-led government for failing to solve the problem of space shortage.
“[Prime Minister Alexis] Tsipras’s promise of social sensibility proved to be false,” New Democracy said in a statem... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211497/article/ekathimerini/news/opposition-slams-govt-over-failure-to-tackle-shortage-of-free-preschool-places | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/2e98002d8eb5d3651407b15e2048836f1e29e1610f78ffb35d2e4c85fff078f5.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:47:46 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Seventy-four percent of real estate owners in Greece have property whose taxable value does not exceed 100,000 euros, according to data published on Friday by the Finance Ministry. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211506%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fmajority-of-property-owners-under-50000-euro-mark.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/athens_apartments-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Majority of property owners under 50,000-euro mark | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Seventy-four percent of real estate owners in Greece have property whose taxable value does not exceed 100,000 euros, according to data published on Friday by the Finance Ministry.
More precisely, one in two own property that is valued by tax authorities at 50,000 euros or less, while just 8 percent of real estate owne... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211506/article/ekathimerini/business/majority-of-property-owners-under-50000-euro-mark | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/f7c3b81614156b08182d5f09a912291ac01d48bf0e930b9fab51dd8e8144a211.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:48:02 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Shooting gold medallist Anna Korakaki lashed out at the Greek government after she missed out on Thursday’s special ceremony honouring the Rio Olympic team. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211500%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fsports%2Fgold-medallist-korakaki-slams-greek-government.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/korakaki_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Gold medallist Korakaki slams Greek government | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Shooting gold medallist Anna Korakaki lashed out at the Greek government after she missed out on Thursday’s special ceremony honouring the Rio Olympic team.
The 19-year-old, who won two of Greece’s six medals this month, a gold in the 25-metre pistol event and a bronze in the 10-metre air pistol, said she was not invit... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211500/article/ekathimerini/sports/gold-medallist-korakaki-slams-greek-government | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/60acccb04c86af0e5d9ce2cd8eee256f28a42206e8c0037b4bb48934443f7c5d.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T08:48:17 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The Greek pair of Yiannis Kalandaridis and Ninos Nikolaidis have broken a decade-old world record in rowing in the process of winning the gold medal at the World Rowing Junior Championship in Rotterdam. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211584%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fsports%2Fgreeks-break-world-junior-record-in-rowing.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/kalandaridis_nikolaidis_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Greeks break world junior record in rowing | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The Greek pair of Yiannis Kalandaridis and Ninos Nikolaidis have broken a decade-old world record in rowing in the process of winning the gold medal at the World Rowing Junior Championship in Rotterdam.
The Greek crew at the coxless pair clocked six minutes and 32.51 seconds to finish two and a half seconds ahead of th... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211584/article/ekathimerini/sports/greeks-break-world-junior-record-in-rowing | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/f5848bc3248bdef2c5c2be5e2d3f9640d57567931c5cb7e06131292fcd4c2628.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:48:32 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The Athens Journalists’ Union (ESIEA) has slammed a government auction for four private nationwide TV licenses describing the controversial procedure as a “poorly-staged reality show.” | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211618%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fjournalists-union-slams-tender-for-tv-permits.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/esiea_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Journalists' union slams tender for TV permits | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The Athens Journalists’ Union (ESIEA) has slammed a government auction for four private nationwide TV licenses describing the controversial procedure as a “poorly-staged reality show.”
“The right to information is being sold to the highest bidder,” the union said in a statement late Tuesday adding that the tender will ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211618/article/ekathimerini/news/journalists-union-slams-tender-for-tv-permits | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/c9dd2483c5a02e613621e0afb94effe15f394a6412a80b2497a54f44f7d31fbd.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T08:48:07 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | More than 300 refugees and migrants reportedly crossed from Turkey to Greece to reach the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Kos, early on Monday, according to Kathimerini sources. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211550%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fmore-than-300-refugees-migrants-arrive-on-greek-islands.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/greece-migra-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | More than 300 refugees, migrants arrive on Greek islands | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | More than 300 refugees and migrants reportedly crossed from Turkey to Greece to reach the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Kos, early on Monday, according to Kathimerini sources.
