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” […]
EU to fund research for use of liquid natural gas by Greek ferries
The European Commission will pay about 600,000 euros to fund a study aiming to promote the use of LNG by ferries covering Greek island routes […]
ECB weighing QE through national central banks but not for Greece, Spiegel reports
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi briefed German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on quantitative-easing plans under which national central banks would […]
Jailed former minister linked to major criminal ring
The Hellenic Police have managed to dismantle the largest criminal organization in the history of the country, with the assistance of the Counter-Terrorism branch. 37 […]
Greece arrests over Belgian ‘jihadist terror plot’
Graph shows numbers of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria Greek police have arrested several people over alleged links to a suspected terror plot in […]
Trial of energy executives to resume on February 5
The trial of 19 executives from two energy companies accused of defrauding the state is due to resume on February 5 after the suspects proposed […]
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 […]
Apokoronas Council takes over food distribution – a friendly parting of the ways
From the Steering Group of Χείρα Βοηθείας The Municipality of Apokoronas is in the process of establishing an umbrella organisation to provide support for those […]
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 […]
Documents indicate bribe paid for tanks deal
German company Rheinmetall has admitted to paying a 127-million-euro bribe to Greek officials to secure the sale of 353 Leopard 2 battle tanks in a […]
Greek PM offers to ease austerity to head off Syriza challenge
In a move likely to stun international creditors keeping debt-stricken Greece afloat, the prime minister, Antonis Samaras, has stepped up his electoral campaign with a […]