February 17, 2025
Earthquakes: Free accommodation in Athens for residents of four islands
The Municipality of Athens, in collaboration with the non-profit organization Airbnb.org, founded by…
February 16, 2025
Schools on 4 islands remain closed. Seismic activity due to tectonics & magmatism
Schools on the islands of Santorini, Ios, Anafi and Amorgos will remain closed for one more week, th…
February 15, 2025
Warning Messages via <112> to mobiles in Ionian islands, Peloponnese, western Greece
The Civil Protection sent early Saturday evening weather ALERT messages via the emergency line to th…
February 15, 2025
Ios island declared in “state of emergency” due to seismic activity
The island of Ios has been declared in a state of emergency late on Friday, February 14, 2025. aim o…
February 15, 2025
Greece Weather RED ALERT: Heavy rainfalls and storms
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather RED ALERT emergency report warni…
February 14, 2025
Seismology Lab: Decline in earthquake activity in Santorini-Amorgos zone
More than 100 earthquakes, of which 2 had a magnitude of 4.0 or greater and none had a magnitude of …
February 14, 2025
Mitsotakis welcomes von der Leyen’s proposal for budget exemption of defence expenditures
Greece welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal to activate the …
February 14, 2025
Santorini residents suffer from “Post-Earthquake Syndrome”
Exposed to constant tremors for over two weeks,residents of Santorini appear to be suffering from a …
February 14, 2025
Kefalonia: Heavy rainfalls cause landslides, floods, road network damages
Heavy rainfalls that hit the island of Kefalonia on Thursday night caused serious problems on the ro…
February 13, 2025
Three deer executed on Rhodes; one had antlers cut off
In a heinous act unknown perpetrators pulled the trigger and executed three deer on the island of R…
Recent News
It came as it has been expected. An alarming level of crime in the streets and households of Athenians. Daily are the news of burglars and robbers who don’t even step back from using Kalashnikov automatic rifles and knives to scare to death seniors, rape mothers and steal from a …
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Athens: Police Beats School Students (videos)
Tension prevailed during the protest of secondary school students in downtown Athens on Monday morning and riot police could not resist from beating the teenager school children with clubs. The tension started when the police got the order to ‘clean’ the main streets in front of the Greek Parliament. The …
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Trends: KTG Considers A Language “Haircut”… Is this Possible?
I’ve been thinking to follow the Austerity Trend in Greece, not only in term of my income and expenses – something that happens anyway in the usual monthly tact: income decreases, expenses rise. I have been wondering whether I would invent a kind of ‘austerity language’ with a 30-40% of “Haircut” …
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Greeks in the Tropic of Austerity
Wherever you sit and stand you will get confronted with private stories and destinies in the Tropic of Greek Austerity. A huge scissors made of steel cuts salaries, pensions and jobs. Within a single month people see their income vanished and they have to cope with just 550 euro to feed their …
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Athens: Bus, Tram Work-Stoppage, Oct 3
The week starts with nice little things like work-stoppages in public transport. On Monday, October 3rd 2011, do not look to move around with Buses between 11 am and 5 pm and with Tram from 12 noon to 4 pm. Under these conditions, if I want to use the Metro today I …
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UPD: Antoine, the Abducted & Abused Dog is Doing Better
UPDATE: Antoine, the stray dog who was abducted and thrown over a bridge last October in Athens, is doing better. After three surgeries, the sling was removed from his smashed leg. As he got a metal blade inside his leg, he still needs to rest. He is been taking care …
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Greek Fin Min Gives Wrong SMS Number for Property Tax Exemptions
That’s a true …Greek planning! Glorification of Sloppiness. The SMS number <54160> given public by the Finance Ministry for those who are entitled to be exempted from the Emergency Property Tax …belongs also to one or even two other subscribers! The ministry tries to correct the issue and there will …
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Greece’s Exemptions Criteria to Emergency Property Tax
Parents with more than three children, long time jobless and people with heavy disabilities are exempted form the emergency Property Tax or they will pat reduced prices per square meter. More specifically: Reduced prices of 0,5 euro per sq meter will pay a) Parents with more than 3 children, when …
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Thinking of Buying a Greek 100-Year Bond?…
What an exciting proposal! What a perfect investment! Especially for those Greeks hit by unemployment so that they will never manage to get a pension in their old days. A 100-year Bond is an extraordinary attractive call for newborns in debt-ridden households. Reuters reported: “Greece may be looking into kicking the can into the …
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Horror! “Parents” Hide Child in a Suitcase
That’s unbelievable! A pair of foreigners hid an eight-year-old boy in a suitcase and loaded it into the storage space of a coach bus! Operators of the bus and passengers were more than stunned when Igoumenitsa Port Authorities asked the bus personnel to open the suitcase: A child was curled inside the …
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UPD: Athens – Retired Officers Break into Defense Ministry (video)
It was around 2 pm on Friday when some 300 angry retired army officers broke into the yard of the Greek Defense Ministry after they were refused an appointment by either the Minister or the deputy minister. The officers broke some entrance doors and entered the visitors’ area. There are …
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Upd: Greece Extra Property Tax – Exemptions per SMS, till Oct 2/11
This is an importance notice for the emergency property tax. Those social groups exempted from the emergency property tax or those to pay reduced prices will have to send SMS to the Ministry and declare they belong to these groups. You have to send SMS to Mobile number <54160>. The …
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Mitsotakis welcomes von der Leyen’s proposal for budget exemption of defence expenditures
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New operation to repatriate rejected asylum seekers
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Konstantinos Tasoulas elected President of the Hellenic Republic
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Top Seismologist, Prof. Tselentis, resigns from Seismic Risk Assessment Committee
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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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Emergency measures for employees as Santorini businesses shut down
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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