February 10, 2025
Impressive Meteor with blue glow over Athens (video)
An impressive phenomenon with a blue glow over Athens, when a meteor crossed the cloudy sky in the e…
February 10, 2025
Santorini: Special prayers for protection from earthquakes (video)
Holding banners, Greek flags, holy icons, the relics of Saint Charalambos and the scull of Saint Pro…
February 10, 2025
Farmers to block with tractors the highway in Central Greece
Protesting farmers from Magnesia in central Greece will stage a symbolic blockade of the Old Volos-L…
February 10, 2025
Urgent investigation ordered into videos linked to Tempi train collision
Larissa appellate-level examining magistrate Sotiris Baikamis ordered on Monday an urgent investigat…
February 9, 2025
Over 11,700 earthquakes in Santorini Jan 26-Feb 7
Over 11,700 earthquakes occurred in Santorini and nearby area between January 26 and February 7, an …
February 9, 2025
Ex Golden Dawn member commits suicide after double murder of Roma men
A 60-year-old man in Larissa, Central Greece, committed suicide after the double murder of two Roma …
February 9, 2025
Greece Weather: Temperatures blow seasonal average, snow
Temperatures remain low, at single digit also on Sunday even in the suburbs of southern Athens that …
February 8, 2025
Greece, Cyprus among UN nations supporting ICC after Trump sanctions
Greece and Cyprus are among the 79 UN member states that signed a joint declaration issued on Friday…
February 8, 2025
Santorini earthquakes: Schools remain closed on 4 islands for another week
Schools on the islands of Thera (Santorini), Ios, Anafi, and Amorgos will remain closed for another …
February 7, 2025
Pupils, students rally in Greece demanding “Justice” for Tempi victims
Thousands of students and pupils took to the streets of bit and small cities throughout Greece on Fr…
Recent News
A farmer was seriously injured in the head and was taken to a nearby hospital when tension broke between protesting farmers from Peloponnese and riot police outside the Greek Parliament in downtown Athens. The angry farmers had come to Athens to protest the ‘unified property tax’ that will impose …
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Greek FinMin shocked to hear, he has to pay €150 for Christmas Carols
Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras would be shocked to hear about the cost of Christmas Carols, should the kids be enforced to issue receipts. Below the very pointed caricature by Kostas Mitropoulos Stournaras: 150 euro for Christmas Carols? Are you nuts? Kid: Mister Yiannis, Christmas carols cost 5 euro. …
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Greek Christmas present: state cuts poverty allowance to 20,000 people with disabilities
The Greek state prepared an ugly Christmas surprise to 60,000 people who had been receiving poverty allowance and are below 65 years old. Applying one more loan agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) conditions, the lavish welfare benefits (EKAS) of 400-600 euro per month will be cut. Thousands of retirees under age …
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Protesters sing Christmas Carols & collect donations for ex transport minister Liapis
I told you before: former transport minister Michalis Liapis, who claimed to be a “poor pensioner affected by the economic crisis” and therefore he counterfeit the license plates of his luxury vehicle, is a source of inspiration. Municipality workers soon to be laid off entered the office of deputy interior …
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Pireaus: Family of 5 lives without electricity for two years; oil lamps make darkness milder:(video)
Kouzilos family lives in the dark since one and a half years. The debt to Greek Public Power Company (DEH) amounts €1,900. Father Giorgos tried to make an arrangement with PCC ten days ago, but no solution was found with the local branch. His offer of 500 euro was not …
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Ex Defense Ministry official admitted bribes $16 million. Yes, he is Greek…
Former PM Papandreou may had been right, when he claimed in the pre-election period in September 2009 “there is money”. Stupidly enough the Greek voters believed there there was money in the state registers to be distributed to the people. However, obviously enough, the money was (and still is) in …
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European Parliament points conflict of interest within the Troika of IMF, EU, ECB
The European Commission and the European Central Bank had conflicting interests when they acted within the troika of international lenders in bailed out countries, Members of European Parliament say. Othmar Karas and Liem Hoang Ngoc, the two MEPs tasked with looking at the problems surrounding the work of the so-called …
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Greece laughs: ex transportation minister Liapis turned into “clown of the town”
No Greek politician has suffered such a public castigation, taunting and humiliation before like the former Transportation Minister Michalis Liapis, 62, who was caught driving a luxury jeep with counterfeit license plates. As if the public humiliation was not enough, his party, conservative Nea Dimokratia, expelled him on Thursday by …
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Greek Parliament cuts state funding to Golden Dawn
With overwhelming majority of 241 lawmakers, Greek parliament voted in favor of cutting state funding to Golden Dawn. Party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and two MPs remand custody and two other were released on bail, are facing charges of forming a criminal organization. The voting was referring to suspension of the …
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Clever Greeks with pension €2,000+ get welfare benefits, while low-pensioners get nothing
There is no solution for this country. No! Absolute impossible! No way… And I feel the tension and the scream attack every time I read news like the following: Pensioners with 2,000-4,000 euro per month keep receiving welfare benefits. While others with pensions of 500-600 euro receive nothing. “The state …
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Prosperous 2014: Wages to reduce further in Greek private sector
The incomes of employees in Greece’s private sector are expected to undergo a further reduction at 1.5%. And this although wages fell at 21.7% during the last three years, after Greece surrendered to the Troika bailout mechanism. But of, course and in contrast employees at the Greek public sector and …
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UPD: Thessaloniki: Baby Jesus kidnapped
Unknown perpetrators kidnapped Baby Jesus from the Nativity crib set in the middle of Aristotelous square in Thessaloniki. Greek media report that it is a kind of tradition in recent years to kidnap Baby Jesus. The kidnappers used to leave a note explaining the reasons for their action. However this …
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Urgent investigation ordered into videos linked to Tempi train collision
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Greece, Cyprus among UN nations supporting ICC after Trump sanctions
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ND MEP Beleri votes for Musk-protege Fidias in EP, sparks controversy
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Greek nationals among U.S. ICE List of Deportable Immigrants
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Mitsotakis calls on EU partners to spend more on defense, create a €100bn Fund
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Greece opposes the sale of METEOR missiles to Turkey
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Former US Senator & friend of Greece Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison
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Gov’t narrative on Tempi disaster “derailed” after mass protests: PM interview
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Erdogan claims Greek “city of Thessaloniki” is part of Turkey
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Thousands of Greeks demand Justice for Tempi Victims; rallies in Greece & abroad
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Emblematic Archbishop Anastasios of Albania dies at 95
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Exploratory drilling may begin around Crete in 2025, says Minister
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CVC Healthcare Group to sell majority stake to UAE’s PureHealth
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Greece gives official go-ahead to Chevron for hydrocarbon exploration in “Block A2” and “South of Peloponnese”
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ECOFIN: Mid-term fiscal-structural plans of 21 members, incl. Greece
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Energy giant Chevron expresses interest in fossil fuel exploration in Greece