Water shortages in Apokoronas may force water use restrictions
This year’s rainfall was 30% to 50% less than the average of the last five years in Western Crete, Heraklion plains and the Lasithi mountain […]
Month: July 2016
Heraklion blaze under control – Risk of fires remains
eKathimerini — Firefighters on Crete managed to bring a large blaze under partial control after several hours on Monday . The fire broke out near the […]
Brexit may have crippled TTIP
Huffington Post — Reports coming out of Brussels and Washington suggest that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, otherwise known as TTIP, has been crippled, […]
Two emergency landings at Chania airport on Sunday
Thomson flight TOM6YQ from Luton, heading to Heraklion carrying 189 passengers, made an emergency landing in Chania following problem with its wing flaps which are […]
Top Greek court deems lawyers’ strike illegal
eKathimerini — The Council of State, the country’s highest administrative court, issued a decision on Friday saying that an anti-austerity strike by the country’s lawyers, […]
Greek prominent businessman dead after his company files for bankruptcy, suicide suspected
Xinhua — Greek prominent entrepreneur Kyriakos Mamidakis was found dead in his house at the Athens northern suburb of Dionyssos on Sunday, the police said. […]
European Commission authorised Italy to support its banks
WSJ — The European Commission last week quietly authorized Italy to use government guarantees to provide liquidity support to its banks, a spokeswoman said, disclosing the first […]
Popular TV series actors visit refugee camps in Greece
USA Today — Actors Lena Headey , Maisie Williams and Liam Cunningham from the popular TV series Game of Thrones traveled to Greece to tour […]
One year since the troika imposed capital controls on Greece, the struggle of the Greek people has become the struggle to save Europe
DIEM25 — A year has passed since the troika and the ECB closed the Greek banks and imposed capital controls. During the same time, the same […]
Greek central bank chief sees QE participation at end of 2016
Reuters — Greece expects to take part in the European Central Bank’s bond-buying program at the end of the year, Greek Central Bank Governor Yannis […]
Bank of Greece: 427,000 young educated Greeks left the country since 2008
DW — Greece’s young professionals and graduates are escaping economic hardship at a rate of over 100,000 per year, according to the Bank of Greece. […]
Jetoil is latest Greek company to file for protection
eKathimerini — Another major Greek company, Jetoil, has successfully applied for protection from its creditors in order to implement a streamlining plan. Three weeks before […]
Brexit cannot be cancelled or delayed, says François Hollande
The Guardian — The French president, François Hollande, has stepped up the pressure on the UK over its timetable to leave the EU, insisting that Brexit […]
Austria presidential poll result overturned
Austria’s highest court has annulled the result of the presidential election narrowly lost by the candidate of the far-right Freedom Party. The party had challenged […]
Former German minister hurls racist insult at Greek reporter
Greek media widely report that Former German transport minister Peter Ramsauer directed a pretty unsavoury racial insult at a press photographer he accidentally bumped into him, […]