Press Review February 7
The government partially backs down on tax requirements for farmers; troika auditors put the primary budget surplus under the microscope; the government is not providing earthquake-hit Kefalonia residents with meaningful…
The government partially backs down on tax requirements for farmers; troika auditors put the primary budget surplus under the microscope; the government is not providing earthquake-hit Kefalonia residents with meaningful…
When the earth started to shake in Kefalonia last week, it couldn’t help but reawaken memories of the catastrophic earthquake that levelled most of the island in 1953, killing 800…
According to information obtained by ThePressProject, SYRIZA will withdraw the candidacy of Theodoros Karipidis for the position of Regional Governor of Western Macedonia in the upcoming local elections in May.…
Residents of Kefalonia hit by the earthquake describe their terror; SYRIZA thrown into disarray over municipal elections candidate; the HFSF accuses the troika of damaging delays over the bank stress…
Images from Kefalonia show the destruction left in the aftermath of the second powerful earthquake to hit the island in a week. A 5.7 Richter tremor struck the island in…
A tongue in cheek TV commercial for the Athenian natural gas provider has been subjected to a not-so-subtle process of censorship. Playful references to the troika and Greece’s current tribulations…
Questions have been raised over SYRIZA’s choice of candidate for the position of Regional Governor of Western Macedonia. Theodoros Karipidis is a journalist from the town of Kozani who, according…
Reza Moghadam, Director of the European Department of the IMF, blames Europe’s leaders for making the crisis worse in 2010 by not acting quickly and decisively. With regards to Greece…
An SOS from Kefalonia as residents fear new earthquakes (photo tweeted by @kgmar); Greece left with €20 billion hole as the ECB refuses to extend maturity of Greek bonds; A…
The EU’s foreign ministers are due to vote on a proposal for the approval of a genetically modified strain of corn created by the American company Pioneer DuPont.