News archive of July 2014

Attacks on public buses by stone-throwing youths are becoming increasingly frequent, particularly in the run-down northern and western suburbs of Athens, according to staff at the state-run company that manages Attica’s buses and trolley buses, OSY.

Increased US exports of liquefied petroleum gas amid higher shale oil production will boost demand for ships that carry gases such as propane, butanes and ethane, Paris Kasidokostas-Latsis, director at Athens-headquartered Latsco Shipping Ltd, said.

Deposits in Cyprus remained relatively stable in May, European Central Bank data showed on Monday.

Private sector deposits at Cypriot banks fell by 0.1 percent to 34.303 billion euros from the previous month, data showed.

The deposits are about 32 percent below their peak of 50.5 billion euros in May 2012.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has launched a charm offensive aimed at winning the confidence of Kurdish voters after being installed on July 1 as the ruling party’s presidential candidate.

The dean’s office at the prestigious Athens Law School on Tuesday expressed “extreme displeasure” at the fact that the faculty was used last Friday to host the presentation of a controversial book by the convicted hit man of the defunct November 17 terrorist organization, Dimitris Koufodinas.

The Council of State has approved the government’s decision to construct a mosque in the central Athens neighborhood of Votanikos.

The state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency reported on Tuesday that a plenary session of Greece’s highest administrative court led to the 1.1-million-euro project, which has been dogged by numerous delays, being given the green light.

Private medical clinics said on Tuesday that they would stop working with the National Organization for Healthcare Provision (EOPYY) from Thursday due to a dispute over charges.

The association representing the clinics said it would appeal EOPYY’s decision to demand rebates and to enforce a clawback policy.

A total of 71 people of have been arrested on Crete since Saturday as police cracked down on offenses linked to the tourism sector.

A number of the arrests were connected to the sale of counterfeit goods, including sunglasses and bags, but officers also recorded 350 offenses linked to the renting and use of quad bikes and another 168 that had to do with sanitary checks.

A total of 160 million euros in European Union and state funding has been set aside for some 68,000 children from low-income families to attend kindergartens and creches for free from September, Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis said on Tuesday.

Police in Larissa, central Greece, on Tuesday released the name and photograph of a 71-year-old man, Giorgos Parisis, alleged to have photographed minors changing into their swimming suits in the bleachers next to a local swimming pool and facing charges of trading in child pornography.