November 11, 2024
“Safe Youth”: Panic button for minors, victims of violence, launched on Monday
The official operation of “Safe Youth”, a panic button app designed to help young people…
November 11, 2024
Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfalls and storms
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency weather report on Monday warn…
November 10, 2024
Yiannis Boutaris: Iconic politician, winemaker and wildlife activist,passes away at 82
The iconic former mayor of Thessaloniki, a winemaker and founder of wildlife and bears sanctuary …
November 10, 2024
Greeks Pitsolas and Noula win 41. Authentic Athens Marathon 2024
Charalambos Pitsolis finished first in the 41st Authentic Marathon, as he covered the 42,195 meters …
November 8, 2024
SYRIZA: Kasselakis hints to form a new political party
Just a few hours before the start of the congress of Greece’s main opposition party SYRIZA, it…
November 8, 2024
Greek and Turkish FMs agree that they disagree on the crucial issue of the Aegean Sea
The Foreign Ministers of Greece and Turkey agreed that they disagree on the crucial issue between th…
November 8, 2024
Greece has third lowest wages in the EU, Eurostat shows
The average full-time adjusted salary in Greece for 2023 was €17,000, according to data released by …
November 7, 2024
Prisoners in Crete make wheelchair for paralyzed young lamb
Prisoners at the rural prison of Agia by Chania on the island of Crete took a heartwarming initiativ…
November 7, 2024
Extreme bullying in Athens school: Student trapped inside gutter
A case of extreme and dangerous bullying of a 12-year-old student in a high school of Nea Ionia subu…
November 7, 2024
Greek, Turkish Foreign Ministers lay out positions before meeting
A day before the foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey meet in Athens on Friday, Giorgos Gerapetrit…
Recent News
The tragedy in Kavala where three children lost their lives in a house fire reached the other side of the big river, the Atlantic Ocean. Washington Post published an article on the issue, stressing the most striking aspect of the story: that these children had not be dead today, if …
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Athens: “Hungry But Chic” – Kookai slogan challenges unpaid workers & starving Greeks
A genius slogan or an unfortunate inspiration? Kookai’s slogan “Hungry but chic” is being displayed on the windows of Fokas stores at Ermou street, Athens main shopping street. Consumers walk up and down the street, devoted at window shopping as austerity, recession and unemployment have swallowed their money. Just a couple meters away …
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Greek opposition leader Tsipras calls for European debt conference
Greek main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras from left-wing SYRIZA called for European debt conference and a debt ‘haircut’ for Greece and the entire Southern Europe as the only viable solution. In an exclusive interview to British daily “The Guardian“, Tsipras stressed that the austerity program is not working while it increases the …
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Athens: that’s not weather for swimming. really!
It looks like the real winter broke out. Wind, rain and in some places even snow. Cold and in the north parts of Greece freezing. Hardly time to go for a winter swim. Really! Not the ocean, just the modest Argosaronic Gulf Athens, Dec 8/2012, 3.30 pm, 14° C. I …
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Confusion with Emergency Property Tax via Electricity Bills – Again!
For one more time confusion prevail over the emergency property tax to be paid through electricity bill issued by the Public Power Company (DEH). After an Athens court ruled that it was illegal to collect the property levy though these bills, Greek media reported that the management of DEH instructed …
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Survey: SYRIZA leads with 22%; Tsipras suitable for PM; 61% NO to early elections
The majority of Greeks sees their future in bleak colours, are pessimistic about their future and the future of the country and not happy with their lives and believe the country is heading to the wrong direction. At the same time, they reject the coalition government policies and give left-wing …
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Athens: Arsonists target cars of former Greek Minister Papantoniou
Two private cars belonging to former finance and defence minister Yiannos Papantoniou became the target of arsonists in the early morning hours of Friday. According to Greek media, shortly after 3:30 a.m. devices consisting of gas canisters exploded, destroying completely the two cars and causing some damages to Papantoniou’s residence. more pictures …
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Athens: Petrol bombs and tear gar at teenager boy commemoration
Tear gas and fires in garbage bins create a suffocating atmosphere in Exarchia district of Athens where protesters clashed with police on Thursday evening. Protesters hurled petrol bombs at riot police and set garbage bins on fire. Police fired teargas and chased the protesters through the streets of the area. …
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Athens: a touch of compassion for the hungry fellow citizen
A plastic bag left in front of a store. The goodies carefully wrapped in foil. A simple note: “Bread and Cheese (Clean)”. Somebody left a modest meal for somebody who cannot afford to cover a basic need: food. A gesture of compassion by an unknown somebody for a hungry soul. A jobless, a homeless… The …
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Humanitarian crisis: Greeks take action for free health care for uninsured citizens in need
As the economic crisis in Greece has turned into a humanitarian one and thousands of citizens are unable to receive basic health care and medicine, the Athens Medical Association (ISA) and the Association of Pharmaceutical Companies will join forces with the Greek church and “adopt” a chronic-ill, unsinsured citizen in need. The program is supported by the …
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Athens – Thessaloniki: Clashes between students and riot police (pcts, video)
Clashes sparked between school-, universty-students and riot police around Omonia square in downtown Athens during the protest rally to commemorate the assasination of teenager boy Alexis Grigoropoulos, 15, on 6. December 2008. It looks as if the clashes started when somebody hurled a petrol bomb against the riot police. However, the molotov cocktail …
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1.3 Million Greeks Without Job: Unemployment 26%, Among Youth 56%
Every month unemployment in Greece breaks a new record! According dat released by Greek Statistics Authority (ELSTAT) for September 2012: unemployment reached 26%, while the data for youth 15-24 years old skyrocketed to 56% – despite the lowering of the minimum wage for this age group down to 510 euro …
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Yiannis Boutaris: Iconic politician, winemaker and wildlife activist,passes away at 82
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SYRIZA: Kasselakis hints to form a new political party
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Greek and Turkish FMs agree that they disagree on the crucial issue of the Aegean Sea
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Greek, Turkish Foreign Ministers lay out positions before meeting
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“Make Greece Great Again”: Local Trumpistas in action
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PM Mitsotakis congratulates Trump on his election victory
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US Elections 2024: Athens is drafting the next day scenarios
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EU Commission approves Tzitzikostas as Transport & Tourism Commissioner
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Salamis Shipyards delivers the first two Island-type patrol vessels
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Trump claims to be “more Greek” than Antetokounmpo; Giannis reacts
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Firefighters: “Heroes” in summer, beaten & teargassed in autumn
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Inflation in Greece down to 2.4% in October; food prices remain high
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Greece has third lowest wages in the EU, Eurostat shows
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Large number of weapons, explosives seized in police operation; 5 arrests
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Survey: 8 in 10 Greeks likely to buy, sell or rent a property in the next five years
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Reduced Winter off-peak electricity tariffs in Greece start on Nov 1