Greek pensioners demonstrate against fresh round of cuts
Xinhua — Thousands of Greek retirees returned to the streets of central Athens on Thursday to rally against the fresh round of pension cuts implemented […]
Month: November 2016
Christmas Shoeboxes Appeal for 337 needy children in Apokoronas
A group of Apokoronas residents launched an appeal to raise funds to pay for Christmas Shoe Boxes for children living in poverty on Western crete. […]
Gas explosion damages restaurant in Chania
Parakritika.gr — A gas cylinder exploded in a cafe /restaurant in the popular Courts Square in Chania at around 9 o’clock in the evening, Wednesday. […]
US Xenophobes turn their hatred toward Greek yogurt
Washington Post — The picture that accompanied a New York Times article about the founder of Chobani yogurt showed him with a giant American flag in the […]
Fire damages F-16 on Crete
eKathimerini — A fire broke out Wednesday aboard one of several Greek F-16s that had been about to take off from the military base at […]
Turkish jets violate air space as Turkey’s minister for EU affairs meets Greek premier in Athens
eKathimerini — Seven Turkish aircraft violated Greek national air space 15 times in the northeastern, central and southeastern Aegean Wednesday, the latest in a series […]
Creditors insistent on pension ‘reforms’
eKathimerini — Government officials spent much of Tuesday locked in talks as the country’s creditors insisted that an overhaul of the private labour sector and […]
USS Wasp returns to sea after port visit in Crete
Stars and Stripes — USS Wasp returned to sea Tuesday after conducting their first port visit in four months. The Navy said the US amphibious assault […]
In Greece, property is debt
The New York Times — At law courts throughout Greece, people are lining up to file papers renouncing their inheritance. Not necessarily because some feckless […]
Archaeologists find treasures in sunken ship carrying the Parthenon marbles to Britain
Haaretz –A trove of treasures, from ancient Egyptian statues to coins and amphorae with stamped handles, has been found inside the wreck of the Mentor, […]
Mold man avoids Crete crash extradition
BBC — Paul Wright, 34, of Mold was on holiday in Malia, Crete, in 2003 when he says he was a passenger in a car belonging […]
German government: No IMF involvement, no more bailout money to Greece
Greek Reporter — Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), headed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has once again raised the issue of the International Monetary Fund’s […]
Torrential rain causes widespread disruption in Chania
The storm that hit western crete on Monday left behind widespread disruption. Flights were delayed, roads were blocked by rockfalls, mudslides and pooling water. A section […]