Greece holds 34 volunteers as it clears migrant camps near FYROM border
The Japan Times — Police detained 34 volunteers in northern Greece Monday while clearing makeshift migrant camps along the border with FYROM. Scores of riot […]
Month: June 2016
Swap steak for Greek salad to slash your risk of diabetes
The Mail — It has long been used as a model of healthy eating to protect our hearts. Now the ‘Mediterranean diet’ has been proven […]
Greek civil aviation staff to stage strike over privatization plans
PressTV.com — Workers in Greece’s civil aviation sector are set to hold a five-day industrial action to express their discontent with the government’s privatisation plans […]
EU worried Commission not applying budget rules equally
Reuters — European Union finance ministers are worried that the European Commission is not applying budget laws in the same way to large and small […]
EU referendum: Sir James Dyson says Britain better off out
BBC — Britain would gain more from leaving the EU than it would lose, billionaire entrepreneur Sir James Dyson has said. The inventor said the […]
Greek teenager charged with murder of friend amid bullying allegation
(Xinhua — A 14-year-old boy from a village near Thessaloniki in northern Greece was charged on Monday with the murder of his friend and classmate […]
Greek central bank chief calls for debt relief, lower primary surplus target
Reuters — Greece’s European partners should grant the country debt relief and lower its primary surplus targets, Greece’s central bank chief and former Fin Min […]
Strong winds fan Crete forest fire
eKathimerini — Firemen on the island of Crete battled a blaze near the ruins of the prehistoric palace of Knossos, close to the port city […]
Coast Guard scrambles to save 200 migrants after boat founders off Crete
eKathimerini — A large rescue operation was under way on Monday to save around 200 undocumented migrants from a smuggling boat that issued a distress […]
EU REFERENDUM – The six best reasons to vote Leave from the Spectator
The Spectator/Darryl Hannan — “For me, as for so many people, it’s a heart versus head issue. I’m emotionally drawn to Europe. I speak French […]
Crete: Local Medical Association calls for punishment of Vet who treats humans due to staff shortage in hospitals
KeeptalkingGreece.com — The Medical Association of Lasithi calls for the punishment of Michalis Spyridakis, a veterinarian who selflessly offered medical help to citizens due to […]
Chania art show helps those in need
Linda Talbot — The needy of Chania and Athens, including refugees, will be helped by proceeds from“Ideas Unlimited”, an exhibition of art by Hercules Papadakis, […]
COSCO vessel berths at Piraeus port on way to historic transit through expanded Panama canal
Xinhua — COSCO SHIPPING PANAMA, the vessel that was selected to make the first historic transit through the expanded Panama Canal later this June, berthed […]
Makeshift refugee camps in northern Greece evacuated
DW — After clearing Idomeni, Greek police are now evacuating other unofficial camps. For months, around 50 Syrian Yazidis lived on the grounds of the […]
Independent experts brought in to investigate Publisher’s death
eKathimerini — Alexis Kougias, the lawyer representing the family of Panagiotis Mavrikos who was burned to death in his car in northern Athens, last week, […]