What not to miss on a holiday in Crete if you’re short on time
The Mirror — Steeped in ancient history and soaked in sunshine, it’s not surprising that Crete has long been a firm favourite with holidaymakers from […]
Month: September 2017
Tourists in Greece spend far less than in Spain, Cyprus
eKathimerini — On average, each visitor to Greece in June spent 45 percent less than their counterparts in Spain in the same month and 20 […]
Footsteps of early human ancestors go missing in Crete
Greek Reporter — A number of fossilised footprints believed to belong to an ancestor of modern humans have been stolen from Kissamos in Chania, authorities revealed on […]
Yanis Varoufakis: The EU wants Theresa May’s total surrender
Yanis Varoufakis writes in The Times: Brussels’s cheerleading journalists are at it again. Their mission? To aid and abet the EU negotiators in winning the […]
Eco groups warn Greece unprepared to respond to marine disasters
eKathimerini — Environmental groups are sounding the alarm over authorities’ response to an oil spill that has spread across the Saronic Gulf to Athens’s southern […]
Juncker’s State of The Union Speech – More Europe less Brexit
On Wednesday 13 September 2017, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, delivered his annual speech on the State of the European Union at the […]
Private building activity up by 25.1% in Greece during June
Tornos News — The volume of private building activity rose 25.1 pct in June this year, for an increase of 24 pct in the six-month […]
ND asks for student union head’s resignation over defence of exam cheats
eKathimerini — A group of 106 students at the University of Patras in western Greece, most of them first-years , submitted the same paperwork in four […]
Italy’s main opposition parties call for parallel currency to coexist with euro
FT — Italy’s leading opposition parties are calling for the introduction of a parallel currency to the euro, which they say will boost growth and […]
London remains world No 1 for finance
SkyNews — London remains the world’s most attractive financial centre, though some European rivals are gaining ground in the wake of the Brexit vote, according […]
Salamina mayor speaks of eco disaster after tanker sinking
eKathimerini — Authorities on the island of Salamina in the Saronic Gulf on the west coast of Attica said on Monday that an oil spill […]
Four Cretan beaches lost Blue Flag – A total of 19 in Greece
GTP,gr — Nineteen Greek beaches that had been awarded “Blue Flag” awards in May lost their Blue flags, the Hellenic Society for the Protection of […]
Greek PM urges IMF to decide on bailout participation by end of year
Reuters – The International Monetary Fund should decide whether it will fund Greece’s current bailout programme by the end of the year and help Greece […]
Greeks are Europe’s “champions” in smoking in the workplace
Greek Reporter — Almost 60 percent of employed people in Greece are subjected to passive smoking in the workplace, high above the European Union average (27.5 percent), […]
Canada’s Eldorado Gold suspends Greek investments
DW — One of Greece’s largest foreign investors, Eldorado Gold of Canada, has said it is going to scrap further investments at it mines in […]