September 22, 2023
Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfalls, strong thunderstorms
Greece’s Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning on heavy rainfalls and storms in …
September 22, 2023
Kasselakis under fire for calling Turkish-occupied entity on Cyprus “their statelet”
SYRIZA leadership race frontrunner Stefanos Kasselakis has come under fire for calling the Turkish-o…
September 21, 2023
The phenomenon “Kasselakis”: Captain America for PM of Greece?
He is young, just 35 year old. And good looking: tall, well-built, with perfectly shining teeth and …
September 21, 2023
Olive oil price increases bring Greek salad & vegetable dishes to tears
Olive oil turns into a luxury item in Greece and we may soon find ourselves to use it as an expensiv…
September 21, 2023
Hoteliers, Airbnb owners want clarifications regarding VAT, accommodation fee
Representatives of the short-term rentals sector as well as of the hotel sector, are in favor of the…
September 21, 2023
No Metro service in Athens; buses operate as usual, Sept 21
There is no metro service in Athens on the strike day Thursday, September 21, after workers decided …
September 21, 2023
Flock of sheep eats 100 kg of medical cannabis in Greece’s flooded area
A flock of hungry sheep in the flooded areas of Central Greece raided a greenhouse with medical cann…
September 21, 2023
Mitsotakis – Erdogan agree on a road map for dialogue
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesda…
September 20, 2023
Greece’s Air Traffic Controllers strike cancelled per court order
The union of Greece’s Air Traffic Controllers will not be able to hold an announced 24-hour st…
September 20, 2023
Commuters in trouble due to work stoppages in public transport, Sept 21
Commuters in Greek capital Athens will face troubles on Thursday, due to the 24-hour strike called b…
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A court in Thessaloniki rejected the case of a 90-year-old woman to be exempted from the emergency property tax via electricity bills for social reasons. The bett-ridden woman who suffers from diabetes, filed the case claiming that she is unable to pay the emergency property tax amounting 1.100 euro because her …
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Athens Stock Exchange Records New Lows Amid Uncertainty
Athens Stock Exchange recorded new lows on Wednesday, with the General Index at -2.41% and big losses for the banks and the FTSE20. Having gone down to 717.93 points, the ASE is especially vulnerable to the financial crisis within the euro zone. To this one should add the ‘haircut’ of Greek bonds talks in …
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New Greek PM Wins Vote of Confidence With Overwhelming Majority
Greece’s new Prime Minister Lucas Papademos received the confidence vote at the Greek Parliament on Wednesday afternoon with 255 YES and 38 NO out of 293 voters in a Parliament of 300. Two PASOK deputies and one from Nea Dimokratia voted NO.. All left parties voted NO to the new Greek …
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Indignant French Dance Solidarity-Sirtaki For Greece (video)
Oh, that’s nice! Dozens Indignants from France try to dance Sirtaki in Paris under the tunes of “Zorba the Greek” composed by Mikis Theodorakis. A small group gives the lead and soon all Indignants at La Defense square hold each other on the shoulders and dance to the music. On 11.11.11, the Indignant French sent …
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Ex-PM Simitis to Sarkozy: “Greece Has Not Cheated!” To Enter The Euro Zone
Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis wrote an article to French newspaper Le Monde, directly answering Nicholas Sarkozy claims that “Greece falsified statistical data in order to join the Euro Zone.” Simitis also indirectly gives an answer to Le Monde article claiming Goldman Sachs was the major Greek debt falsifier. Costas Simitis: …
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IIF’s Dallara in Athens for Talks with Greek PM, FinMin
Charles Dallara, managing director of Institute for International Finance (IIF) is rushing to Athens on Wednesday for talks with Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos. The talks will focus on the participation of private investors holding Greek bonds and the proposed 50% ‘haircut’. In Frankfurt, Germany, talks …
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Athens: Unionists Cut Off Electricity to Health Ministry Due To €3.8M Debts
Unionist of GENOP-DEH cut off the electricity to the Ministry of Health on Wednesday morning because the ministry owes to Greek power company DEH 3.8 million euro! Chairman of the union Fotopoulos said that it is a symbolic move to protest the practice that DEH workers must cut off the electricity …
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Athens: Armed With a Sword, High School Student Runs Amok
That was a real shock for students and teachers, this morning in Athens when an 18-year-old run amok swinging a … Ninja-style sword. The teenager wounded slightly the deputy director and a guard of the school who were taken to the hospital. Eyewitnesses report of unbelievable scenes that occurred in the …
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Le Monde: Draghi, Monti, Papademos – What Do They Have In Common?
Goldman Sachs, the US investment bank, rules Europe through three of its men in top positions, claims French newspaper Le Monde in its article ” Goldman Sachs – the link between Mario Draghi, Mario Monti and Lucas Papademos” by London correspondent Marc Roche. Le Monder refers to the common link between Draghi …
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Post-Post Modern Coup D’ Etat – It’s the Markets, Stupid!
Unelected but appointed leaders head the governments of two of the four debt-ridden countries of the euro zone. Lucas Papademos in Greece, Mario Monti in Italy. The so-called ‘national unity’, ‘salvation’ or ‘coalition’ governments in both countries came into power under the time pressure applied by markets attacks. Their tactic is known meanwhile: a …
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WOW! Greek FinMin Sings in a Heavy Metal Band? (video)
It makes the rounds and cheers thousands of Greek internet users: a video of British heavy metal band GRIM REAPER. Singer Steve Grimmett ‘satanically’ resembles …Greek Finance Minister Evaggelos Venizelos. No, it’s not the work of a crazy video artist or an evil editing. It’s real …. Video: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt …
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Greece’s New Go’vt: Banker Leads 48 Officials (Socialists, Conservatives & Far-Right)
The new Greek government is here and was sworn in at the Presidential Mansion in Athens on Friday afternoon. The new government consists of three political parties: PASOK (Socialists), Nea Dimocratia (COnservatives) and LAOS (Far-Right). Head of the new government is Lucas Papademos, banker and ex Vice President of ECB. A non-elected PM, …
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Greek PM calls UN members on “global cooperation” against Climate Change
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Kasselakis under fire for calling Turkish-occupied entity on Cyprus “their statelet”
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The phenomenon “Kasselakis”: Captain America for PM of Greece?
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Mitsotakis – Erdogan agree on a road map for dialogue
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Erdogan urges UN members to recognize illegally occupied territories in Cyprus
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Greek gov’t confirms “road accident” in Libya, dismisses “terror” rumors
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Erdogan: “We are friends with Greece for many decades”
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Turkish nationals arrested for espionage in Navy station on Poros
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Gov’t spokesman leaves open all options for fatal Libya accident
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Kasselakis, Achtsioglou finalists for SYRIZA leadership
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Local governor admits to have ordered opening of river embankment to flood Palamas village
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6,011 insurance claims in the aftermath of storm “Daniel”
Insurance claims in the aftermath of storm ‘Daniel’ amount to 6,011, according to the first … Read More » -
Olive oil price increases bring Greek salad & vegetable dishes to tears
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Hoteliers, Airbnb owners want clarifications regarding VAT, accommodation fee
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Greece hopes to combat food profiteering with new measures
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Fitch and Moody’s upgrade Greek banks