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Month: May 2016

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In it for the long haul: Brits ditch Greece and Turkey for Mexico and Mauritius

18th May 2016 Newsroom 0

The Express — Changing trends in British travel are seeing the nation increasingly looking for holiday destinations further afield.Countries such as Mexico, the United States, […]

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The IMF is playing hardball over debt relief for Greece

18th May 2016 Newsroom 0

NYT — The International Monetary Fund is increasing demands for Greek debt relief, setting up another potential standoff with creditors over the country’s bailout, and […]

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Crete visit brings old battle tales alive

18th May 2016 Newsroom 0

NZHerald.co.nz– The Battle of Crete, one of the most dramatic conflicts of World War II, had begun on May 20, 1941. The Kiwis fought ferociously, […]

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Smugglers made 5-6 billion dollars off migrants to Europe in 2015, Interpol says

18th May 2016 Newsroom 0

Reuters — People smugglers made over 5 billion dollars from the wave of migration into southern Europe last year, a report by international crime-fighting agencies […]

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Greek air market proves attractive to foreign carriers

17th May 2016 Newsroom 0

eKathimerini – The rise in domestic traffic and the dynamic increase in tourism have made Athens’s links with the country’s tourism destinations particularly attractive. This summer […]

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U.N. urges Greece to stop detaining migrant children

17th May 2016 Newsroom 0

Reuters — A top United Nations official urged Greece on Monday to stop detaining refugee and migrant children, some of whom are locked up in […]

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Court convicts hoax journalist for reproducing false news

17th May 2016 Newsroom 0

eKathimerini — A journalist who owns a website that deals with parenting issues received a suspended six-month prison sentence and was fined 500 euros by […]

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Greece and Turkey’s “war of the NOTAMs” in the Aegean Sea

17th May 2016 Newsroom 0

To Vima — The tension in the Aegean is on the rise once again, over the large-scale “Efes” and “Beyaz Firtina” military exercises carried out […]

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Trans Adriatic Pipeline construction inauguration in Thessaloniki on Tuesday

17th May 2016 Newsroom 0

CNBC  – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will inaugurate the start of construction for the TransAdriatic Pipeline (TAP) in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece on Tuesday. Official representatives […]

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Scientists recreate ancient Greek skies to accurately date 2,500-year-old Sappho poem for the first time

17th May 2016 Newsroom 0

The Independent — A 2,500-year-old ancient Greek poem has been accurately dated for the first time using advanced sky-mapping software. During a study, astronomers used […]

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Tax hikes threaten to brew up a storm for Greece’s coffee drinkers

17th May 2016 Newsroom 0

The Guardian — Greeks will be subjected to yet more taxes as the country’s government attempts to satisfy creditors in charge of disbursing bailout aid.The […]

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‘Huge differences’ between creditors put doubt on debt agreement on 24 May

16th May 2016 Newsroom 0

Speaking to Sunday’s Kathimerini, European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said that medium- and long-term debt relief measures would not be finalized by May 24 […]

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Juncker pack projects worth 5.4 bn euro approved

16th May 2016 Newsroom 0

ANA-MPA / Greek Reporter  — The Government Council for Economic Policy approved the first 42 programs of the ‘Investment Plan for Europe’ initiated by European […]

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New Zealand’s Governor-General is heading to Crete to commemorate 75th anniversary of Battle

16th May 2016 Newsroom 0

NZTV — Some 7700 New Zealanders fought in the battle of Crete  which began on May 20, 1941. Of those, 671 died, 967 were wounded, […]

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Ben Needham detectives receive 114 calls after Greek TV appeal – including ‘information of interest’

16th May 2016 Newsroom 0

The Mirror — Detectives probing the disappearance of Ben Needham have received 114 calls after going on air on  a missing persons TV programme in […]

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  • How to find your 2019 property tax statement online – and print it

    ENFIA property tax  notifications for property owners in Greece are now available online at  www.gsis.gr . If your accountant has nor sent you the tax demand, which […]

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  • Ten year old mystery of the suspicious death of Jean Hanlon in Crete

    Following a UK Channel 5 documentary entitled ‘Murdered in Paradise : The Killing of Jean Hanlon’, new information has emerged which was  enough to lead […]

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  • PFPO’s stray animals meetings with German MEPs and the Authorities in Crete

    PFPO PRESS RELEASE – (repost) Last month MEPs Professor Klaus Buchner, animal activist Stefan Eck and Georgios Chatzimarkakis, who is from Crete, organized a congress […]

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  • Book club in Apokoronas

    NEW BOOK CLUB Kindle/ebook recommended Meets Monthly Read an entertaining, interesting book every month. Members take turns to propose a choice of books. Meet, discuss […]

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  • A new novel on wartime Crete by Phillip Duke, a former apokoronas resident

    A Cretan village confronts the Nazi juggernaut sweeping across Europe. A village matriarch tries to hold her family together…Her grieving son finds a new life […]

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