Top ten things you can do in Crete
Daily Express Travel The raw beauty of the Samaria Gorge, supposedly the longest canyon in Europe, is simply not to be missed. Passing through sheer […]
Month: January 2016
Why some Greek pensioners may have to forage to survive
BBC Magazine — Wild greens known as “horta” have been a staple of the Cretan diet since Minoan times, but with Greece’s rapidly worsening economic […]
Petrol bombs thrown outside Greek minister’s house
euronews — A group of unknown assailants threw makeshift petrol bombs outside the house of a Greek minister in central Athens early on Saturday, causing […]
Cosco aims to transform Piraeus into a key holiday cruise port
eKathimerini — Cosco Pacific is pushing for the inclusion of Piraeus in the plans of all major international cruise groups, and for its use as […]
Greece’s international lenders to start bailout review on Monday
Reuters — Greece’s lenders will start a review on Monday of what progress the country has made in implementing the economic reforms agreed under its […]
Greece football protest: Players sit on the pitch after kick-off
BBC Sport — Footballers in Greece staged a sit-in protest at the start of a game over the death toll of migrants trying to reach […]
Police arrest Chania teenager for setting fire to dustbins
A teenager was arrested in Chania last night while setting fire on a municipal dustbin in Sfakianaki in the centre of town. Setting dustbins on […]
National road closures for the weekend
The leader of Chania farmers Sofoklis Tsourounakis called his members to turn up at the road blocks and support the farmer’s protests . However the […]
Forty percent of Germans say Merkel should resign over refugee policy
Reuters — Forty percent of Germans want Chancellor Angela Merkel to resign over her refugee policy, a poll showed on Friday, in a sign of […]
Iran and France cancel diplomatic lunch after French refuse to take wine off the menu
The Independent — A lunch between the French and Iranian presidents in Paris has been scrapped after the hosts refused to take wine off the […]
Theo Francken denies asking Greece to push back migrants
“During the informal JHA council on 25 January 2016 in Amsterdam, the European migration ministers had an open and informal lunch discussion on the current migration […]
FT: Greece cannot become a holding pen for migrants
Europe’s Schengen system permitting passport-free travel across 26 countries is on the brink of collapse. Following the arrival of 1.8m refugees on the continent last […]
Bodies of 31 migrants recovered off coasts of Italy and Greece
The Guardian — A bout of mild weather brought more tragedy off the coasts of Italy and Greece on Thursday when at least 31 people […]
Police use tear gas and stun grenades against farmers in Thessaloniki
Sputnik – An estimated 1,500 to 2,000 farmers tried to break through a police cordon around the Thessaloniki Agrotica exhibition on Thursday. Earlier, the farmers declared that they wanted to open […]
Dutch discussing plan to ferry refugees back to Turkey: party leader
Reuters — Senior Dutch government officials are discussing a plan to ferry refugees arriving in Greece back to Turkey to stem the flow of migrants […]