Greece complains to NATO over Turkish submarines in Aegean
eKathimerini — The Greek Foreign Ministry and the National Defense General Staff submitted a detailed complaint to NATO last week regarding the presence of Turkish […]
Month: October 2016
Eurogroup meeting to discuss Greece, financial transaction tax
Bloomberg — Two European Union financial sagas return to the spotlight this week. One is Greece. The other is the financial transaction tax being pursued […]
Reuters: IMF will stay out of Greek bailout but will take special status
Reuters — The International Monetary Fund will not join the Greek bailout programme but will likely accept a special advisory status with limited powers that […]
Greek air traffic controllers union calls off strike
Xinhua — The Greek Air Traffic Controllers Association on Saturday called off a planned strike, after a meeting with Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Minister Christos […]
Fury as thousands stranded in Greece after EasyJet cancels flights
ITV — Thousands of furious passengers have been left stranded in Greece after EasyJet cancelled flights in and out of the country – despite a […]
Crete University research gives hope to ALS, Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis sufferers
Greek Reporter — Ground-breaking research carried out by the University of Crete medical School Pharmacology Professor Achilleas Gravanis in Greece gives hope to sufferers of […]
UK must pay price for Brexit, says François Hollande
The Guardian — François Hollande has sent one of the strongest warnings yet that Britain will have to pay a heavy price for leaving the […]
Reported animal abuse cases remain high
Xinhua — More than 940 cases of animal abuse, torture, or killing were reported to Greek police in the first nine months of 2016, according […]
IMF, Germany still at odds over Greece debt as EU sees concerns
Bloomberg — The International Monetary Fund and the European Commission remain at odds with the German government over the need to reduce Greece’s debt load, […]
Extradition threat after 2003 Crete holiday crash
BBC — A man from Wales who was involved in a car crash in Crete in 2003 is facing extradition to serve a prison sentence […]
Greek Dairy Industry launches initiative to help Greek feta identity
Earlier in the week it was Greek yogurt that hit the headlines. Now its the turn of Greek Feta cheese to face its own identity crisis. […]
Air traffic controllers on a 4-day strike
Greece’s air traffic controllers have announced that they will begin four 24-hour rolling strikes on Sunday, October 9, to protest against new Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority legislation […]
Chania twinning with Barcelona
Parakritika.gr — Chania mayor Tasos Vamvoukas with officers of the council is visiting Barcelona this week to complete the twinning of Chania with the Catalan […]
Police in Greece arrest 26 in bust of alleged antiquities smuggling ring
The Art Newspaper — Greek police have busted what they say is a criminal organisation that has been looting antiquities from ancient sites in the […]
Greek government, OECD launch project to fight corruption
Greek Reporter — The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the Greek Government, on Wednesday launched a collaboration project to fight corruption. The project […]