Cargo ship carrying guns and explosives held at Souda
Hellenic Coast Guard on Sunday intercepted and carried out a search on the Togo flagged general cargo vessel TRADER (also by the name of KUKI […]
Month: February 2016
The agreement we signed is our limit, says gov’t vice president Dragasakis
ANA-MPA — “We will not talk about additional cuts in pensions or additional measures. The agreement we have signed is our limit and we are following it” […]
Turkey raises anti-smuggling steps but faces uphill struggle
AP — Turkey all but turned a blind eye last year as more than 850,000 people, most of them Syrians, slipped into Greece from Turkey […]
Angela Merkel: Europe cannot allow Greece to slide into chaos
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said on Sunday that the EU cannot allow Greece, a country bailed out from its huge debt crisis, to plunge […]
Port officials seize more than 370,000 packets of contraband cigarettes
Port authorities at Igoumenitsa, northwestern Greece, have seized more than 370,000 packets of contraband cigarettes that were hidden in a consignment of fish. Officials said […]
ND leader hints at alliance during speech at Potami congress
eKathimerini — New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis issued a call for unity among key opposition parties on Saturday as he told the audience at centrist […]
Drop in early holiday reservations in eastern Aegean islands -“Govmt must act”
Greece‘s tourism is facing a threat, as significant cancellations in reservations are occurring in touristic destinations where there are refugee and migrant flows. Association of […]
Schaeuble: “Greece is receiving a lot of solidarity from Germany but not from all the others.”
Bloomberg — German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble hinted his country is willing to allow Greece some leeway as it struggles with the twins tasks of […]
In or Out, here’s 100,000 reasons why the EU is broken
Mail on Sunday — Victoria Square, which took its name from the British Queen who handed Greece back its Ionian islands, was once a haven […]
IMF insists Greece should ‘keep its surplus promises’ – no allowances for refugee crisis
Proto Thema – The International Monetary Fund estimates that Greece will face great difficulties in servicing its debts in March, according to an article published […]
UN chief criticizes Europe’s border restrictions
AP — The United Nations secretary-general is expressing “great concern” at the growing number of border restrictions along the migrant trail through Europe. Ban Ki-moon’s […]
Greece scrambles to house stranded migrants as numbers grow
WSJ — Greece was moving Friday to convert military facilities and ferries into temporary housing for the thousands of migrants who continue to pour into […]
Four ‘full service’ airlines will be offering flights to Heraklion this season
After British Airways, Swissair and Lufthansa, Air France another of the big names in air travel is offering flights to Heraklion Kazantzakis airport for its summer […]
Accused publisher alleges contact with gov’t officials
eKathimerini — A newspaper publisher who was arrested earlier this week for allegedly blackmailing, among others, employees at public utilities claimed in secretly recorded conversations […]
Kaliňák: Greece is the main problem in dealing with migrants
The Slovak Spectator — Greece’s attitude is the main problem in dealing with the migration crisis, and this must be changed, Slovak Interior Minister Robert […]