According to reports, 176 refugee and migrants arrived on Lesvos, 89 on Chios, while 50 ended on Kos. The figures were confirmed by local authori... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211550/article/ekathimerini/news/more-than-300-refugees-migrants-arrive-on-greek-islands | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/e0b5ff5b98a373f0ac36209d6b06038cfe503f0f9c29215d6a5f18821de40e05.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T08:48:22 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The Labor Ministry is considering the adoption of a pilot program that would subsidize companies that hire jobless workers who currently receive unemployment benefits from the Manpower Organization (OAED). | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211580%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fjobless-benefit-may-turn-into-work-subsidy.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/oaed_unempoloyed_web--3-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Jobless benefit may turn into work subsidy | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The Labor Ministry is considering the adoption of a pilot program that would subsidize companies that hire jobless workers who currently receive unemployment benefits from the Manpower Organization (OAED). The idea is that the unemployment allowance would be transformed into an employment subsidy in cooperation with re... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211580/article/ekathimerini/business/jobless-benefit-may-turn-into-work-subsidy | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/a983d13accc8ab01867b67a49cc977043282b09b55098994eb699b3ed14d1a1c.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:48:00 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Although businesses owned by immigrants still make up the core of economic activity in downtown Athens, recent data compiled by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry show a sharp decline in numbers. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211508%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fcommunity%2Fsafety-fears-return-as-stores-flee-city-center.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/theatrou_sq_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Safety fears return as stores flee city center | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Although businesses owned by immigrants still make up the core of economic activity in downtown Athens, recent data compiled by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry show a sharp decline in numbers.
Data show that of the businesses operating in the neighborhoods of Omonia, Metaxourgeio, Psyrri, and Victoria, Vathis and ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211508/article/ekathimerini/community/safety-fears-return-as-stores-flee-city-center | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/fb4ddf446a77b7f6573343c60f177e525366a0b9a9adda4e8b84b751bec1674a.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:48:11 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Following the introduction in Greece of a new tax for pay-TV subscribers on June 1, the country’s two digital satellite pay-TV platforms are now almost level in terms of subscriber numbers for the first time. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211567%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fote-tv-all-but-matches-novas-client-base.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/tv2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | OTE TV all but matches Nova's client base | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Following the introduction in Greece of a new tax for pay-TV subscribers on June 1, the country’s two digital satellite pay-TV platforms are now almost level in terms of subscriber numbers for the first time.
Confirmation came on Monday when Forthnet announced that its Nova subsidiary’s pay-TV customers dropped almost ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211567/article/ekathimerini/business/ote-tv-all-but-matches-novas-client-base | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/df81bbb6951ef604d9d01234afdbc164c2868b22ec1a74916eb23116af5af15f.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:48:11 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The fifth edition of the Urban Picnic Festival will feature film screenings, music performances and picnic gatherings in the port city of Thessaloniki. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211558%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fwhats-on%2Furban-picnic-festival--thessaloniki--september-1-4.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/picnic2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Urban Picnic Festival | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The fifth edition of the Urban Picnic Festival will feature film screenings, music performances and picnic gatherings in the port city of Thessaloniki from Thursday, September 1, to Sunday, September 5. Events take place in the Roman Forum (Agora). Admission costs 3 euros. Doors open daily at 6.30 p.m. For more informa... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211558/article/ekathimerini/whats-on/urban-picnic-festival--thessaloniki--september-1-4 | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/a3039e311e97db723e46b47e37ba4157461fd6581ac19a989b5cc90752428c07.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:00:33 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Monthly figures for air and road arrivals in July paint a positive picture of the tourism season this year, according to the the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE). | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211479%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Finternational-arrivals-up-91-pct-in-july.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/airport-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | International arrivals up 9.1 pct in July | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Monthly figures for air and road arrivals in July paint a positive picture of the tourism season this year, according to the the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE). International air arrivals rose by 9.1 percent compared to July 2015, while the total figure for the first seven months of the year showed an ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211479/article/ekathimerini/business/international-arrivals-up-91-pct-in-july | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/475c727324ff8dbcde645f7e383ff7edf001be5a98d10d55488eebcb57e30363.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:59:43 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greek authorities have arrested a 56-year-old foreign national over charges of financial fraud committed in France, it emerged on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211495%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fforeign-national-arrested-in-voula-for-financial-fraud-in-france.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/policeman-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Foreign national arrested in Voula for financial fraud in France | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greek authorities have arrested a 56-year-old foreign national over charges of financial fraud committed in France, it emerged on Friday.
