The Best of GRReporter
flag_bg flag_gr flag_gb

Archive - Feb 2016

Date
  • All
  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec

February 9th

Plato’s "Republic", the most frequently assigned book at the leading US universities

09 February 2016 / 16:02:46  
As shown by the study of the educational website Open Syllabus Explorer.


A Bulgarian truck driver apprehended at the blockade near Promachonas

09 February 2016 / 11:02:07  
Four drivers of TIR trucks with Bulgarian registration plates broke through the farmers’ blockade of the border at Promachonas and continued their trip to Bulgaria last night.


February 8th

The Greek art on a visit to Venice

08 February 2016 / 19:02:29  
Greek artists are taking part in the Open Art Code Group exhibition.


Cigarette smuggling burns down the Greek economy

08 February 2016 / 18:02:34  
The Greek economy looses 670 million euro per year from cigarette smuggling. The situation with alcohol and fuel smuggling is similar as Greece looses 200 million euro from tsipouro smuggling and the same sum due to the illegal fuel trade.


The Athens Stock Exchange collapses

08 February 2016 / 14:02:06  
The spread between the 10-year Greek government bonds and their German equivalent today rose to 940 basis points. By comparison, last Friday it was 914 basis points.


Greece is preparing to put into operation the detention centres for illegal migrants

08 February 2016 / 11:02:56  
The public reactions against the establishment of reception and registration centres are intensifying. Macedonia is placing a second wire fence along its border with Greece, more than 5,000 refugees are in distress near Idomeni.


February 5th

The Interior Ministers of Germany and France on a visit to Athens

05 February 2016 / 18:02:41  
Thomas de Maizière and Bernard Cazeneuve met with the Greek Prime Minister to explore the options to help Greece cope with the influx of migrants to the islands.