Another 28th October parade marking Greece’s entry into the Second World War and another controversy. Not a year goes by without some parades, and the behaviour of marchers or onlookers, grabbing the attention of the media. In this case, it’s the parade that took place in the municipality of Filadelfeia-Chalkidona …

A 35-year old Turkish woman, named Esma Uludağ, who fled Turkish government’s post-coup crackdown to Greece, passed away following a heart heart attack. Together with her children aged 3, 7 and 10 tears old, had walked to Greece. Esma Uludağ, mother of three children, aged 3, 7 and 10 years …

Greek opposition parties walked out of Parliament’s preliminary investigating committee on Novartis on Tuesday, accusing the government of lack of seriousness and delaying tactics. Committee members New Democracy, Democratic Alignment (PASOK), To Potami and Centrists’ Union started walking out of Tuesday’s meeting after ruling SYRIZA-ANEL coalition MPs proposed that the …

Hundreds of Greeks had to jump into the January cold waters on Epiphany Day to catch the Holy Cross. A granny in Dilesi, near Chalkida Attica, did not bother at all to exposed herself to the chilly weather. Dressed with her warm coat, holding her bag, wearing her shoes and …

Newly discovered fossil footprints challenge established theories of human evolution. The human-like footprints from Kasteli may put the established narrative of early human evolution to the test. Did our ancestors take their first steps in Crete? Photograph of two prints possibly representing a static stance of one individual. The footprints …

Russian cosmonaut of Greek descent Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin Grammatikopoulos will make a six-hour walk outside the ISS space station where he has been since April. NASA TV will broadcast live the cosmonaut’s trip. The broadcast is schedule to start at 17:00 (Athens time) on Thursday 17 August. 58-year-old Yurchikhin Grammatikopoulos …

Archaeological sites in Attica are to be closed from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 6th 2017, because guards will stage a work stoppage. Guards at archaeological sites say the protest is over a pay dispute and to demand better working conditions. In a statement, the union representing …

Six-year-old Styliani Eikosipentaraki or Ecosipentaraki went missing from her parents’ home in Agia Varvara suburb of Piraeus in West Attica on Thursday morning, April 27th 2017. According to an Amber Alert announcement, the girl has a walking disability. She is 118 cm tall and weights 20 kg. she has brown …

The European Commission summoned the Turkish ambassador to Brussels seeking explanations about the statements of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that “Europeans will not walk safely on the streets.” The European Commission said on Thursday it had summoned the Turkish ambassador to explain comments by President Tayyip Erdogan that Europeans would …

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Europeans across the world would not be able to walk safely on the streets if they kept up their current attitude. Turkey has been embroiled in a row with Germany and the Netherlands over the barring of campaign appearances by Turkish officials …

The European Union must come up with an alternative plan in order to tackle  Migration in case Turkey makes its threats true and walk out form the Migration deal. “We are very concerned,” Greek Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas told German conservative daily Bild after Turkey threatened to walk out of …

Families with children, pregnant women, fragile elderly, people with disabilities … They picked up their belongings and started to walk. A long march, a 500-km Walk along Greece’s national highway to the north, the borders with FYROM. Several hundreds refugees started to walk towards Greece’s borders to FYROM on Wednesday, …

The Greek delegation walked out the negotiations with creditors representatives in Brussels on Sunday afternoon. During the meeting that lasted 46 minutes, the Greek side submitted revised proposals but they were considered as “insufficient” by the creditors. A difference gap of 2.6 billion euro remain between the two sides. According …

Passengers of Athens Metro Line 2 experienced the blankest horror when the wagons stopped in an underground tunnel due to mechanical failure. The light in the wagons went off, with the passengers first waiting patiently. When time passed and nothing happened, panic broke among the dozens of people commuting to …

Inmates in Korydallos prison come and go in their cells whenever they want. Pictures from prison security camera, show the midnight walk of a prisoner: He climbs down to the yard from the cell window, walks a couple of steps, collects some items apparently thrown in the yard by accomplices …

Employees at IKEA branch Kiffisos in Athens walked out  on Tuesday to protest salary decreases by 11%. In agreement with the Retail Workers Association the employees launched a work stoppage on Tuesday. They are currently outside the shop and do not prohibit customers from doing their shopping… only that there is …

I really didn’t know that Greece had such a healing climate. Apparently it does. And thus with the effect that blinds can see, and paralyzed can walk. This can be the conclusion when one reads the news about the scandal of ‘fake disabled’ Greek fraudsters who used to extort real social …

The men and women from Financial Crimes Units (SDOE) of the Greek Finance Ministry. They appear in small groups of three and wear Air Force Blue uniforms. They walk down the streets and the malls of Athens. Piraeus and suburbs, devoted to combat tax evasion. With their blue appearance they try …

Amid loud applause, warm hugs, big smiles and wearing laurel wreaths, the 30 Spartans arrived in Athens after walking 225 kilometers to join the protests against the Austerity Measures. Spartans in Athens They had left Sparta on Sunday and covered the distance making short breaks and spending the nights under the stars. …

This is Sparta! Indeed. A group of modern Spartans launched a walking march from Sparta to Athens to join the protests outside the Greek Parliament. The group left central Peloponnese on Sunday and is expected to arrive in Athens on Wednesday. Starting point of the march was the Leonidas Statue, the …