First summer heat wave is here
The first heat wave of this summer is under way, with temperatures expected to reach 36 degrees Celsius in certain areas of Greece will reach […]
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Greece holds 34 volunteers as it clears migrant camps near FYROM border
The Japan Times — Police detained 34 volunteers in northern Greece Monday while clearing makeshift migrant camps along the border with FYROM. Scores of riot […]
COSCO vessel berths at Piraeus port on way to historic transit through expanded Panama canal
Xinhua — COSCO SHIPPING PANAMA, the vessel that was selected to make the first historic transit through the expanded Panama Canal later this June, berthed […]
EU referendum: Voter registration deadline extended
UPDATE The deadline for registering to vote in the EU referendum is to be extended to midnight on Thursday 9 June as Whitehall scrambles to […]
Germany postpones decision on bailout tranche
keeptalkinggreece — The Budget Committee of German Parliament (Bundestag) postponed the decision for the release of the bailout tranche for Greece. on Wednesday. “We have not released […]
Turkish decision on Hagia Sophia angers Athens
UPI — Greek foreign affairs ministry officials expressed opposition and disappointment in the Turkish government this week, for its allowing the reading of prayers from […]
Mikis: “The best day of my life”
Last Sunday in Apokoronas an audience of 2000 people enjoyed a special evening to honour world famous Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, 90. The event took […]
Germania offers flights from Rostock to Crete
Tornos News — The Hanseatic city of Rostock on the Baltic Sea can look forward to a new route to the Mediterranean. As Airport Rostock-Laage […]
In Greece’s economic war of attrition, Tsipras counts on peace
Bloomberg — From street protests and collapsing governments to eleventh-hour deals and financial lifelines, Greece has gotten used to lurching from crisis to crisis during […]
Court case of six TAIPED experts puts tranche at risk
eKathimerini — Six former members of the TAIPED experts council accused in the case of the sale and leaseback of 28 state properties were granted […]
Greece seizes 26 million tablets meant for IS
theage.com.au — Greek authorities in the country’s largest port, Piraeus seized a huge shipment of painkillers after being informed that it was intended for the […]
Greece spends all money received from EU to handle migrant crisis
RT — Finances received by Athens from the EU as part of a bailout program are of hardly any help to Greece, the country’s deputy […]
IMF: Long-Term prediction, Greece will struggle for decades
Economy Watch — According to the IMF, Greece will suffer through another 45 years of economic hardship and that is only if there are no […]
Government should work harder to enforce and extend anti smoking ban
Tornos News /eKathimerini — On the occasion of World No Smoking Day on Tuesday, the Hellenic Anti-cancer Institute has called on the government to redouble […]
Contraction of GDP was worse than thought in the first quarter
eKathimerini — Greece’s economic contraction in the first quarter of the year was bigger than originally thought, as Hellenic Statistical Authority data released on Monday […]