March 26, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Inflation and price rises have restricted that quintessential Greek pastime of spending time with friends out of the home, drinking coffee, a new research found. Kapa Reseach found that over half of Greek coffee drinkers (54%) said they have limited the times they go out for coffee due to the …
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March 25, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The big military parade of Armed and Security forces to celebrate the Greek Independence Day on March 25 started at 11 a.m. in front of the Monument of the Unknown Soldier at Syntagma in the center of Athens. 25. March 2023 marks 202 years after Greeks revolted against the Ottomans …
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March 23, 2023
animals, FEATURED
An elderly woman was fined with 120,000 euros administrative penalty by the police in Volos for dumping four new born kittens in a garbage bin. She had put them in a tightly closed plastic bag which she threw to the bin near her home on Monday night. The 75-year-old woman …
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March 23, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The U.S. State Department “Greece 2022: Human Rights Report” describes with gloomy colors the situation in our country and gives a sound slap to the face of conservative Mitsotakis government. Wiretapping, corruption, lack of transparency, police brutality, refugees push-backs, freedom of expression, are some of the features listed by the …
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March 22, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Greece received tens of thousands of comments by tourists who visited the country for vacations in 2022. Greece maintained the satisfactory score of 2019 in both infrastructure and services. However, not all of the comments were positive. What are their main complaints? “Good Grades” seem to have been given by …
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March 21, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Chicken, goats, sheep and rabbit in your picturesque home yard in the village? Forget it! The Greek government issued a decision to ban domestic animals in cities and villages yards especially in those with touristic interest. To start with, the ban will be implemented first on the island of Crete …
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March 20, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Sea water leaked in the Metro in Piraeus, stagnant water, in addition to the stench, soon began to cause intense oxidation to various metal elements of the Metro railway infrastructure, just months after its inauguration in November 2022. This was reported by a group of independent journalists over the weekend …
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March 20, 2023
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The impressive portable ancient sundial is being presented at the Archaeological Museum of Philippi in Kavala, northern Greece. The horological device is dated 250-350 AD and it is highlighted by the Culture Ministry as “the exhibit of the week.” The sundial is the earliest type of timekeeping device, which indicates …
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March 20, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Turkey will vote for Greece’s candidacy in the elections for the non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his counterpart, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced on Monday. In return, Athens will support the Turkish candidate for the position of general secretary of the …
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March 20, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
The exposure of Greek banks to Credit Suisse is “almost zero,” Greek central bank chief Yannis Stournaras told Reuters on Monday. “They (the Greek banks) are not exposed to Credit Suisse’s Additional Tier 1,” Stournaras, who also sits on the ECB’s 26-member Governing Council, said. He added that Greek banks …
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March 20, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Tourism businesses in Greece will be able to hire employees from third countries to meet staff demands after a relevant bill was revised to include the sector, the government announced last week. According to media, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Syria and Egypt are the third countries to which Greece’s tourism can turn now to …
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March 20, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 62-year-old man, a retired Air Force officer, locked himself in his car with his twin toddlers, a boy and a girl aged 2.5 years old, and opened a gas canister in an attempt to put an end to the lives of all three. They were rescued after the man’s …
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March 20, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Sunday attended the silent memorial march held in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki each year to commemorate the Jews that fell victim to the Nazis in WWII. This year’s march marked the 80th anniversary since the departure of the first train …
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March 20, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
A woman who was injured in the deadly train collision at Tempi filed a criminal complaint at the Athens prosecutor’s office on Friday, demanding the full investigation of the accident. Filed through court lawyers, the complaint calls for investigating the criminal liability of every person in a position of responsibility …
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March 17, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The Hellenic Railway Regulatory Authority (RAS) has found serious deficiencies in the training of stationmasters of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE). In a press release on Friday and followed investigation, the RAS said that an inspection of the theoretical and practical training attended by the stationmaster at Larissa, central Greece, …
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March 17, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
The minimum wage will be set at 780 euros gross from April 1, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced οn Friday. This corresponds to an increase of 9.4 percent. Monthly minimum wage is currently 713 euros gross. With the increase from April 1, and the rise to €780, the net income …
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March 16, 2023
FEATURED, Sports
Roads will shut down in central Athens for the Athens Half-Marathon and two associated races organized by the city of Athens, from early in the morning to early afternoon on Sunday, March 19, 2023. The city is organizing the Half-Marathon along with a 5km Road Race and a Family Run …
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March 16, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece and Israel signed the 2023 Defense Cooperation Program in a meeting in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (HNDGS) announced. On Greece’s side, the program was signed by HNDGS’s Director of International Relations Brigadier General Nikolaos Holevas, and from Israel by Colonel Gil Dolov, the …
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March 16, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
The European Parliament has passed a regulation that bans sale or renting of homes without energy upgrade. All properties available for sale or rent must incur compulsory energy upgrade costs, costing tens of thousands of euros, from 2030 onward, based on what is stated in the relevant European Union directive. …
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March 16, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Videos shows riot police attacking peaceful protesters, among them elderly, with batons and tear gas in downtown Athens as thousands of Greeks march expressing their rage for the train collision and demanding justice for the victims and not cover-up. Video via avgi.gr: Peacefull protesters march towards Syntagma Square chanting slogans, …
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