February 1, 2023
Head of Greece’s Meteo EMY trolls “heavy snow” predictions
Head of National Meteorological Service Thodoris Kolidas painted “dragons in the clouds”…
February 1, 2023
Second F-4 pilot confirmed dead; Crash scenarios
The pilot of the F-4 Phantom has died after the fighter jet crashed in the Ionian Sea in western Gre…
January 31, 2023
Writer Tatsopoulos arrested for defamation after lawsuit by Christian nationalist candidate
Prominent Greek writer and outspoken critic of the Church of Greece, Petros Tatsopoulos, was arreste…
January 31, 2023
Greece heavily cuts down electricity subsidy in February
State subsidy on household electricity tariffs for February, for 90% of consumption up to 500 KWh pe…
January 30, 2023
Kolumbo volcano: New magma chamber discovered in Santorini
A new magma chamber discovered beneath the Kolumbo underwater volcano, near the Greek island of Sant…
January 30, 2023
Corruption: High-ranking Police Officers offering protection to criminal bosses
Dialogues between high-ranking officers of the Greek Police EL.AS. with bosses of criminal gangs wer…
January 30, 2023
Athens Metro Line 1 on 3-hour work stoppage
A three-hour work stoppage will be held at the Athens Metro Line 1 on Thursday, February 2, 2023 the…
January 30, 2023
F-4 crash: Co-pilot found dead, SAR for pilot continues
Two pilots are missing after a two-seat F-4 Phantom fighter jet of the Greek Air Force crashed into …
January 27, 2023
Landslide? School children cross swollen river walking on a wire bridge
These pictures with children crossing a make-shift bridge over a swollen river are not from some rem…
January 27, 2023
Censure motion against government defeated by 156 ND votes
Greece’s conservative government on Friday survived, as expected, a vote of no confidence put forwar…
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Actors and theater workers have called a 48-hour strike on Wednesday and Thursday in protest at a draft government bill on pay in the sector. Strikers extend their mobilization to daily TV series sets where cameras will be off for the same two days. The strike is been joined also …
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Head of Greece’s Meteo EMY trolls “heavy snow” predictions
Head of National Meteorological Service Thodoris Kolidas painted “dragons in the clouds” and trolled Greek meteorologists and weather presenters for their claims of “heavy snow weather.” The snow weather “controversy” erupted already last week, the moment the heavy rain weather was over and some meteorologists immediately started heralding an upcoming …
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Inflation in Greece to fall to 7.2% in January, Eurostat says
Greek annual inflation rate is projected to slow to 7.2% in January from 7.6% in December 2022, with the inflation rate in the Eurozone projected to fall to 8.5% from 9.2%, over the same months respectively, Eurostat said in its flash estimate report. The report said that energy will continue …
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Second F-4 pilot confirmed dead; Crash scenarios
The pilot of the F-4 Phantom has died after the fighter jet crashed in the Ionian Sea in western Greece, the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) confirmed early Wednesday afternoon. According to a HAF statement, analysis of evidence from the crash site confirmed that Captain Efstathios Tsitlakidis, 31, died in the …
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Writer Tatsopoulos arrested for defamation after lawsuit by Christian nationalist candidate
Prominent Greek writer and outspoken critic of the Church of Greece, Petros Tatsopoulos, was arrested on Monday after a candidate with the Christian nationalist Greek Solution party sued him for defamation and accused him of violating his religious freedom. Petros Tatsopoulos was taken into custody in downtown Athens after speaking …
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SYRIZA to abstain from Parliament voting, demands elections date
Greece’s main opposition party SYRIZA announced on Tuesdaythat will no longer participate in Parliament voting with only one exception. At a press conference, leader Alexis Tsipras demanded the dissolution of the Parliament and immediate declaration of elections date, accusing the conservative New Democracy government of being “morally and politically compromised.” …
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Greece heavily cuts down electricity subsidy in February
State subsidy on household electricity tariffs for February, for 90% of consumption up to 500 KWh per month was set at 4 cents per kilowatt hour or 40 euros per megawatt hour, Greece’s Energy Minister announced on Tuesday. For higher consumption over 500 Kwh, the subsidy is linked to energy …
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Greece and Japan sign Joint Statement of Strategic Cooperation
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the prime minister’s residence in Tokyo, where they signed a Joint Statement of Strategic Cooperation between Greece and Japan. “With this statement, our countries significantly upgrade their strategic relations and we inaugurate a field of close cooperation over a …
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Kolumbo volcano: New magma chamber discovered in Santorini
A new magma chamber discovered beneath the Kolumbo underwater volcano, near the Greek island of Santorini, is a sleeping menace, a study found, even thought eruption is not expected immediately. The new magma chamber was announced in a recent paper published in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems by a team …
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No plans for another “Fuel Pass” subsidy at present, says Minister
Fuel prices are expected to stay low in the coming period and therefore there are no plans for another ‘Fuel Pass’ subsidy at present, Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis said in an interview with public broadcaster ERT on Monday. “Half of the winter is gone and fuel consumption was …
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Corruption: High-ranking Police Officers offering protection to criminal bosses
Dialogues between high-ranking officers of the Greek Police EL.AS. with bosses of criminal gangs were published by newspaper To Vima on Sunday. According to the newspaper claims, a total of 27 police officers seem to have been involved in criminal activities offering protection to gangs mostly active in fuel trafficking. …
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Athens Metro Line 1 on 3-hour work stoppage
A three-hour work stoppage will be held at the Athens Metro Line 1 on Thursday, February 2, 2023 the Athens Urban Rail Transport’s (STASY) union has announced. The stoppage will take place 12:00-15:00 due to the union’s extraordinary general assembly meeting. The work stoppage will affect the Piraeus-Kifissia urban train …
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SYRIZA to abstain from Parliament voting, demands elections date
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Greece and Japan sign Joint Statement of Strategic Cooperation
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Corruption: High-ranking Police Officers offering protection to criminal bosses
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Foreign Ministry: Turkey ‘once again distorts reality’ regarding Muslim minority
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Censure motion against government defeated by 156 ND votes
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Commission calls on Greece to apply EU directives properly
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Greece’s parliament honors memory of Holocaust victims
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Wiretapping scandal: Tsipras tables censure motion against government
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Turkey postpones indefinitely NATO talks with Sweden, Finland
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Neither F-16s nor F-35s for Turkey, USA makes clear
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Hellenic Aerospace Industry seeks strategic investor
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Inflation in Greece to fall to 7.2% in January, Eurostat says
Greek annual inflation rate is projected to slow to 7.2% in January from 7.6% in … Read More » -
Greece heavily cuts down electricity subsidy in February
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No plans for another “Fuel Pass” subsidy at present, says Minister
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First medical cannabis plant inaugurated in Greece
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Greece’s power rates among Europe’s highest