The suspect, who is wanted in France and has been sentenced to six years behind bars, reportedly posed as a potential investor. According to French authorities, he had recently colle... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211495/article/ekathimerini/news/foreign-national-arrested-in-voula-for-financial-fraud-in-france | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/ce02aa246304ad2d2b4ff208a91ad2d397155b9983dd964d754c746d3424feb7.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:48:25 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Nikos Kazantzakis Airport in Iraklio, Crete, was shut down for an hour on Monday evening due to a fuel leak from a Boeing 737 that had been scheduled to take off for Brussels. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211597%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Firaklio-airport-shuts-down-for-an-hour-following-fuel-leak.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/kazatzakis1-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Iraklio airport shuts down for an hour following fuel leak | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Nikos Kazantzakis Airport in Iraklio, Crete, was shut down for an hour on Monday evening due to a fuel leak from a Boeing 737 that had been scheduled to take off for Brussels.
Authorities said the airplane’s hydraulics system had failed as it was taxiing on the runway.
Flights into and out of the airport were delayed s... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211597/article/ekathimerini/news/iraklio-airport-shuts-down-for-an-hour-following-fuel-leak | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/62ed8f6f4b8ad6fde605541b287259136d94ea0fd6a847b12c817701ddb3e6c6.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T08:48:11 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos was expected on Monday to open “Ancient Greece and the Modern World,” a three-day international conference exploring links between antiquity and the present in the fields of philosophy, technology and science. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211548%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fpavlopoulos-to-open-international-olympia-conference-linking-antiquity-to-the-present.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/olympia_web-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Pavlopoulos to open international Olympia conference linking antiquity to the present | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos was expected on Monday to open “Ancient Greece and the Modern World,” a three-day international conference exploring links between antiquity and the present in the fields of philosophy, technology and science. The event takes place in Olympia, in the Peloponnese.
European Commission... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211548/article/ekathimerini/news/pavlopoulos-to-open-international-olympia-conference-linking-antiquity-to-the-present | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/b7d6d12c223a28d1476a5bd048ba9fe5404e1000773b6bb4b073e08bd5d95865.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T08:47:42 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | “Sixty-thousand migrants and refugees is not such a huge number,” Deputy Defense Minister Dimitris Vitsas told Skai TV Friday, saying that Greece could easily handle the volume of arrivals “if we didn’t... distribute them between only 200 of the country’s 354 municipalities.” | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211513%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fgreece-can-handle-volume-of-migrant-arrivals-minister-says.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/kos_web-thumb-large--2-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Greece can handle volume of migrant arrivals, minister says | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | “Sixty-thousand migrants and refugees is not such a huge number,” Deputy Defense Minister Dimitris Vitsas told Skai TV Friday, saying that Greece could easily handle the volume of arrivals “if we didn’t... distribute them between only 200 of the country’s 354 municipalities.”
Responding to criticism about conditions at... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211513/article/ekathimerini/news/greece-can-handle-volume-of-migrant-arrivals-minister-says | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/75c1b3c0747ef0eddaa6012e735d6958573c7aed9bd48a2c4db1a39226f12d0b.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T12:48:19 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | A 15-year-old boy stabbed a policeman in the northern Peloponnese town of Aigio in the early hours of Tuesday while trying to elude a check on the motorcycle he was riding, police said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211590%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fteenage-boy-stabs-policeman-during-street-patrol.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/peripolikoastynomia--3-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Teenage boy stabs policeman during street patrol | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | A 15-year-old boy stabbed a policeman in the northern Peloponnese town of Aigio in the early hours of Tuesday while trying to elude a check on the motorcycle he was riding, police said.
The officer was on patrol when he tried to stop the motorcycle because it did not have license plates and inquire as to the identity o... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211590/article/ekathimerini/news/teenage-boy-stabs-policeman-during-street-patrol | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/bda12dfc106eec17c0f282116d684286a879cd5d28671c6c51ec736f65d0284b.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:48:02 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greece said on Sunday the EU was “sleepwalking towards a cliff” by sticking to austerity rules that created huge inequalities among members, and it expected a debt relief deal for itself to be honored by end-2016 so that its economy could recover. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211546%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fgreek-pm-says-eu-sleepwalking-toward-cliff.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/tsipras_close_web-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Greek PM Says EU ‘sleepwalking toward cliff’ | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greece said on Sunday the EU was “sleepwalking towards a cliff” by sticking to austerity rules that created huge inequalities among members, and it expected a debt relief deal for itself to be honored by end-2016 so that its economy could recover.
