Athens Informer

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was scheduled to hold talks with troika officials at 6 p.m. on Tuesday in a bid to settle a number of outstanding issues ahead of a Eurogroup meeting of European Union finance ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday. Representat… … Full News here – Latest News

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New Democracy is 2 percent ahead of SYRIZA, according to the latest Public Issue opinion poll for Kathimerini and Skai. The survey conducted earlier this month puts the conservatives on 29.5 percent and SYRIZA on 27.5 percent. Golden Dawn is on 11.5… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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canceled out any political benefits from the move. But what’s done is done. The question is, where do we move from here? One scenario is that the three coalition partners will reach some form of compromise on Monday. Brussels and other key governments… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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A compromise between the three parties that make up Greece’s coalition was being sought yesterday after New Democracy clashed with PASOK and Democratic Left over the closing down of public broadcaster ERT, a dispute that has put the government’s… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Following an official trip to Finland, where Greece’s reform efforts were discussed in the light of an International Monetary Fund report admitting to serious errors in the country’s foreign bailout, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is due to meet with advi… … Full News here – Latest News

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The government is on Monday to start issuing civil mobilization orders to secondary school teachers who have called a strike for May 17, the first day of university entrance examinations, to force them back to work and ensure the exams go ahead. Prime Min… … Full News here – Latest News

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The American Jewish Committee has slammed Golden Dawn for its «bigoted, xenophobic worldview» after the party posted a message on its website criticizing Prime Minister Antonis Samaras for attending AJC’s Global Forum later this month. The statement on th… … Full News here – Latest News

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Magistrates investigating former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, who is to stand trial with 18 other suspects on April 22, have found that the ex-PASOK veteran passed on some of the bribes he allegedly received in cash, rather than transferring all… … Full News here – Latest News

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State privatization fund TAIPED has picked up the pace as the arrival of the troika approaches. The tenders for the two groups of regional airports were announced late on Monday while the sale of four state properties outside of Greece is set to be… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Up until a short while ago, Skotino in the prefecture of Iraklio on Crete was known mainly for the cave that lent its name to the village, yet recently people have been talking about it for an entirely different reason following a report in local media… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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The big merger of National Bank of Greece and Eurobank Ergasias is set to proceed as planned, National’s chief executive officer Alexandros Tourkolias stressed on Monday. In response to questions regarding the reported resistance of Greece’s international… … Full News here – Latest News

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Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met with Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras yesterday as the government tries to wrap up several loose ends regarding structural reforms ahead of the troika’s return to Athens, which is scheduled for April 3 or… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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what it would mean to the West if Greece was allowed to become a failed state and the kind of danger lurking for everyone involved if extremist powers were to prevail. And fourthly, those aware of Europe’s inner workings agree that the country’s… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Olympiakos edged closer to clinching the top spot of the league’s regular season by beating visiting Ikaros Kallitheas, while Panathinaikos and Panionios remained tied in second two points adrift. Ikaros posed no real threat to Olympiakos at the Peace and… … Full News here – Latest News

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A hotel in the village of Imerovigli, perched on the brow of the caldera on the popular southeastern Aegean island of Santorini ranked top among the 10 most romantic small hotels in the world in the Travelers’ Choice Awards conducted by travel website Tri… … Full News here – Latest News

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