The tragedy of the Pontian Greeks – Genocide or ethnic cleansing?
Nikos Filis the Greek education minister appeared on Star television late on Monday night in an interview and debate with the audience. While backing away […]
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Bloomberg on the Greek economy: Without creativity, obedience will lead to a mediocre outcome.
Bloomberg View — Greece has been gone from the headlines since Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was re-elected to run the country in September. No news […]
Tourist captures image of mysterious sea monster off Greek mainland
Fox News — A Scottish tourist unwittingly captured an unidentifiable sea monster while vacationing in Greece. Harvey Robertson was on a boat cruise off the […]
Lifejackets mountain in Lesbos “an ecological timebomb”
BBC — Tens of thousands of lifejackets abandoned on the Greek island of Lesbos by migrants have been described as an “ecological timebomb”. Authorities on […]
Most state hospital directors to go after failing evaluation
eKathimerini — A number of state hospital managers will be removed from their positions in November after failing to pass an evaluation process, the government […]
Church rejects lesson change
Archbishop Ieronymos, the head of the Church of Greece, on Tuesday dismissed calls for religious studies classes at Greek schools to focus on other religions […]
Flight monitoring system on course for upgrade
eKathimerini — Greece has moved a step closer to upgrading its flight monitoring system, which was purchased in 1997 and is nearing the end of […]
Parties to receive money for September election
eKathimerini — The Interior Ministry on Tuesday confirmed a decision to pay 1.2 million euros of taxpayers’ money to the parties that took part in […]
Bild: Deutsche Bank sees debt cut inevitable, but raises Grexit spectre
Deutsche Bank considers the possibility of a haircut of Greece’s public debt by the end of the year ‘inevitable’, according to a report in German […]
Commission leaves door open for Greek bail-in
euractiv.com — European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis warned Athens on Tuesday 27 October, of a possible haircut in Greek deposits in the event that the […]
4.4 R earthquake felt in Western Crete on Tuesday
An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale hit the Southern Aegean sea, just north of Chania, on Tuesday afternoon. The centre of the earthquake was in the […]
Farmers plan protest in Athens over taxation
Kathimerini — Farmers who are protesting changes to their taxation are preparing to bring their protests, which have so far been limited mostly to central […]
Ancient warrior skeleton and treasure found in 3,500-year-old tomb
The Guardian — US archaeologists in Greece have uncovered the skeleton of an ancient warrior that has lain undisturbed for more than 3,500 years along […]
Greece approves TV bill to regulate ’vampire’ media
Reuters — The Greek parliament late Saturday approved a bill to regulate the awarding of TV licences to broadcasters, as part of the leftist government’s […]
Committee gives 50 politicians 10 days to explain assets
eKathimerini — A group of more than 50 politicians have 10 days to submit additional explanations relating to their declaration of source of wealth (“pothen […]