Athens, facing a second bailout review entailing an unpopular loosening ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211546/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-pm-says-eu-sleepwalking-toward-cliff | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/6d0db34c16e0ca3d95fcc4895dec0b87643247a033f746d69904fde1b42914d6.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:48:32 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The European Central Bank cannot yet specify a timeline to include Greece in its 80-billion-euro ($89-billion) a month asset purchase program, ECB President Mario Draghi said in a letter to European lawmakers published on Wednesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211625%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fdraghi-ecb-has-no-set-timeline-to-include-greece-in-qe.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/draghi_topshot_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Draghi: ECB has no set timeline to include Greece in QE | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The European Central Bank cannot yet specify a timeline to include Greece in its 80-billion-euro ($89-billion) a month asset purchase program, ECB President Mario Draghi said in a letter to European lawmakers published on Wednesday.
Greece needs to pass an ECB debt sustainability analysis before it can be included but ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211625/article/ekathimerini/business/draghi-ecb-has-no-set-timeline-to-include-greece-in-qe | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/58f1d1260ffdf5c1687bd6a3927b9b9ee746a02d502e3f01f9d8aac307327883.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:47:26 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greek soccer champion Olympiakos was drawn Friday to play against Apoel Nicosia, Swiss club Young Boys and Astana of Kazakhstan in Group B of the Europa League group phase. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211528%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fsports%2Fpanathinaikos-lucks-out-in-europa-league-group-phase-draw.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/pao_soccer-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Panathinaikos lucks out in Europa League group phase draw | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greek soccer champion Olympiakos was drawn Friday to play against Apoel Nicosia, Swiss club Young Boys and Astana of Kazakhstan in Group B of the Europa League group phase.
Crosstown rivals Panathinaikos will face Ajax Amsterdam, Belgium’s Standard Liege and Spanish club Celta Vigo in Group G, while Thessaloniki’s PAOK... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211528/article/ekathimerini/sports/panathinaikos-lucks-out-in-europa-league-group-phase-draw | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/f5f60efe5835e9fe57c70f1e3d77328ffd67f812e68d4c4563f6169708d2af85.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:48:24 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Doctors in the northern port city of Thessaloniki were confident on Monday about the health of a baby girl, born on Sunday, who was found dumped by her 26-year-old mother in the ventilation shaft of an apartment building in the nearby town of Katerini. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211600%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fmother-leaves-baby-for-dead-in-katerini.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/police_car_web--4-thumb-large--5-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Mother leaves baby for dead in Katerini | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Doctors in the northern port city of Thessaloniki were confident on Monday about the health of a baby girl, born on Sunday, who was found dumped by her 26-year-old mother in the ventilation shaft of an apartment building in the nearby town of Katerini.
The woman, an Albanian national, gave birth in her first-floor apar... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211600/article/ekathimerini/news/mother-leaves-baby-for-dead-in-katerini | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/f6b5357a00eae5bfd3ad8226ac062f96e09f29028db17f1d7d80e24ea37c020a.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:47:16 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Continuing a series of disappointing sessions, the benchmark of the Greek stock exchange fell by 0.09 percent on Friday to 565.34 points while trading volume came in just below 25 million euros. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211505%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fathens-bourse-continues-to-fall-at-close-of-week.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/bourse-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Athens bourse continues to fall at close of week | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Continuing a series of disappointing sessions, the benchmark of the Greek stock exchange fell by 0.09 percent on Friday to 565.34 points while trading volume came in just below 25 million euros.
August’s final session next Wednesday could prompt foreign funds to restructure their portfolios in a bid to offset the avera... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211505/article/ekathimerini/business/athens-bourse-continues-to-fall-at-close-of-week | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/8f1222ae7af57225ceea32ef6148b2da786bff7adedca42b34d0453bdd69fd79.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:48:27 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Struggling supermarket chain Marinopoulos, rival and prospective buyer Sklavenitis, and the former’s creditor banks are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday for the creation of the new company that will undertake the Marinopoulos group under the ownership of Sklavenitis. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211614%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fsklavenitis-to-sign-deal-with-marinopoulos-and-lenders.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/marinopoulos_3_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Sklavenitis to sign deal with Marinopoulos and lenders | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Struggling supermarket chain Marinopoulos, rival and prospective buyer Sklavenitis, and the former’s creditor banks are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday for the creation of the new company that will undertake the Marinopoulos group under the ownership of Sklavenitis.
