Italy

The President of Democracy Karolos Papoulias is currently on an official visit to Italy and is scheduled today to meet with the head of the Catholic Church...

The deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitris Kourkoulas commented on the government’s actions regarding the safe destruction of Syria’s chemical arsenal in order to avoid causing any damage near Crete. Mr. Kourkoulas commented that the discussions with the Italian government and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) regarding the destruction of Syria’s chemical […]

The government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos has responded to comments made by the SPD president, Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finances Sigmar Gabriel, who claimed that Greece is badly organized state and only managed to join the Euro in 2001 thanks to falsified divs. Mr. Venizelos stated that “Greece is state with problems just like […]

The Hellenic Coast Guard reported that a boat carrying 120 immigrants which was located in international waters on Monday afternoon, about 110 nautical miles south southwest of Pylos, has entered Italian waters. According to the report, the boat captain refused assistance from the Coast Guard and was monitored by a nearby Danish merchant vessel, which […]

According to the latest data published by European statistics authority Eurostat, the public debt of Greece during the first semester of 2013 was estimated to be 160.5% of GDP and rose to 169.1% in the second semester of the year. Greece has the highest debt rate in the EU, followed by Italy (133.3%), Portugal (131.3%) […]

According to the latest Eurostat divs regarding unemployment, the rate of unemployment remained table at 12% in September, despite the optimism of a gradual exit from the crisis. The data indicates that unemployment in Germany increased by about 25,000, for a total of 2.975 million unemployed with an overall 6.9% rate. Based on non-adjusted seasonal […]

Government vice president Venizelos and Italian Prime Minister Leta have agreed to begin negotiations for establishing an EEZ and other marine zones between Greece and Italy. According to a report from Ta Nea, the ultimate goal of Athens and Rome is to highlight the Mediterranean and maritime perspectives of the European south. The two countries […]

The Greek adventure at the 2013 EuroBasket in Slovenia looks like it is going to come to an abrupt end, after the national team lost 73-65 to hosts Slovenia on Saturday. Andrea Trinchieri’s squad had a nightmare start and was trailing 27-43 in the first half of the game. The Greek team managed to balance […]

The Greek basketball team managed to emphatically overcome the loss of Vasilis Spanoulis to a sprained ankle for the group stage game against the Turkish national team (84-61), but fell short against the enthusiastic Italian team (72-81). On Saturday Greek center Yannis Bourousis celebrated 100 caps with the national team against Turkey with an impressive […]