Giving up… DRINKING
John Aitch, a retired international journalist who commutes between a rented flat in Kalyves and his cottage in Scotland, has been giving up things half […]
Apokoronas News on Sunday
Police arrests 55-year-old man over theft of 5.7 mln-year-old footprints in Crete
ERT — Greek police arrested on Friday a 55-year-old man in connection with the theft of 10 fossilised footprints which were stolen on earlier this […]
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 […]
Merkel kicks off her re election campaign
Greek Reporter — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has returned from a three-week Alpine holiday to kick off Saturday her re-election campaign on Saturday with a plea […]
Reusable olive oil bottles to be banished from restaurant tables
eKathimerini –The Economy Ministry has called a halt to the practice of restaurants and tavernas topping up the olive oil bottles on their tables from […]
Govt cites approval of tourism-related investment worth €408 mln in eastern Crete
Naftemporiki — An inter-ministerial committee tasked with overseeing “strategic projects” on Friday approved a foreign direct investment worth 408 million euros for the Aghios Nikolaos […]
DNA clue to origins of the Minoans
BBC — Researchers analysed genetic data from skeletons dating to the Bronze Age, a period marked by the emergence of writing, complex urban planning and […]
‘Tourism is our lifejacket’: Greece gets record number of visitors
The Guardian — Greece, more than any other Mediterranean country, has reaped the benefits of tour operators pulling out of Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia, destinations […]
Greece blocks EU statement on China human rights at U.N.
Reuters — Greece has blocked a European Union statement at the United Nations criticizing China’s human rights record, a decision EU diplomats said undermined efforts […]
IMF moves closer to ‘approval in principle’ to keep Berlin happy
Reuters — Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who plays a key role in the Greek talks, expected a “deal on the full completion of the second review” at the […]
Comparatively few Golden Visas issued
eKathimerini — The Golden Visa program offering residence permits to third-country citizens investing at least 250,000 in Greek properties has yielded about 1 billion euros, […]
Egyptian FM optimistic over agreement on EEZ with Greece
Tornos News — Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in an interview with Efimerida Ton Syntakton newspaper on Saturday, on the sidelines of the 2nd Conference […]
A donkey sanctuary in Agia Marina
By Steve Bott — You’ve all seen the adverts on TV. The sad neglected donkeys cared for by various rescue centres around the Mediterranean. Now […]
Paul Mason reviews ‘Adults in The Room’
The Guardian — Varoufakis has written one of the greatest political memoirs of all time, Paul Mason writes in his review of the latest book […]
Greece’s Dark Age: How austerity turned off the lights
Voice of America –Kostas Argyros’s unpaid electricity bills are piling up, among a mountain of debt owed to Greece’s biggest power utility. His family owe […]