Thousands rally in support of Greek government
Thousands of Greek people have held a demonstration outside the parliament in the capital, Athens, to voice support for efforts by the new anti-austerity government. […]
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France ready to offer Greece concessions on debt, technical support on tax evasion
The French government is willing to discuss ways to ease Greece’s financial burden including extending the maturity of its debt, Sapin said Sunday in an […]
First Social Supermarket – Food bank in Apokoronas is now open
The first of the two planned food banks has officially opened in Nippos old school on Tuesday 27/1. Present in the opening ceremony were the […]
Chania without New Democracy for the first time in 25 years
Chania voters turned their back on New Democracy which was squeezed out of the four seats returned from Chania, with SYRIZA winning three and the […]
Apokoronas welfare group gets a big helping hand from European volunteers
Apokoronas Welfare association held a meeting with volunteers from the European community on wednesday 21/1 at Vryses town hall. The volunteers were keen to help […]
Water supply improvement work starts in Apokoronas
Apokronas council has approved a programme of works to improve the supply of drinking water, a project long awaited for by many residents. The work […]
New Democracy will do ‘whatever it takes’ to prevent SYRIZA win, says minister
Greek opposition parties on Monday slammed outgoing health minister and New Democracy candidate Makis Voridis after he said his party would do “whatever it takes” […]
Apokoronas mayor puts order in council’s finances
Apokoronas mayor Charalambos Koukianakis is slowly bringing the municipalities finances under control. His drive to recover money from unpaid water bills are successful in bringing […]
Syriza turns Greek oligarchs from taboo subject to economic priority
George Stathakis, Syriza’s shadow development minister, told the Financial Times last week that tackling the oligarchs’ grip on the economy “will be a priority” of […]
Ex-minister offer to return Siemens cash at trial’s start
Former Transport and Communications Minister Tasos Mantelis has offered to return 230,000 euros he received from Siemens in return for a more lenient sentence in […]
The politics behind the ECB’s threat to cut Greece funding
In an article published Tuesday, Bloomberg argues that the European Central Bank is threatening to choke off funding to Greece’s lenders in the hope it […]
‘The drenched man does not worry about rain’. Voters and the debt, in the days leading to the Greek general election
In the short few days since the defeat of the government’s choice for president of the republic and the subsequent announcement of general elections for […]
A back to the past future
First published in the old style Apokoronasnews.gr in November 2014 What a difference a month makes in the life of a country. In early November, […]