March 22, 2019 FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
“The Aegean and Cyprus belong to Turkey,” said Ankara’s Defense Minister and former top military Hulusi Akar. His claim come just hours after the Greek Foreign Minister said that Turkey has rights in the Mediterranean Sea. Akar’s claimed buffed not only Greeks but also Turks who asked “how and when …
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March 22, 2019
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Aspiring member of the European Parliament, Myrsini Loizou, was forced to resign from the SYRIZA EU elections list, after media reported that she was illegally receiving the pension of her deceased mother for 5.5 years. A public outcry broke out on Friday after two newspapers reported that Loizou was furthermore …
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March 21, 2019
FEATURED, Greece
The Athens Prosecutor’s Office filed four charges of misdemeanor against nine individuals – including Attica Governor Rena Dourou and mayors of regional towns – for the deadly flash flood in Mandra, western Attica, sixteen months ago in November 2017, which claimed the lives of 25 people. According to the prosecutor’s …
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March 21, 2019
Turkey-GR
Greece’s Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos ruled out Turkey’s exclusion on energy-related issues in the Eastern Mediterranean area. He said that Turkey has kilometer-long shore at the Mediterranean Sea and therefore also rights in the area. The Greek Foreign Minister met with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in Antalya on Thursday …
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March 20, 2019
Greece, Politics
Swiss Pharmaceutics conglomerate Novartis AG said that its own internal investigation found no evidence of bribery to Greek state officials, Bloomberg reports on Wednesday. Novartis didn’t receive preferential pricing from the Greek state and to date has been unable to identify any “inappropriate payments” to government officials, a local spokesperson …
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March 20, 2019
Refugees
Greek police said that they are investigating a possible racist motive in the violent attack by a group of hooded men against a group of Afghan minors in the town of Konitsa, North-West Greece, last Sunday. Five men wearing hoods and armed with clubs attacked nine unaccompanied Afghan minors who …
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March 20, 2019
FEATURED, World
What if the slogan on the red hat wrote in Greek Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again”… US President Donald Trump was convinced that Greek-Americans want to “Make Greece Great Again” and so he said proudly: “Wow. That’s a nice crowd of people. So we were just given this …
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March 20, 2019
Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pledged more efforts to reverse the brain drain, as a new survey showed that 60 percent of Greeks living and working abroad wish to return home. During a visit at the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” in Athens, Tsipras discussed with scientists the topic “From …
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March 20, 2019
Greece, Politics
The 6th Trilateral Cyprus-Greece-Israel Summit, with the participation of the United States, begins in Jerusalem Wednesday afternoon to advance energy and security in the Eastern Mediterranean and discuss also economy and migration. Attending the summit are Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, host Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin …
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March 17, 2019
World
A silent march from Thessaloniki’s Freedom Plaza to the city’s old railway station was held in the city on Sunday to mark the 76th year since the departure of the first ‘death trains’ carrying Thessaloniki Jews to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Hundreds walked in silence, carrying white balloons bearing the …
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March 17, 2019
Turkey-GR
Turkey has claimed that airspace violations in the Aegean are “legal” and “no threat to Greece.” Calling Turkish flights over Aegean “a threat” is incompatible to good neighborly ties, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in response to a Greek Foreign Ministry statement. This is the latest “war of words” between …
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March 16, 2019
Refugees
Residents and local authorities of Vilia showed the ugly face of xenophobia towards a group of refugees who were relocated from reception camps to a local hotel. Just two hours after the refugees’ arrival, a mob gathered outside the hotel reportedly hurling stones and petrol bombs, with some to have …
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March 15, 2019
Turkey-GR
The Greek Foreign Ministry sharply criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday for his comments about flights of the Greek Air Force over the Aegean. “Whenever Greek military aircraft takes off in the Aegean, Turkish jets will follow suit,” Erdogan said during an interview with private broadcaster Haberturk. Equating …
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March 15, 2019
Greece, Politics
The political leadership in Greece has condemned the terror massacre in New Zealand where 49 people were killed and at least 40 were injured on Friday morning.he political leadership of Greece is condemning The president of the Greek Republic, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and leaders of political parties …
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March 14, 2019
Greece, Politics
Bolivia’s left-wing President Evo Morales is visiting Greece, in the context of a rare trip to Europe. Talks in Athens are expected to include the ongoing crisis in Venezuela. Morales came in Athens late Thursday afternoon, travelling from Vienna where he attended a United Nations conference on combating drug trafficking …
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March 14, 2019
World
“If we must be honest, he built roads, bridges, buildings, he had trains come in time,” the far-right President oif the European Parliament Antonio Tajani said about Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in an interview on Wednesday. Tajani’s remarks triggered an outrage and he attacked his critics. Shame on those …
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March 14, 2019
Greece, Politics
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos admitted that the Tsipras government made two strategic mistakes during the negotiations with the European lenders in the first half of 2016. He said that the government considered “the threat of Grexit as a means of pressure towards creditors. However, at that time the German …
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March 14, 2019
Refugees
The European Union’s deal with Turkey to return “irregular” migrants has led to policies and practices in Greece that are short-sighted, ineffective and dangerous, 25 organizations including Oxfam said on Thursday, ahead of the deal’s third anniversary on Monday. In an open letter to European leaders, they said that as …
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March 13, 2019
Politics, World
The European Union should formally suspend Turkey’s negotiations to join the bloc, EU lawmakers said on Wednesday in a symbolic rebuke of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who Western governments accuse of widespread abuses of human rights. “Sitting in a cell for 17 months without knowing what you are being accused …
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March 13, 2019
Greece
Government plans to change the Penal Code have triggered an outrage for a series of proposed penalties set to be lowered.penalties proposed. The storm of protests came not only from conservative New Democracy and communist party KKE but but also from the youth branch of ruling party SYRIZA as well …
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