A human tragedy occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday in the eastern Aegean Sea. A boat carrying refugees to Greece capsized and sunk, 3 nautical miles of the island of Farmakonisi. Several dozens people fell into the cold water, some of them were wearing life vests. But some …

Greece asked the European Union on Monday for humanitarian aid to help it cope with what it called “a volatile situation” following the large flow of migrants and refugees from the Middle East and Africa onto its shores. According to Reuters, “Greece requested the EU activate its civil protection mechanism, …

The smiles and hugs and optimism in Brussels on Wednesday. The next day.. the bomb.  The International Monetary Fund delegation left the Greek negotiations “upon a decision of IMF Europe director Poul Thomsen” as Skai TV reported this morning. A little later IMF‘s spokesman Gerry Rice was telling media in …

Greek journalists are on work stoppage today from 11 am to 5 pm in order to attend the General meeting of Greek Journalists’ Union ESIA. Therefore, KTG will offer some outstanding from internet, randomly picked among hundreds and thousands news items about the upcoming Greek Default, next month. According to …

Freighter BLUE SKY M has reportedly sent a distress signal due to suspected armed people on board. The latest position of the freighter was 3 nautical miles south of the island of Othonoi in the North-West of the island of Corfu in the Ioanian Sea and within Greek territorial waters. …

Scroll Down for the latest Updates and News! An international rescue operation under bad weather conditions is taking place in order to evacuate 422 passengers and 55 crew from ferry Norman Atlantic that is ablaze. According to Greek state NERIT TV, 42 passengers have been rescued and were transported to …

A bunch of people are struggling between the sea and the rocks. Men, women, children and elderly are trying to reach a small boat moving like a nut shell between the waves. The people are undocumented migrants who have entered Greece illegally. 43 men, women, children and elderly, who left …

Hardly was the new Greek cabinet was sworn-in and the report of the International Monetary Fund reached our pc screens. I can’t tell you whether the smiles on the faces of the new 42 ministers and deputy ministers froze because as I was writing these lines, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras …

At least 22 migrants were drown off shore of the island of Samos when the boat carrying them to Greece sank. Among the victims are four children, six men and twelve women – some of them pregnant, others holding their children in their arms. The incident occurred in the early …

Greece made its first official request for a further debt relief at the Euro Working Group in Brussels. This does not mean much in substance for the time being, as the International Monetary Fund may supports the idea, but Greece’s European partners -especially the Germans –  reject it. And they …

Three spectacular astronomic phenomena will happen in the sky above us today and tomorrow, April 14th and 15th 2014. A full “blood moon”, a total lunar eclipse and the planet Mars at the nearest point to the Earth. while the total lunar eclipse will not be visible in Greece, we …

I guess that’s what we call  “A picture is worth one thousand words”. Three hundred thirty one people, among them more than one hundred women and children, all loaded on a boat wreck. Three hundred thirty one people in search of a better life – no matter what the risks …

“Free coffee for journalists in the press room finished at 12 o’ clock,” a newswoman knew to report on a private television channel. Debt-ridden Greece could not but apply strict austerity measures during the opening  ceremony of the 5th Greek EU Presidency. The much-appreciated silk scarfs and ties were crossed …

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, kisses and songs, smiles and festive mood, and tables full of goodies in a world where things could have been much much better. Joy and Hope 🙂 Merry Christmas Καλά Χριστούγεννα Frohe Weihnachten ¡Feliz Navidad Joyeux Noël Feliz Natal Buon Natale Wesołych Świąt Crăciun fericit Bon Nadal Eguberri  …

Nikos Pappas, the Navy commander of the Velos mutiny against the junta, passed away at the age of 83.  He became famous when he withdrew destroyer Velos from a NATO exercise in May 1973 and led the ship to a port in Italy. There he and 31 other officers sought …

Everything changes and everything remains the same. Politics, mentalities and interests. What if Greek children go hungry to school, pensioners dig in garbage bins for food and majority of households cannot afford heating their homes. Politics, mentalities and interests remain the same. French  President Francois Hollande will visit Athens on …

Greece has completed the barbed-wire fence at its North-East borders to Turkey. With 10,365 meter length and 4 meter height the fence extends all along the land borders, from  Kastanies posting until the Evros river. According to Greek officials, the fence cannot be climbed without mechanical means. Of course, illegal immigrants …

After twelve hours of itching, Greece’s lenders, the EU/IMF/ECB agreed to save Greece for one more time and repel any danger for the Euro zone stability. A number of steps will cut the country’s debt to 124%  of gross domestic product by 2020 and to 110% in 2022. However the Eurogroup finance ministers refused …

Italian-flagged fishing vessel Fatima II allegedly came under mutiny off the southern coast of Crete island in Greece on Sunday evening and three Italian crew members were rescued by local coastal guard units, Greek media reported. The three Italians claimed to authorities that they had been ejected from the boat by the rest of …

 A powerful earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred at 03:44 p.m. on Sunday in the sea area between the Greek islands of Rhodes and Kastelorizo and the Turkish South-Western  coast. The Seismologic Institute Kandili in Istanbul/Turkey gave the earthquake intensity with 6.1R. There were no deaths but some …