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Convict leader of neo-nazi Golden Dawn, Michaloliakos, on early prison release

May 2, 2024 Comments Off on Convict leader of neo-nazi Golden Dawn, Michaloliakos, on early prison release

Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of neo-nazi Golden Dawn, convicted for establishment of a criminal organization, will be released from prison with a special degree, a decision of the judicial council of Lamia, central Greece. According to media reports on Thursday, the prosecutor rejects the release on grounds that the convicted …

Health Minister calls protesters “insignificant little people, caffirs”

April 30, 2024 4

With excessive audacity Greece’s Health Minister called protesting health personnel “insignificant little people” and “caffirs” during a visit on the island of Lesvos on Tuesday. Georgiadis was in the island’s capital Mytilene to inaugurate the new building of the public Ambulance Service EKAV. Behind the invited guests, local health personnel …

May 1: Athens Metro on work stoppage, Syntagma station to close by police order

April 30, 2024 Comments Off on May 1: Athens Metro on work stoppage, Syntagma station to close by police order

The metro in Athens and other public transport means in the Greek capital will limit their service operation on Labor Day, 1. May 2024, due to the traditional strikes and work stoppages. As there has been confusion about the work stoppages up to last minute on Tuesday here is the …

Greece lifts all protective measures against Covid-19

April 30, 2024 Comments Off on Greece lifts all protective measures against Covid-19

Greece’s National Committee in charge of Public Health Emergencies decided to completely lift all protective measures against the Covid-19. The decision was taken at a meeting last Thursday, April 25, and was published on Monday, April 29, 2024. After evaluating the epidemiological situation of the country during the last period …

Commission for POS transactions to be reduced; cap on bank commissions

April 30, 2024 Comments Off on Commission for POS transactions to be reduced; cap on bank commissions

The commission charged for ‘small retail’ transactions via POS terminals is to be halved by an amendment added to the draft bill by the national economy and finance ministry. The highest clearance commission for transactions of up to 10 euros will not exceed 0.5% of the transaction under the bill, …

Supreme Court seeks to appeal Mati wildfire court decision

April 30, 2024 1

Supreme Court Prosecutor asked the head of the Athens Appeals Court Prosecutors’ Office to examine the possibility of an appeal against a Misdemeanor Court ruling on the Mati fire. In its ruling on Monday, the court had acquitted 15 of those facing charges for the devastating fire in July 2018, …

Man is aggressive by nature as food hunter, woman’s role is to bring children into the world, says Dept Health Minister

April 29, 2024 3

Dangerous far-right rhetoric and unscientific views from the Deputy Minister of Health, Dimitris Vartzopoulos, directly from the cave of the modern homo sapiens. With a few sentences, 160,000 years of evolution and several centuries of Enlightenment, Science and progress were thrown over board. The views of Vartzopoulos, a psychiatrist and …

UPD Labor Day Strikes: Greece’s public transport means mobilization

April 29, 2024 Comments Off on UPD Labor Day Strikes: Greece’s public transport means mobilization

Public transport means will paralyze on upcoming Labor Day as several workers’ unions will join the traditional strikes on Wednesday, May 1, 2014. Private and public workers unions GSEE and ADEDY have called for the strike on Wednesday expressing their opposition to government’s decision to transfer the “holiday” after Easter …

Ridiculing the Acropolis for the sake of tourism (picts)

April 29, 2024 6

Greece’s leading archaeological site and one of the monuments of world cultural heritage, the Acropolis, turned into a stage of kitsch with young men and women dressed in ancient Greek attires, with goddess Athina and god Poseidon blessing the event with their presence. The unthinkable ‘event’ to entertain a group …

MyCoast: Greece’s app to report violations at the beaches

April 29, 2024 5

A digital application named “MyCoast” facilitates beach-goers in Greece to directly report violations of beach access regulations by those putting umbrellas and sunbeds on the coastline. The application was introduced to public by the Ministry of Digital Governance on Monday morning. “MyCoast” allows users to lodge complaints regarding instances where …

MATI wildfire: Court verdict outrages relatives of 102 victims

April 29, 2024 1

Six years after the devastating wildfire in Attica’s seaside town of Mati and nearby areas, which claimed 102 lives and left dozens injured, a three-member misdemeanors court issued its verdicts on the 21 defendants on Monday morning. The verdict triggered an outrage among the victims’ relatives who keep demanding justice. …

Earthquake rattles with 4.2R Crete; intense seismic activity

April 29, 2024 1

An earthquake rattled with a 4.2 magnitude on the Richter scale the island of Crete on Monday morning. According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the earthquake occurred at 5:07 a.m. and its epicenter was located in the sea area 51 kilometers north of the city …