February 12, 2019 FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras and his counterpart from North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev have been officially nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, state news agency amna.gr reports on Tuesday evening. Tsipras and Zaev were nominated by European Parliament groups for having managed to end a 26-year-old conflict with …
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February 12, 2019
FEATURED, Lifestyle
One more house collapsed in the historical center of Athens on Tuesday morning. The house built in 1886 was located under the Hill of Pnyx and the National Observatory in Athens. it is the second old house that collapses in less than 48 hours. No people were in the house …
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February 11, 2019
FEATURED, weather
Greece’ National Meteorological Service warns of a bad weather front with snowfalls even in Attica, strong rainfalls and storms, sharp temperature drop and frost. The February weather scenery will be accompanied by gale-force powerful winds up to 10 Beaufort in the Aegean Sea. Snowfalls Wednesday, Feb 13, 2019 Snowfalls on …
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February 11, 2019
Economy, FEATURED
Greek Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos dismissed alleged leaks to the press over the banks’ capital adequacy as “journalistic distortion and scaremongering”. In an interview with 24/7 FM on Monday, Tzanakopoulos said “These leaks did not start from any statements by (government vice-president Yiannis) Dragasakis. These are a figment of some …
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February 11, 2019
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The new official signboards with FYROM’s new name “Republic of North Macedonia” are printed and ready to be put in front of government institutions, border crossings, etc. Official sources said the installation of the new signs would begin tomorrow Tuesday or some day afterwards during the week. The first sign …
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February 11, 2019
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
Film “The Favorite” by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos swept through the British Academy Film Awards 2019 with seven wins. As it was largely expected, Lanthimos’ dark period comedy The Favourite, which went into the night with 12 nominations, dominated proceedings, with seven wins, including leading actress for Olivia Colman, best …
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February 10, 2019
FEATURED, Lifestyle
Jesus was not Jewish but a Greek religious preacher, Apollonius of Tyana. The wild, bombshell claim has been featured in a “Bible Conspiracies” documentary that have searched ancient documents proving Greek Apollonius ‘strikingly resembles’ Jewish Jesus. The son of God was actually Greek and became a famous miracle worker, before …
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February 9, 2019
FEATURED, Lifestyle
Διεθνής Ημέρα Ελληνικής Γλώσσας – “Is it all Greek to you?” as Roman Emperor Julius Caesar said if we believe Shakespear or we should give faith to great Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley who wrote “We are all Greeks”? February 9th is been celebrated as International Greek Language Day. Τhe …
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February 9, 2019
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
For the first time in Greece, all works of famous street artist Banksy are to be exhibited in Athens. The exhibition is scheduled from February 27h to March 26, 2019. All exhibition profits will be donated to Amnesty International. Banksy is England-based street artist, vandal, political activist, and film director. …
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February 7, 2019
Earthquake, FEATURED
A fierce war has broken out among Greek seismologists after one of them told a private television station that an earthquake measuring over 6 R could occur in the next two months. It was on Tuesday, when the director of the Athens Observatory Geodynamic Institute, Akis Tselentis, told ANT1 that …
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February 6, 2019
FEATURED, Greece
European Commissioner for Health Vytenis Andriukaitis was outraged at Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis for disregarding legislation banning smoking in public places. Speaking on the sidelines of an event marking World Cancer Day at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on Athens’s southern coast on Monday, Andriukaitis said that he …
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February 6, 2019
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
There were a few moments of awkwardness during the press conference by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. The host certainly surprised the guest when he openly demanded the extradition of the 8 Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after the failed coup …
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February 5, 2019
FEATURED, Video GRID
Huge waves swallow again and again the bow of ferry boat ASTERION II as it sails from Italy to Greece. Ferry boat “Asterion II” was sailing from Venice in Italy to Patras, Greece. While it was at the Strait of Otranto that connects the Adriatic with the Ionian Sea, powerful …
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February 3, 2019
Economy, FEATURED
The Acropolis of Athens narrowly escaped the risk to be target of property hunters after the Culture Ministry failed to claim the ownership on time. In the Hellenic Cadastre it was registered to have an “unknown owner.” This grave mistake was discovered during the second stage of Land & Property …
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January 31, 2019
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece is looking for options to allow British tourists and expats to continue visit and stay in the country visa-free even if there is Brexit without deal. The Greek government aims to allow Britons to enter the country without visa after the UK exits the European Union. “A no-deal Brexit …
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January 31, 2019
Economy, FEATURED
The year 2018 ended with a new historical record for Greek tourism, with 33 million international arrivals and revenues of more than 16 billion euros, Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said in an interview with Alpha TV. € The minister stressed the enormous contribution of tourism as a whole to the …
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January 31, 2019
FEATURED, Social
A high school student was ‘forced’ to do homework outdoors under a street lamp because the family lives in extreme poverty and the Public Power Corporation had cut the electricity supply due to unpaid bills. Both parents are unemployed and they cannot afford much to offer to their three daughters …
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January 29, 2019
Economy, FEATURED
Greece aims to create new business opportunities thanks to its nascent cannabis economy. The use of medical cannabis in Greece was legalised in 2017, while the prohibition of its production was lifted in early 2018. In late 2018, the first two licences were granted to private companies for growing medicinal …
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January 28, 2019
Economy, FEATURED
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced on Monday the much anticipated increase of minimum wage. During a cabinet meeting that was live broadcast, Tsipras said that the minimum wage will be increased from 586 euros gross to 650. He added that the sub-minimum wage for those up to 25 years old, …
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January 27, 2019
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Views about the legitimate ownership of the Parthenon Marbles as they have been expressed by the director of the British Museum Hartwig Fischer are “remnants of colonialism, ignore the international debate and the Declarations of Unesco,” Greek Culture Minister Myrsini Zorba said on Saturday. Fischer’s statement of “legitimate ownership” demonstrates …
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