The MoU will consti... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211614/article/ekathimerini/business/sklavenitis-to-sign-deal-with-marinopoulos-and-lenders | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/25b513e255675f4bbc9fd8d68ff8ed3896aa90468b51df534a7b50308ee1d52f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:47:31 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The idea of public space as an interactive field for contemporary society is expected to be explored in Elefsina, west of Athens, in September, when the Hellenic Center for Arts in Public Space / Motus Terrae presents the “State of Em(u)rgence” project as part of the town’s Aeschylia Festival. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211478%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Flife%2Ffrom-the-sky-to-the-ground-exploring-public-space-in-elefsina.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/motus-terrae_elefsina-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | From the sky to the ground: Exploring public space in Elefsina | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | [Nicoleta Contouli]
The idea of public space as an interactive field for contemporary society is expected to be explored in Elefsina, west of Athens, in September, when the Hellenic Center for Arts in Public Space / Motus Terrae presents the “State of Em(u)rgence” project as part of the town’s Aeschylia Festival.
The p... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211478/article/ekathimerini/life/from-the-sky-to-the-ground-exploring-public-space-in-elefsina | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/c58e594054f0e533029c6d449567deac7f91a5b6367e13ae32c4fac215b6ab03.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T08:47:38 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Two major fires engulfed forested areas in the northern part of the island of Chios Friday – barely a month after a blaze burnt large tracts of mastic tree plantations in the island’s southern part – injuring four people in the village of Sidirounta, which was evacuated. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211529%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Ffour-injured-in-large-fires-on-island-of-chios.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/chios-island-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Four injured in large fires on island of Chios | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Two major fires engulfed forested areas in the northern part of the island of Chios Friday – barely a month after a blaze burnt large tracts of mastic tree plantations in the island’s southern part – injuring four people in the village of Sidirounta, which was evacuated.
According to reports, one fire broke out between... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211529/article/ekathimerini/news/four-injured-in-large-fires-on-island-of-chios | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/a9b7db8757392c5acde8c3e61412eba4b0a29b2fbed0cbc5fca17af2a1f6001f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:47:25 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Customs officials at the Kipoi border crossing in Evros confiscated 7.5 kilos of heroin found concealed in a bus traveling from Turkey, authorities said Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211524%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fin-images%2Fcustoms-officials-confiscate-75-kilos-of-heroin-concealed-in-bus.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/police_countryside_web--3-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Customs officials confiscate 7.5 kilos of heroin concealed in bus | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Customs officials at the Kipoi border crossing in Evros confiscated 7.5 kilos of heroin found concealed in a bus traveling from Turkey, authorities said Friday.
A prosecutor was expected to launch an investigation. | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211524/article/ekathimerini/in-images/customs-officials-confiscate-75-kilos-of-heroin-concealed-in-bus | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/6a38c2770a11faadad4dc122b812b44abcdfce2ff34e80c06b96b3bcc881fc2b.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T08:47:41 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Around one in four euros of the first installment of income tax has not been paid due to the significant drop in their net salaries as a result of increased taxation. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211520%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fone-in-4-euros-unpaid-in-first-income-tax-installments.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/eurokatametrisi-thumb-large-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | One in 4 euros unpaid in first income tax installments | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Around one in four euros of the first installment of income tax has not been paid due to the significant drop in their net salaries as a result of increased taxation.
According to data from the Ministry of Finance, an estimated 272 million euros in taxes has yet to be paid.
This development has resulted in a tax revenu... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211520/article/ekathimerini/business/one-in-4-euros-unpaid-in-first-income-tax-installments | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/6c2e30d4734c28f78c85216cab3f70df93daf6d44cd639c5165a2e9fc150e4c4.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:48:00 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Sunday met with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, on the island of Crete in what was the head Turkish diplomat’s first visit to a European Union country following a failed coup in July. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211547%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fgreek-fm-welcomes-turkish-counterpart-on-crete.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/kotziastsavousoglou-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Greek FM welcomes Turkish counterpart on Crete | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Sunday met with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, on the island of Crete in what was the head Turkish diplomat’s first visit to a European Union country following a failed coup in July.
