Kos holidaymakers buy supplies for Syrian refugees
BBC — A Manchester woman holidaying on the Greek island of Kos has turned the trip into a humanitarian mission. Niamh McGarry Gribbon and her […]
Month: September 2015
Three mental health patients die in fire at Athens Psychiatric Hospital
Three people were killed on Friday afternoon during a fire that broke out at the ground floor of Dafni Psychiatric Hospital in Athens, Greece. The three deceased […]
Foreign ministry says surprised by Hungarian PM’s criticism of Greece
ANA – MPA — Greece’s foreign ministry sources criticized on Friday statements by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban who accused Greece for the refugee crisis […]
Tsipras: ‘Greeks must vote either for return of oligarhy or path towards future’
ANA – MPA — SYRIZA needs a strong mandate by the Greek people to face the crucial problems facing the country, party leader Alexis Tsipras […]
You can vote for any government you want – This man will run your country
Dutch commissar Maarten Verwey will be the head of the Task Force for Greece and will have direct access to the Prime Minister’s office, says […]
German firm tried to reach deal on arms bribes in July
e-kathimerini– Representatives from German giant Rheinmetall met with Greek Defense Ministry officials at the end of July to discuss the possibility of an out-of-court settlement […]
Mini September heatwave in Crete this weekend
A mini heatwave in Crete this weekend will see temperatures reaching 38 to 39 Celcius – that is considerably higher than the 30 to 31 […]
Use of plastic money soars in Greece
ANA-MPA — Use of plastic money in the retail commerce has almost tripled since the imposition of capital controls in the country, with credit institutions […]
Driver dies after car falls down 50 metre cliff in Rethymnon
A 25 year old man from Rethymno died after driving off a cliff, in the area of Tria Monastiria near the taverna Koryfi around 10 pm […]
Fly over the last European leper colony of Spinalonga -VIDEO
Watch the fly over video of the island of Spinalonga by Nikita Ivanov. The island is located in the Gulf of Elounda in north-eastern Crete. Originally, Spinalonga was […]
Varoufakis: Democratizing the Eurozone
Project Syndicate — Like Macbeth, policymakers tend to commit new sins to cover up their old misdemeanors. And political systems prove their worth by how […]
Weapons on board Haddad 1 may have been aimed at the Cretan market
New theories are beginning to emerge about the cargo of the Bolivian flagged Haddad 1 which is impounded in the port of Heraklion. The 1976 […]
Fading support for Tsipras “puts emergency bailout at risk”
Foreign Policy — Greece’s conservative New Democracy party has overtaken former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in pre-election polls for the first time, raising new questions […]
Greek cheeses are enjoying a resurgence in the UK
A London-based Greek entrepreneur that supplies foods such as Feta cheese and olives to most of the major supermarkets says the ongoing Greece crisis has […]
Boy vanishes from Athens hospital after fatal accident
An Amber Alert was issued on Tuesday following the disappearance of an 11-year-old boy, known simply as Dionysis T, from the Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital […]