April 27, 2017
Strikes
After the Greek seamen, workers on other transport means have declared strike and work stoppages on the 1st of May 2017. The day is normally celebrated with workers’ strike. So far the schedule for the strikes is: Buses will operate between 9 am and 9 pm Trolley buses on 24-hour …
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April 27, 2017
Arts
Home Sessions Greece celebrates the International Jazz Day by organizing, under the auspices of Unesco, an all-day event that will host a painting exhibition, photo exhibition and live musical performances, all around Jazz. The artists involved are prominent with an important career in the arts and directly related to Jazz. …
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April 25, 2017
Uncategorized
Armenian protesters clashed with police outside the Turkish Consulate in downtown Thessaloniki on Monday evening. The tension started when a group of Armenian youth attempted to hang a memo at the entrance of the consulate. Greek authorities did not allow that, the angry protesters freaked out throwing objects to police, …
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April 25, 2017
Very Mix
A human skeleton was found inside a garbage back next to a garbage bin in Kolonos district of Athens. It was municipality workers who made the macabre finding at 7:30 in the Tuesday morning. According to Greek media, the skeleton was wrapped in a carpet. However, someone had apparently opened …
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April 23, 2017
Arts, Culture
A contemporary festival, reclaiming public and private spaces in Athens and Piraeus, taking place within a fortnight. The 4th Fast Forward Festival explores the notion of home, of forced displacement and global strategies of precarization through socially engaged artistic practices. Can art imagine an alternative to our dominant models for …
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April 19, 2017
Society, Very Mix
A bomb exploded outside a bank branch in downtown Athens on Wednesday night. According to first reports, an anonymous called had warned a news website that the bomb would explode in 35 minutes. Police and anti-terror units found a suspicious school bag outside the bank branch in Santarosa street in …
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April 12, 2017
Greece, Politics
Greek police has increased security measures in Coptic churches after the deadly blasts in Egypt that cost the lives of 45 people. The three official Coptic churches located in Athens have been under strict surveillance and security patrols. The security plan went into effect already on Holy Monday, a day …
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April 10, 2017
Arts, Culture
US rocker Chris Cornell visited a refugee camp in Athens to hear first hand the stories and the plight of people fleeing war. Cornell and his wife Vicky Karayannis visited the Eleonas camp beginning of the month. The camp hosts mostly Afghan refugees. The Cornell family visited the camp together …
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April 7, 2017
Arts, Culture
Major contemporary art exhibition Documenta 14 opens its doors in the Greek capital Athens on Saturday, April 8. Visitors may wander into 40 small and big venues across the city to watch and admire the works of 160 artists from all over the world. For the first time in its …
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April 6, 2017
Greece, Politics, World
The Brexit, Cyprus peace talks, Greek-Turkish relations and the bilateral relations will be on the agenda of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his British counterpart Boris Johnson in Athens on Thursday, April 6, 2017. The visit comes after Kotzias accused the UK of lobbying for Turkey on the Cyprus …
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April 5, 2017
Economy, Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for an emergency Summit of the Eurozone member states before Easter, should there be no agreement between Greece and its European creditors at the Eurogroup meeting on upcoming Friday, April 7, 2017. The Prime Minister revealed that he already asked European Council President Donald …
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April 4, 2017
Social, Society
Armed with camping tents, dozens of elementary school teachers set them up outside the Education Ministry in Athens to protest changes in hiring criteria. They quickly set up their tents blocking the two entrances of the ministry with the effect that the ministry workers could not leave the building when …
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April 4, 2017
Social, Society
Thousands of pensioners marched through the streets of downtown Athens on Tuesday demanding a stop to further pension cuts. Representatives met with Deputy Minister in charge of Social Security and Retirement, Tasos Petropoulos. The meeting ended without the result protesters had hoped to achieve. The Minister merely confirmed that the …
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April 4, 2017
Society, Very Mix
Fighter jets roared in the sky over Athens on Tuesday noon to mark the end of Hellenic Air Force-led multinational exercise INIOHOS 2017. On Greek F-16 Block 50, one Greek F-4E, one Italian AMX Fighter Bomber and one Israeli F-16 Block 30 flew in formation over the Acropolis. One more …
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April 4, 2017
Society, Very Mix
An unprecedented gaffe. An armed robber managed to escape arrest hiding for fourteen hours in a closet of the victim’s apartment, despite the police presence and investigation. Four armed robbers broke-in on the apartment of an elderly woman in Palio Faliro suburb of south Athens on Monday morning. They entered …
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April 4, 2017
Society, Very Mix
If you see fighter jest flying over the Acropolis today, it is a multinational formation from air forces partaking in the Greek Air Force-led exercise INIOHOS 2017. On Greek F-16 Block 50 and one F-4E, one Italian AMX fighter Bomber and one Israeli F-16 Block 30 will fly in formation …
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March 31, 2017
Greece, Politics
A group of seven people wearing hoods and helmets and holding sledgehammers attacked a branch office of extreme right Golden Dawn in Athens on Friday morning. The assailants smashed windows and threw paint at the party bookstore at the ground floor after failing to break through the front door of …
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March 29, 2017
Tourism
The Greek government expands the airport levy of 12 euros for flights departing from Greece to all airports including the regional airports. The levy will start to be imposed after the operation date of the 14 regional airport and until November 1st 2024. After this date, the levy will be …
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March 25, 2017
Society, Very Mix
Watch LIVE the Military Parade in Athens as Greece celebrates the Greek War of Independence 1821. The military parade started at 11 a.m and ended one and a half hour later. Here are some high lights. Greece celebrates the 25th March with a double holiday: a historical and a religious …
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March 18, 2017
Archeology, Culture
The Acropolis Museum will celebrate Greece’s Independence Day on March 25th with free entrance for all. Access to all halls and exhibitions will be free from 9 am to 8 pm. Two events are scheduled for this day: the presentation of a painted copy of “Kore 685” at 1 o’ …
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