Top 10 foods to try in Crete
BBC Good Food — With a food culture to match its status as Greece’s biggest island, Cretan cuisine is distinguished and traditional. Local cheese, famous […]
Draghi signals Greek debt measures not enough for QE inclusion
Bloomberg — European Central Bank President Mario Draghi effectively put an end to a debate about the inclusion of Greek bonds in the ECB’s asset-purchase […]
Temperatures of 40C forecast for many areas as summer’s first heatwave intensifies
Tornos News — The Hellenic National Meteorological Service warns that temperatures are expected to escalate to as high as 43C in some areas over the […]
Irish teenager drowns in swimming pool tragedy in Crete
Irish Mirror — An Irish teenager has drowned in a swimming pool tragedy while on holiday in Crete. The 15-year-old was discovered at her hotel […]
Greek debt: IMF and EU’s quick fix isn’t enough
The Guardian — The International Monetary Fund has resurrected an old technique – commonly used in the 1980s during the Latin American debt crisis – […]
European heat wave to hit Greece next week
Proto Thema — Europe is experiencing an unprecedented heatwave with temperatures in major cities across the continent reaching record values for the start of summer. […]
Huge rise in bogus holiday claims could spell the end of the UK all-inclusive holidays
BBC — UK holidaymakers who make bogus food poisoning claims could go to prison, warns travel trade organisation Abta. A huge rise in false claims […]
Greek rubbish strike causes stink
BBC — Piles of rubbish have been mounting in cities across Greece since the start of the week in a dispute over thousands of refuse […]
EU Commission to propose Greece’s exit from the excessive deficit procedure in the coming weeks
New Europe — The European Commission’s intention to propose Greece’s exit from the Excessive Deficit Procedure “in the coming weeks,” announced the European Commissioner for […]
Bloomberg : IMF ‘partner in a project that, by its own analysis, is bound to fail’
Bloomberg — The deal struck last week between Greece and its euro-zone creditors is business as usual — and that’s not a good thing. This […]
Aghios Nikolaos to host first cliff diving competition on July 1-2
Tornos News — Aghios Nikolaos in Crete will host the first cliff diving competition and a night show on the first weekend of July. The […]
China’s State Grid seals Greek power deal
Shanghai Daily — State Grid Corp of China, the China’s biggest utility, said yesterday that it had completed purchase of a 24 percent stake in […]
Moderate earthquake felt in Rethymnon
eKathimerini — A moderate earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale shook the region of Rethymno on Crete shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday. There were […]
Brussels warns on Greek debt sustainability
eKathimerini — The European Commission expresses serious concern over the sustainability of the Greek debt in an analysis attached to its report on the completion […]
Germany’s Social Democrats postpone Greece aid hearing
Reuters — Germany’s parliamentary budget committee will discuss paying the next tranche of aid to Greece next week, a senior lawmaker from the Social Democrat […]