Greece’s main helpline for women who are victims of violence is at risk of being suspended due to bureaucratic obstacles, under-funding and indifference on the part of the government and the ministries in charge. Its operators staged a five-hour stoppage on Wednesday over the issue. Speaking to new website tvxs.gr, …
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Vultures on Crete: Dehydrated and exhausted at high risk, says ANIMA (picts, video)
Wildlife protection and care association “ANIMA” has sounded alarm for the vultures on the island of Crete. Due to the high temperatures and the long search for food and water, dozens of young vultures are dehydrated and exhausted, with the result that many have died to this day,” ANIMA warned. Fifteen …
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Fire Weather warning for Greece due to Hot-Dry-Windy conditions (Maps)
Τhe Fire Weather team FLAME of the National Observatory of Athens and the Civil Protection warn of very high risk of fires in Greece on Thursday and Friday, July 28-29, 2022. The adverse fire weather conditions will continue also over the weekend, July 30-31, 2022. Based on the latest available …
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Five Greek islands listed as at risk of “cultural heritage” due to wind farms
Five Greek islands have been symbolically added to Europa Nostra’s list of endangered cultural heritage sites this year due to the increased risk to landscapes posed by the excessive development of wind farms. These islands are Amorgos, Kimolos, Sikinos, Tinos and Kythira in the southern Aegean Sea. The announcement was made …
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“Prespes Agreement is at risk, some chapters may freeze,” says PM Zaef
Prime minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, has warned that a decision not to launch European Union accession talks with the Balkan nation may put the Prespes Agreement at risk as th ename deal and accession to EU are intrinsically linked. Speaking to the Greek edition of Euronews in Skopje …
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Acropolis and other Greek monuments at risk due to climate change
The monuments of the Acropolis rock as well as monuments of the Greek heritage at the coastal and submarine sites are at imminent risk due to the climate change. Even exhibits and paintings found in museums are negatively affected by the evolving reversal of the climate year after year. This …
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ANEL MP resigns, putting Greece’s coalition gov’t majority at risk
A lawmaker from Independent Greeks (ANEL) resigned on Tuesday over the Macedonia Agreement. The resignation leaves Tsipras’ coalition partner ANEL with just seven lawmakers and puts to government majority at risk. It is the second MP out of ANEL in the last ten days. MP Giorgos Lazaridis who is elected …
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Thousands of large-scale tax evasion cases at risk of “statute limitation”
Thousands of tax affairs of wealthy individuals “suspected” of tax evasion are at risk to be written off due to statute limitation at the end of the year. Most of the cases are included in 65 CDs containing the names of 1.3 million taxpayers who have made deposits and withdrawals …
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Greece’s pension system at high risk due to unemployment, low wages & lack of liquidity
Alarm bell is ringing for Greece’ social security funds. Arrears have reach €17 billion, in the third quarter of 2016 alone, debt rose to another 300 million euros. Unable to pay, debtors abandon also the arrangements they have made with the funds in order to pay their debts in installments. …
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UPD €2 bn bailout tranche at risk and why Greece’s PM Tsipras should not talk with Juncker about it
€Deadlock with creditors. The 2-billion euro bailout tranche is a risk. The Euro Working Group that was supposed to meet today and prepare the ground for the tranche release on Monday by the esteemed members of the Eurogroup decided otherwise. The EWG members preferred a long weekend than to deal …
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Greek court rules: Teachers’ and Transport workers’ strikes put public health at risk
Did you know that teachers’ strikes put the students’ health at risk? Have you ever thought that a court is concerned about the public health when it comes to strikes but it doesn’t seem to care when thousands of patients are deprived of basic medical care because they cannot afford …
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Underfunding and over taxation threaten charity foundations & leave disability patients without care
“Where will these children go ? Where will the patients with multiple severe disabilities find care and treatment if the charity foundations will close down?” Dozens of Greek charities send an S.O.S. appeal to the world as underfunding and high taxes threaten to close them down. Charity foundations that provide …
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Early elections in sight? Samaras announces 440,000 jobs, while gov’t majority at risk
There is the fragrance of elections hovering in the smog-free air of Greece. The country’s government announces measures here and there, measures aiming to alleviate the suffering of the austerity-ridden society. Right after his arrival to Athens from Brussels and Kefalonia where he visited the earthquake-hit area, prime minister Antonis …
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EU FinMins agree on banks bail-in; deposits below €100K safe. Or not?
…and so it’s definite. Money savers will bail-in banks going bankrupt. The European Union ministers decided so early Thursday. the noble ministers took this decision in an effort to cut the cost of taxpayer-funded bailouts. From what I understand the bail-in will be based on a pyramid scheme according to …
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