Environment Ministry warns against wood-burning in cities
eKathimerini — As heating oil price increased in the new year, the Environment Ministry on Monday issued a warning against the use of fireplaces and wood-burning […]
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New cold front to grip Greece from Friday
eKathimerini– A fresh wave of cold weather is expected to grip Greece from Thursday after a brief respite this week, with meteorologists forecasting temperatures as […]
The Guardian: Jean-Claude Juncker secretly blocked EU curbs on tax avoidance
The Guardian — The president of the European commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, spent years in his previous role as Luxembourg’s prime minister secretly blocking EU efforts […]
Northern Athens suburb rocked by early morning blast
eKathimerini — Police investigating a blast that rocked the northern Athenian suburb of Ano Liosia in the early hours of Monday are looking into the target’s […]
Greece’s public health meltdown
The Guardian — Rising mortality rates, an increase in life-threatening infections and a shortage of staff and medical equipment are crippling Greece’s health system as […]
Greek leaders see year of hope and economic growth in 2017
GlobalTimes.cn — Greek leaders on Saturday expressed confidence that the new year will be a year of hope and economic growth for the debt ridden […]
Primary budget surplus climbs to 7.4 billion in first 11 months of 2016
eKathimerini — The primary budget surplus of the year’s first 11 months climbed to 7.4 billion euros, due to the overperformance of revenues and the […]
Greek ambassador to Brazil killed in suspected ‘crime of passion’
France 24 — Brazilian police suspect Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis was killed in a “crime of passion,” a source close to the investigation said Friday, […]
The bathroom bus of Athens
BBC — A bus has been converted into a bathroom to help homeless people in Athens stay clean. There’s also a washing machine van for […]
Crete on ice
Snow ploughs and emergency service crews have worked all day Friday trying to keep the main roads to mountain villages in all Crete prefectures. The […]
New York fund to invest 100 mln euros in Corfu resort
Reuters — NCH Capital, a New-York based investment fund, plans to spend about 100 million euros to build a luxury seaside holiday resort on the […]
New year, new taxes
Some six million taxpayers in Greece are obliged to pay roughly four billion euros into the state coffers by Dec. 30 as several tax deadlines expire on […]
EU voters upset but say no inclination to follow Brexit – poll
Yahoo News — European Union voters in France, Germany, Italy and Greece think their countries are heading in the wrong direction but there is not […]
Germany says Italy must stick to European rules on Monte Paschi
Reuters — Germany’s finance ministry expressed concern on Wednesday about Italian plans to rescue the country’s third biggest lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena saying […]
Weather warning for Chania
ERT — Regional authorities issued a severe weather warning for Chania prefecture. Crete is bracing for a cold snap as of Wednesday with heavy snowfall expected in […]