Talks between Kotzias and Cavusoglu were expected to focus on Greek-Turkish ties, par... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211547/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-fm-welcomes-turkish-counterpart-on-crete | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/d54b1ec0f057bdf0c2bd1b7451c9785c3abca0c0094e074a8d06ceb9b15fb4fb.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:48:31 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Greece’s leftist-led government either cannot or does not want to impose law and order. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211609%2Fopinion%2Fekathimerini%2Fcomment%2Flawlessness-on-the-rise.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/garnish/no-author.png | en | null | Lawlessness on the rise | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greece’s leftist-led government either cannot or does not want to impose law and order. As shown by the attack on the Athens traffic police chief late Monday, cases of lawlessness are becoming increasingly frequent.
The absence of any strong political will is feeding the insolence of violent elements. The situation wil... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211609/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/lawlessness-on-the-rise | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/6e4715beb1ebc523c6ba0bb5ad76e875dea8578226bb23de16535f2feb335c8a.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:48:34 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The attack by a group of unknown assailants on Athens traffic police chief Giorgos Diamantopoulos in downtown Athens on Monday evening is yet another reflection of the government’s inability to secure public safety, New Democracy charged on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211611%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fnd-leader-castigates-coalition-for-tolerating-lawlessness-after-traffic-police-chief-is-assaulted.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/police_car-thumb-large--4-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | ND leader castigates coalition for tolerating lawlessness after traffic police chief is assaulted | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The attack by a group of unknown assailants on Athens traffic police chief Giorgos Diamantopoulos in downtown Athens on Monday evening is yet another reflection of the government’s inability to secure public safety, New Democracy charged on Tuesday.
In the aftermath of the attack, when at least 10 people repeatedly pun... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211611/article/ekathimerini/news/nd-leader-castigates-coalition-for-tolerating-lawlessness-after-traffic-police-chief-is-assaulted | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/ad4c9dab15e2d1d5171c05cc259f33d693a3d283f45bdfb75eced6f11dfe16e4.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:47:31 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | An 4.1 magnitude quake with its epicenter in the sea between the islands of Evia and Skyros rattled surrounding areas and was felt as far as Athens on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211523%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Flight-tremor-hits-evia-skyros.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/quake-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Light tremor hits Evia, Skyros | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | An 4.1 magnitude quake with its epicenter in the sea between the islands of Evia and Skyros rattled surrounding areas and was felt as far as Athens on Friday.
According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the temblor took place at 4.37 p.m., while its exact epicenter was 39 kilometers south of Skyros and 96 km northeas... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211523/article/ekathimerini/news/light-tremor-hits-evia-skyros | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/1a0195e4331f59b4e84d977d989a00e9cda3ec5831d63fca2b868093dda96833.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T12:48:10 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greece’s Finance Minister Euclic Tsakalotos, Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis and Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis were expected to meet with EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici in Brussels on Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211554%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Ftsakalotos-to-meet-moscovici-in-brussels.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/moscovici_tsakalotos_web-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Tsakalotos to meet Moscovici in Brussels | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greece’s Finance Minister Euclic Tsakalotos, Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis and Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis were expected to meet with EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici in Brussels on Monday to discuss a new round of negotiations between Greece and its partners and lenders regarding the implement... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211554/article/ekathimerini/business/tsakalotos-to-meet-moscovici-in-brussels | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/e50f7a81a39b9a3247e0cb4dcd68da67fb39236daa11d62e8a6a7ec5a7389947.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:48:34 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will travel to Potsdam, Germany, to attend Thursday’s informal OSCE foreign ministers’ meeting to discuss common challenges in the OSCE region. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211620%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fkotzias-to-attend-osce-meeting-in-potsdam.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/kotzias_web--3-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Kotzias to attend OSCE meeting in Potsdam | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will travel to Potsdam, Germany, to attend Thursday’s informal OSCE foreign ministers’ meeting to discuss common challenges in the OSCE region.
Talks are expected to focus on possible solutions to the Ukrainian crisis, combating terrorism, migration and arms control.
Kotzias is also... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211620/article/ekathimerini/news/kotzias-to-attend-osce-meeting-in-potsdam | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/7ee5e730922943744466c0fe42f4b16818e6586e34125951ed321173056e12cf.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:48:14 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | New measures are being proposed for banks to take control of businesses when their borrowing exceeds acceptable levels as a means of accelerating the restructuring of firms. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211530%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fnew-strategy-proposed-for-over-indebted-company-overhauls.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/closed_shops-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | New strategy proposed for over-indebted company overhauls | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | New measures are being proposed for banks to take control of businesses when their borrowing exceeds acceptable levels as a means of accelerating the restructuring of firms.
