A unique and for many scary phenomenon occurred on Wednesday night at around 9:30 p.m. A large fireball traveling with tremendous speed appeared in the sky and brightened the night. Those who saw the object speak of a “huge fiery ball”. According Greek media reports, it was a meteorite that …
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UPD: Privatization Fund CEO Stavridis resigns over lear jet scandal
CEO of Greece’s Privatization Fund Stelios Stavridis submitted his resignation late on Sunday after Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras asked him to do so. Stavridis did not mention the reason for his resignation. Citing government sources, Greek media report that Stavridis’ resignation was a matter of political ‘ethics’. KTG reported earlier …
Read More »Hydrocarbon research in Westen & South Greece ends successfully
“The data collected during the geophysical research for the location of underwater hydrocarbon fields in the Ionian Sea and south of the island of Crete is very good,” Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) executive vice-president Sverre Strandenes said upon the return of the Nordic Explorer research vessel to the southern port city …
Read More »Fake Social Benefits: Greek “Party” Worth €111 Million
It seems that it needed the Troika and two loan agreements with strict conditions to force Greece to finally proceed to a thorough control of the exploitation of social welfare benefits and allowances. In the recent census by the Health ministry that concluded last Friday, 37,000 beneficiaries did not participated in the state …
Read More »Family Give Four Children to State Institution Because It Can’t Feed Them
The number of families living in conditions of extreme poverty is increasing in austerity-ridden Greece even thought there ar eno statistics about it. From time to time we hear of cases that families hand their children to state institution because they simply cannot feed them. The latest incident occurred in …
Read More »Scandal with Fake Classification Docs Bring Cruises to Halt
Touristic cruises came almost to halt at the Ionian islands after the scandal with fake classification documents broke out. Currently 16 ships were ordered by the Ministry of Citizen’s Protection to stop operating after irregularities in their documents issued by a Russian classification agent in Piraeus. According to Greek state network …
Read More »Unleaded gasoline price at €2 per liter in certain Greece’s areas
Unleaded gasoline got fire and is sold at 2 euros per liter in several regions on Greece. Over the weekend the average price made a jump of one cent and is sold at €1.64/l, while the previous price record occurred on January 21, 2011 at €1.635. However the prices are on an …
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