Commission tells Czechs Greek yoghurt is ‘Greek’
euractiv.com — The use of the term “Greek yoghurt” for products made outside Greece deceives consumers and creates unfair competition, the European Commission said, ending […]
Month: October 2016
Theresa May sends Europe Minister to Greece as full scale Brexit lobby begins
The Express — The UK Government has admitted it has begun lobbying individual member states on its Brexit strategy today sending its Europe minister to Greece […]
Chinese, Greek leaders vow to deepen cooperation at various levels
Xinhua — Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Liu Yunshan met with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos in Athens on Tuesday, agreeing to deepen cooperation between […]
Czech leader calls on Brussels to bring in new measures to deter migration
The Daily Mail — The Czech president has called for hundreds of thousands of economic migrants who have arrived in Europe to be sent to […]
Greece expects growth, lower debt, unemployment to ease in 2017 – draft budget
Recession-hit Greece on Monday predicted a return to growth in 2017 and a drop in its huge debt burden via a tax-heavy draft budget submitted […]
Greek police use tear gas on pensioners at anti-austerity protest
BBC — Police in Greece have used tear gas on pensioners who were protesting against cuts to their income from the state. Some of the […]
Seven out of 10 taxpayers who resort to administrative courts win their cases
eKathimerini — Seven out of 10 taxpayers who resort to administrative courts win their cases. Finance Ministry data that Kathimerini has seen show that of […]
Hungary PM claims EU migrant quota referendum victory
BBC — Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has declared victory in a referendum on mandatory EU migrant quotas, despite a low turnout that appeared to render […]
Germany wants Greece to deal with all refugees landing on its shores
RT — Greece has been provided with enough “financial and other support” to be able to properly take care of both new incoming crowds of […]
‘Lausanne Treaty still in force,’ German foreign ministry clarifies
ANA-MPA — German foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer declined to reply when asked whether the islands of Chios, Lesvos and Limnos were Greek, while claiming […]
DW choir sings for Greek-German reconciliation
DW — The Deutsche Welle choir started its seven-day Greek trip in Kalavryta, a small town in the northern part of the Peloponnese peninsula – […]
Hearse driver loses coffin
eKathimerini — The coffin of a man in the region of Ilia in the Peloponnese was temporarily lost on Saturday after the driver of the […]
Hungary holds referendum on EU mandatory migrant plan
BBC — People in Hungary are voting in a referendum on accepting mandatory EU quotas for relocating migrants. Right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban opposes plans […]
Thomas Cook flight to Heraklion forced to return to Manchester due to technical fault
Manchester Evening News — A flight travelling to Crete was forced to return to Manchester Airport after developing a technical fault. The Thomas Cook Boeing […]
Three arrested in Alexandroupoli over illegal prescriptions
eKathimerini — Police in Alexandroupoli, northeastern Greece, on Friday arrested three people, a 39-year-old pharmacist, a 62-year-old doctor and another 38-year-old man of unspecified occupation, […]