The measures, already implemented or under debate in larger economies such as those of the UK, Germany, France or Spain, are being proposed in ord... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211530/article/ekathimerini/business/new-strategy-proposed-for-over-indebted-company-overhauls | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/43d0ae5a8d7681fa215af80ee888d487ac289744f323bb4e11bfafdaaa8103a9.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T12:48:22 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | State Minister Nikos Pappas on Tuesday called on opposition New Democracy to take a public stand recognizing the results of a tender for four broadcasting licenses that began earlier in the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211589%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fstate-minister-calls-on-nd-to-acknowledge-tv-license-tender.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/pappas-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | State minister calls on ND to acknowledge TV license tender | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | State Minister Nikos Pappas on Tuesday called on opposition New Democracy to take a public stand recognizing the results of a tender for four broadcasting licenses that began earlier in the day.
Addressing Parliament, Pappas said “New Democracy has a duty to change its position today,” in reference to criticism from th... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211589/article/ekathimerini/news/state-minister-calls-on-nd-to-acknowledge-tv-license-tender | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/44591d69b6b577d419e5a02a8f699003194b8585bee2aad66e0f903d369ed006.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:48:34 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged on Wednesday that if he becomes prime minister he will scrap a special consumption tax on wine introduced at the beginning of the year. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211624%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fnd-leader-pledges-to-scrap-wine-tax-if-he-becomes-pm.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/mitsotakis_web--3-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | ND leader pledges to scrap wine tax if he becomes PM | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged on Wednesday that if he becomes prime minister he will scrap a special consumption tax on wine introduced at the beginning of the year.
After a meeting with local producers at Nemea, in the Peloponnese, Mitsotakis said that the implementation of the tax by the ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211624/article/ekathimerini/news/nd-leader-pledges-to-scrap-wine-tax-if-he-becomes-pm | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/1751249f643dd8c83f32e0ef0d374cd7c25c860d93bb1a9ae0335454e14fd43d.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T14:47:39 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Police in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, have arrested a 32-year-old Afghan national who allegedly attempted to smuggle 12 migrants – including four minors – out of the country. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211537%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fsuspected-migrant-smuggler-nabbed-in-thessaloniki.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/leaving_turkey_web-thumb-large-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Suspected migrant smuggler nabbed in Thessaloniki | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Police in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, have arrested a 32-year-old Afghan national who allegedly attempted to smuggle 12 migrants – including four minors – out of the country.
The suspect, who is believed to be a member of a human smuggling ring, faces charges of facilitating the illegal departure of foreign national... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211537/article/ekathimerini/news/suspected-migrant-smuggler-nabbed-in-thessaloniki | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/c99afee556269b1dff1bb406cc730c3be39ccc6eefaf1f19bab903538e395cef.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:48:33 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | More than 5,300 migrants are currently sheltered on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, according to fresh figures from the government’s coordinating agency for the refugee crisis. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211621%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fmore-than-5300-migrants-sheltered-on-lesvos.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/migrants_lesvos_web--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | More than 5,300 migrants sheltered on Lesvos | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | More than 5,300 migrants are currently sheltered on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, according to fresh figures from the government’s coordinating agency for the refugee crisis.
According to the data, 89 migrants and refugees arrived on the island over the past 24 hours, raising the total number to 5,307.
Existing ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211621/article/ekathimerini/news/more-than-5300-migrants-sheltered-on-lesvos | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/bbada241a87c5c83f643940b4cbf936804cabab8baa22208b2167e6c0dd7e616.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T10:48:21 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The Greek tax system is “not fair or proportionate,” Alternate Finance Ministry Tryfon Alexiadis said in a radio interview on Tuesday, pledging changes to the way Greeks are taxed. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211587%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Ftax-system-not-fair-finance-alternate-admits.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/alexiadis-thumb-large--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Tax system ‘not fair,’ finance alternate admits | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The Greek tax system is “not fair or proportionate,” Alternate Finance Ministry Tryfon Alexiadis said in a radio interview on Tuesday, pledging changes to the way Greeks are taxed.
