Border blockade – Greek farmers protest over pension reforms
euronews — Angry farmers in Greece blocked the country’s borders and main motorways on Tuesday (Feb 2) in an ongoing dispute with the government over […]
Why we’re not safe from Grexit yet
Politico — Almost exactly a year after Syriza rocked the Greek political establishment by winning the January 2015 general elections, international news outlets have all […]
UNICEF: A third of migrants sailing to Greece are children
Children now make up over a third of the migrants making the perilous sea crossing from Turkey to Greece, the UN has said, as two […]
Half of Greeks think country is an EU loser
eKathimerini — Greeks’ faith in the European vision appears to have been particularly shaken, even if that was not directly reflected in the results of […]
Deadline for declaring illegal homes extended to October 8
eKathimerini — The owners of illegally built or altered residences on Monday were granted an extension to the deadline by which they must declare their […]
More direct flights to Chania from London this spring
More direct flights between London and Chania will be available this spring. British Airways (2 flights a week, Heathrow, starting 1 April), Easyjet (Gatwick, 4 […]
Simon Reeve: ‘Greece will always have the capacity to surprise’
The Telegraph — “I’ve been fortunate in my career as a presenter to travel to some of the more remote parts of the world – […]
Merkel, Greek islanders among Nobel Peace Prize nominees
DW — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is understood to have been nominated for the prestigious accolade. All recommendations must be posted to Norway by Monday […]
UK poll gives ‘Brexit’ campaign 4 point lead, biggest since October 2014
Reuters — The campaign for Britain to leave the European Union opened up its biggest lead in more than a year over the rival ‘in’ […]
How Europe cancelled Germany’s debt in February 1953
Jubilee Debt Campaign –On 27 February 1953, an agreement was signed in London which resulted in the cancellation of half of Germany’s (then West Germany’s) […]
Two Swedish jihadists arrested in Greece
AFP — Two men with Swedish passports and carrying machetes and other “combat paraphernalia” have been arrested in Greece, suspected of links to jihadist groups, […]
Greece: The scapegoat of a migrant crisis
Stratfor report –Europe’s immigration crisis shows no signs of abating, and the European Union is struggling to figure out how to address it. The bloc’s […]
Top ten things you can do in Crete
Daily Express Travel The raw beauty of the Samaria Gorge, supposedly the longest canyon in Europe, is simply not to be missed. Passing through sheer […]
Why some Greek pensioners may have to forage to survive
BBC Magazine — Wild greens known as “horta” have been a staple of the Cretan diet since Minoan times, but with Greece’s rapidly worsening economic […]
Petrol bombs thrown outside Greek minister’s house
euronews — A group of unknown assailants threw makeshift petrol bombs outside the house of a Greek minister in central Athens early on Saturday, causing […]