Greek drivers surrender car plates to avoid heavy taxation
Greek car drivers formed queues with their car number plates at tax offices around the country in the closing days of the year, to hand […]
Articles by Yannis X
2015 – The year hope did not come in Greece
Anyone hoping that Greece might finally have a quiet year was quickly disappointed in 2015. Brinkmanship with European bailout lenders brought the country a half-step […]
Greek and Turkish jets in dogfight over Aegean
Greek and Turkish jets engaged in a brief dogfight over the Aegean Sea on Tuesday after Turkish aircraft violated Greek national air space several times. […]
Verhofstadt calls for reforms in Greece
The President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Guy Verhofstadt referred to the need for structural reforms in Greece. “2015 was a […]
Greek and Danish archaeologists excavate the ancient Greek harbour town Lechaion
In Greece, underwater excavations of Lechaion, ancient Corinth’s partially submerged harbour town, reveal the infrastructure of more than a thousand years of flourishing maritime trade. […]
Greece expects more Russian, German tourists in 2016 – TUI promotes Crete in Germany
Greece expects a significant increase in the number of Russian and German tourists in 2016, Deutsche Welle reported. Egypt and Turkey have so far been […]
Tragic end in the search for missing 35 year old man
Panagiotis Kalamiotis, the 35 year old man who was missing on 16 December was found dead in an abandoned house in the Old City of […]
Missing over Christmas
Police has released details about a 35 year old man who went missing nine days ago on 16 December from his home in Alikarnassos, Heraklion. […]
Business as usual for the the people smugglers in Lesbos
Christmas was business as usual on Lesbos: No day off for the people smugglers who profit from migrants’ desperate need to reach Europe. On Christmas […]
Environment ministry urges Athenians not to use fireplaces to avoid smog
The Environment and Energy ministry warned Athenians on Wednesday not to use their fireplaces, or solid fuel and biomass stoves for the next three to […]
25 new Mercedes ambulances will go to service in Crete in 2016
On Tuesday the Greek ambulance service EKAB signed a deal with Mercedes Benz for the supply of 51 ambulances at the cost of 3,051,814 euro […]
Big freeze reaches northwest Greece
ANA- MPA — The temperature in the mountainous region of Epirus fell to -7 degrees Celsius during the night of 22 Dec. The river Voidomatis […]
Greek Parliament legalizes same-sex civil partnerships after European Court condemnation
Greece’s parliament has approved legislation legalizing civil partnerships for gay couples, two years after the country was condemned by a European Court for discrimination. In […]
“Σε Αναμονή” spreads through Apokoronas
The ‘suspended’ movement, the system of prepaid food and refreshments that wait in shops and cafes for those in need, is spreading in Apokoronas. Antonis […]
LAOS leader and former government partner found guilty over wealth declaration
The leader of the small nationalist LAOS party, Giorgos Karatzaferis, was given a one year jail sentence suspended for three years on Monday for failing […]