‘Giga carrier’ at Piraeus
Naftemporiki — A brand new COSCO ‘giga carrier’ arrived at the port of Piraeus on Monday. The 420-meter, 20,000 TEU (20 ft container) carrier “China […]
Month: February 2018
Brexit: “Play fair or we won’t pay up”
EU Watch — The UK is reportedly toying with the option of refusing to pay its debts to the European Union after Brexit if Brussels […]
Tesla to build R&D group in Greece to tap into local talent
Electrek — Tesla’s has been expanding in Europe over the last few years with teams in the UK and Germany. Now the automaker is also […]
Elafonisi, Balos once again voted in the top ten beaches of Europe
Elafonisi, in the southwest corner of Chania, is once again included in TripAdvisor’s 2018 list for the best beaches in the world, a ranking based […]
EU Council offers ‘solidarity’ to Greece, Cyprus over Turkish illegal activities in the Aegean
To Vima — Following an informal European Union summit this evening, European Council President Donald Tusk, speaking as, “on behalf of all 27 European Union […]
Refugee family renews century-old ties on Crete
UNHCR — Syrian refugee Ahmed Tarzalakis has been in Crete for just a few months but he feels right at home in the Mediterranean island […]
Greece slapped with 5-million-euro fine over waste water
eKathimerini — The European Court of Justice has fined Greece 5 million euros with an additional penalty of 3.28 million euros for every six months […]
Greek bond yields dive after Moody’s upgrade
Reuters — Greek government bonds were in demand on Thursday, with yields dropping following after Moody’s move overnight to upgrade Greece two notches from Caa2 […]
Germany denies ‘dirty deal’ with Turkey to release journalist
Stockholm CF — A speculated “dirty deal” between the Turkish government and the German administration over the surprise release of Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel has […]
Greek minister praises President Higgins’s austerity stance
The Irish Times — Irish President Michael D. Higgins is arriving in Athens on Wednesday evening on a three day official state visit that will also […]
Eurogroup returns to the politics of blackmail, withholding funds needed to pay themselves
Eurogroup refused to approve the release of 5.7 billion euros in bailout funding for Greece on Monday after reported objections from Klaus Regling (ESM) and Mario […]
Turks land on Oinousses island, request asylum
eKathimerini — Seventeen Turkish citizens landed on the shores of the Greek island of Oinousses in the eastern Aegean on Monday afternoon and requested asylum, […]
Apokoronas diving park given the green light by Region
The region of Crete environmental committee has unanimously approved the environmental impact assessment for the proposed Apokoronas diving park in their last meeting of 2017 on […]
U.S. oil giant Exxon sending two drilling ships to Cyprus
US giant ExxonMobil said Wednesday it plans to start drilling at two sites in the second half of 2018 to explore for energy reserves off […]
The Scotsman: Agios Nikolaos, Crete
The Scotsman Travel — It has reached that time of the year when summer seems like a distant memory and venturing out without a scarf […]