Speaking on Sto Kokkino radio, Alexiadis said “we are trying to make those changes that will render the tax system more just and effective,... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211587/article/ekathimerini/business/tax-system-not-fair-finance-alternate-admits | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/efa60353d02ffd468589260b7ed78a86f20e3cc6a0dc19f733ef3b3ac6ee3b97.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:48:31 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | A 54-year-old taxi driver was arrested Monday after it was found during a check by police in Athens that the meter of the cab had been tampered with. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211596%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fcabbie-arrested-for-tampering-with-meter.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/police_logo_web-thumb-large--6-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Cabbie arrested for tampering with meter | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | A 54-year-old taxi driver was arrested Monday after it was found during a check by police in Athens that the meter of the cab had been tampered with.
The check was conducted by traffic police at the Liosion intercity bus station.
The suspect had allegedly rigged the machine so the fare displayed on the meter could be c... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211596/article/ekathimerini/news/cabbie-arrested-for-tampering-with-meter | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/cdf4bdc7257c879217d6c82b9b9b8191cbdc7a21c9b651059f20f6d46e815758.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:48:23 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Greece’s largest lender Piraeus Bank turned profitable in the second quarter of the year, helped by lower provisions for impaired loans, while rival Alpha Bank extended its loss on higher bad credit charges. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211599%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fpiraeus-turns-profitable-as-alpha-extends-losses.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/piraeus_bank_web-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Piraeus turns profitable as Alpha extends losses | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Greece’s largest lender Piraeus Bank turned profitable in the second quarter of the year, helped by lower provisions for impaired loans, while rival Alpha Bank extended its loss on higher bad credit charges.
Piraeus, which is 26.2 percent owned by the country’s bank rescue fund HFSF after its recapitalization late last... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211599/article/ekathimerini/business/piraeus-turns-profitable-as-alpha-extends-losses | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/b46a79a01c91ad2bc9dae671bdddbd166a7d82dbff3b1af7a605ee8e928fe440.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:47:19 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | The final week of August painted a difficult picture for investors on the Athens Stock Exchange thanks to low trading volumes making even so-called blue chip stocks unattractive. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211518%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fbusiness%2Fathex-ends-week-on-a-negative-note.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/stockexchange2_web-thumb-large--2-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | ATHEX ends week on a negative note | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | The final week of August painted a difficult picture for investors on the Athens Stock Exchange thanks to low trading volumes making even so-called blue chip stocks unattractive.
On Monday the general index strengthened 0.84 percent to 566.01 points. The value of transactions remained low and came to 21.34 million euro... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211518/article/ekathimerini/business/athex-ends-week-on-a-negative-note | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/d8a426546a33c033166e774a305460f80833bc5b79c559e5b262fbb38e0334a6.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T12:48:09 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | Former England defender Joleon Lescott has joined AEK Athens on a two-year contract, the Greek Super League club announced Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211553%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fsports%2Flescott-joins-aek.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/lescott_aek-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Lescott joins AEK | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | Former England defender Joleon Lescott has joined AEK Athens on a two-year contract, the Greek Super League club announced Monday.
Lescott, 34, last season played for Aston Villa but had not played for the Championship side yet this season. The Greek club did not say whether a transfer fee was paid.
“Certainly I want t... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211553/article/ekathimerini/sports/lescott-joins-aek | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/d902012216c1d6ed3868d8fb53ce0abe067d236d35d590b7c4ea26ee6b75f42c.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T06:48:17 | null | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | In an interview with Kathimerini published on Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has warned the EU that if it doesn’t grant Turkish citizens via-free travel to Europe by October “at the latest.” | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ekathimerini.com%2F211573%2Farticle%2Fekathimerini%2Fnews%2Fturkish-fm-warns-migrant-pact-will-collapse-unless-eu-meets-committments.json | http://www.ekathimerini.com/resources/2016-08/cavusoglu_kotzias-thumb-large.jpg | en | null | Turkish FM warns migrant pact will collapse unless EU meets committments | null | null | www.ekathimerini.com | In an interview with Kathimerini published on Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has warned the EU that if it doesn’t grant Turkish citizens via-free travel to Europe by October “at the latest,” then Ankara will not continue implementing a deal struck in March with Brussels to stem the flow of migrants ... | http://www.ekathimerini.com/211573/article/ekathimerini/news/turkish-fm-warns-migrant-pact-will-collapse-unless-eu-meets-committments | en | 2016-08-06T00:00:00 | www.ekathimerini.com/b897761d79f3d728553452ab274fa31bd7d237f9d8feafb5309dc3cf4e67f5dd.json |
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