Striking refuse collection workers return to work
Reuters — Striking Greek refuse workers have ended a 10-day strike in Athens over jobs as steaming mountains of garbage piled up across the country […]
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City of Athens provides water for strays in heat wave
eKathimerini — The City of Athens has placed water dispensers at 35 key locations around the capital to ensure that its stray dogs and cats […]
Taxmen caught red-handed taking bribe in Rhodes
eKathimerini — Two tax inspectors sent to the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes to conduct spot checks at businesses for tax evasion were caught in […]
Commission OKs past state aid to Greek rail operators
INaftemporiki — The EU Commission on Friday lifted a significant obstacle standing in the way of the privatization of Greece’s state-run rail operator (Trainose) by […]
FYROM and Greece mend ties
EUObserver.com — Greece has objected FYROM’s idea of joining Nato under the name Macedonia, but voiced good will to restart talks on the name dispute. […]
Powerful earthquake hits Lesbos – one dead ten injured
Reuters — A powerful earthquake struck the Aegean island of Lesbos on Monday at 15:28, 5 km south of Plomari, a town on the coast […]
Greek village evacuated after mine collapses
BreakingNews.ie — Dozens of villagers in Greece have evacuated their homes after a nearby lignite mine collapsed. All 182 inhabitants of the village of Anargyroi, […]
Greece hunts Colombians over hospital kit stolen in Athens
BBC — Greek police say a Colombian criminal gang has stolen expensive medical equipment from four Athens hospitals, with similar thefts seen across Europe. Three […]
Charge aims to wean Greeks off plastic bags
eKathimerini — Plastic bags will cost up to 8 cents each in supermarkets as of July 2018, as a bill from the Environment Ministry is […]
IMF Greece compromise could avoid July crisis
AFP – A compromise the IMF offered to break the deadlock with Europe over financing for Greece could avoid a renewed crisis in the country in […]
Greece approves Chinese-backed project to develop Hellinikon site
The Guardian — Construction work on a 7bn euro project to develop the site of Athens’s former airport will begin in six months, the Greek […]
What happened to Kandanos when its citizens defended their homes from invading Nazis?
Pappas Post — The answer: The complete annihilation of a village and the massacre of 180 of its citizens. The Razing of Kandanos on 3 […]
What does Europe mean for Merkel?
Berlin daily TAZ launched an attack on Merkel’s european policies on Tuesday using the example of Greece to demonstrate the lack of solidarity and cooperation […]
Greece’s Energean to supply 23 bcm of gas to Israeli power stations
Reuters — Greece’s Energean said on Sunday it signed contracts to supply up to 23 billion cubic meters of natural gas to private Israeli power […]
“Schaeuble a problem for europe”
Greek Reporter — Responding to the disappointing Eurogroup outcome on Greece, the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament on Tuesday directed stinging criticism […]