Back to drawing board after creditors reject Greek VAT proposals
ANA-MPA — The government is rethinking its proposals for revising Greece’s VAT charges to something closer to the existing system, after the idea of introducing […]
Month: May 2015
Greek state hospital staff go on strike over staffing, pay
(AP) — Doctors, nurses and ambulance staff from Greece’s state-run hospitals and health centers have started a 24-hour strike protesting understaffing and underfunding and demanding […]
Chania Day in New Zealand – Wellington mayor honours New Zealand’s Crete connection
(Scoop News NZ) Today, Wellington City Mayor Celia Wade-Brown has honoured the Capital’s close connections with the Greek community at a wreath-laying service for the […]
Australian Mint commemorated Battle of Crete in enduring pieces
The Royal Australian Mint has released two exquisitely designed collectable coins, to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the battles of Crete and Greece. The release […]
Crisis, weaker euro, make Greece ideal destination for British – Daily Mail
(Daily Mail) Greece’s financial instability shouldn’t discourage British potential visitors to the troubled nation – in fact, the weak Euro could make those travelling on […]
Varoufakis: To achieve an agreement, Greece and EU partners must accept some realities
(ANA – MPA / Star News) For the ongoing negotiation between Greece and its EU lenders requires that both sides accept some realities, Greek Finance […]
Cluster of small earthquakes hit South Crete
A cluster of small earthquakes hit the south of Crete on Monday evening. Two of the tremors (4.4R at 20:41 and 4.0R at 23:14) were […]
Greece under siege – the strategy of financial strangulation to force a government surrender instead of Grexit
(The Guardian comment – by Anatole Kaletsky ) Since coming to power in January, the Greek government, led by the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras’s Syriza […]
Greece: Europe’s last-ditch effort to keep it in euro?
(Paul Mason blog Channel 4) After a weekend of leak and counter-leak, in which we learned Greece cannot make critical payments to its lenders due […]
Gabriel: A Greek exit would be highly dangerous economically and politically
(Reuters) German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel warned the Greek government that Greece could only get further funds if it carried out reforms in a German […]
Daewoo Shipbuilding wins new oil tanker deal from Greece
(Yonhap News Agency) South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said Monday it has signed a deal to build two oil tankers for […]
Athens rejects reports tourists in Greece will ‘face problems’
( ANA-MPA) Greece’s Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura on Saturday rejected press reports alleging that holidaymakers arriving in the country will face many difficulties, including […]
Forestry re issues restrictions on picking wild herbs to prevent extinction
Last week the forestry service of Chania issued another notice reminding the public of the restrictions placed on gathering wild herbs. The order, originally issued […]
Corfu deaths: Thomas Cook “received £3.5m payout” for loss of profits
Thomas Cook confirmed it received compensation from the Greek hotel where two children were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. The travel company has not revealed […]
4.4 earthquake 106 KM south east of Agios Nikolaos
Another earthquake was felt in Eastern Crete at 7:08 this morning. It registered 4.4R with its epicentre 106 km SE of Agios Nikolaos and with […]