March 8, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis claimed in an interview with UK’s BBC that the “new metro in Thessaloniki was “up and running.” In an interview with BBC Hardtalk, Mitarakis was invited to speak about the deadly train collision last week, however, he obviously chose to speak about the achievements of …
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September 19, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
British state broadcaster BBC was met with sharp criticism on Sunday when it interviewed a former Greek royalty presenting him with the title “HRH Crown Prince of Greece.” This triggered an uproar not only on social media but many websites of news outlets in Greece complained about the “historical mistake” …
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May 13, 2021
Greece
Greek Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis was grilled at BBC and HardTalk when it came to vacations and vaccinations in Greece, the course of the pandemic and UK’s decision to not include the country in the “green list for safe travel.” In the following indicative excerpt, journalist Stephen Sackur criticized the Greek …
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February 26, 2019
Greece, Politics
A BBC story published online on Sunday, “Greece’s Invisible Minority – the Macedonian Slavs,” contains “significant historical inaccuracies and distorts facts at the expense of Greece,” Greek Ambassador to London Dimitris Caramitsos-Tziras said in a letter to the broadcaster on Monday. The BBC claim that the Prespes Agreement may have …
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February 24, 2019
Greece, Politics
The article of BBC “Greece’s invisible minority – The Macedonian Slavs” triggered angry reactions in Athens with the government to speak of “inaccurate and distorted Information.” The point that angered the Greek government is the BBC claim that with the Prespes Agreement with the Republic of North Macedonia, “Greece has …
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May 2, 2018
Refugees
Hundreds of people have lost their lives trying to reach Europe for a better future. Many lives have been lost not only in the Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea but also in the rushing waters of Evros river, the natural border between Greece and Turkey. As the bodies of the …
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April 3, 2018
Archeology, Culture
Greece’s Central Archaeological Council CAS approved on Tuesday permission to production company of “The Little Drummer Girl” to film at the archaeological site of Cape Sounion. It was the second request for filming permission submitted by the company “Faliro House Productions”. The first request was rejected by CAS last week …
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March 29, 2018
Arts, Culture
The Greek government is furious at the Central Archaeological Council for having rejected filming permission at the archeological site of Cape Sounion to BBC mini-series “The Little Drummer Girl.” The CAS decision came three days after the Ministry for Information, Media and Digital Policy has briefed several ambassador that Greece …
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March 29, 2018
Arts, Culture
Greece’s Central Archaeological Council on Wednesday refused a production company permission to film scenes from the BBC mini-series “The Little Drummer Girl” in the archaeological site in Sounion on April 12.However, it granted filming permission in the Acropolis at night. According to news agency amna, the decision was made by …
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January 28, 2017
Tourism, Travel
Did you know there is a stunning house on the Greek island of Antiparos that is hidden beneath the landscape? The amazing nine-bedroom underground house for awesome holidays in Greece called Ktima House has now acquired publicity because of a series of BBC. Award-winning architect Piers Taylor and actress and …
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June 28, 2015
Economy
IMF’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde finally found the needed strength to express her view on Greece’s Referendum. Speaking to BBC, Lagarde said that next Sunday (July 5th) referendum will not be valid as the creditors’ proposal and program end on June 30th. “I can’t speak for the IMF program, because …
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June 22, 2015
Economy
So the eurogroup finance ministers allegedly discussed also about imposing Capital Controls in Greece. Custom is that nobody speaks openly about Capital Controls in advance, but suddenly sends banks to “holidays” to the increase the surprise effect and prohibit bank runs. However the Belgian Finance Minister could not keep the …
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March 12, 2015
Politics
It seems that alarm bells have started to ring in the USA, the NATO and also in Europe over Greece’s approach to Russia. Hardly had the new coalition government came into power and the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias wrangled with the European Union over a statement concerning sanctions against …
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March 4, 2015
Economy
The “Grexit”scenarios have been around, alive and kicking already since last December, when the conservative ex PM made them top slogan against the left-wing. #Grexit” script-writers gave it a new boost right after the elections in January and when it became obvious that the new Greek new government had no …
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April 27, 2014
Society
“What jobless in crisis-hit south think of the European elections?” BBC journalist Patrick Jackson is traveling to “unemployment hotspots” of the Eurozone and collects opinions from Spain, France, Italy and Greece. First stop is Seville, in the Spanish region of Andalucia where general unemployment reached 36.3% last year and youth …
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June 1, 2012
Economy, Very Mix
Is this the BBC we know? On Wednesday night, during “Newsnight” programme presenter Jeremy Paxman had invited economist and Nobel winner Paul Krugan and former Greek finance minister George Papaconstaninou via live link from Athens to discuss about the Greek crisis and the economy. However right at the beginning of …
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March 26, 2012
Economy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told BBC that it would be a huge political mistake if debt-ridden Greece was allowed to leave the eurozone. In an exclusive interview to British broadcaster, Merkel warned that the eurozone would be “incredible weakened” without Greece. She openly said that Greece has still “a long and …
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September 27, 2011
Economy
Alessio Rastani claims to be a stock market and a forex trader. A ‘golden’ boy that dreams of the euro collapse just to see his golden dream bubble come true. He spoke to BBC and said things that can only leave you stunned. The nervous and fevery guy, that reminded me of …
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September 25, 2011
Economy
BBC has published a road map of Greece’s debt crisis odyssey. The graph tree based on questions with Yes and No concludes in gloomy perspectives like Moral Hazard, Political Turmoil, Global Meltdown and Depression. Even the “Pyrrhic Victory” should the government renegotiate its debts would lead to a banks collapse. …
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June 17, 2011
animals
Loukanikos, legendary riot dog and front-man at every protest rally is Athens has made it up to BBC! The UK broadcaster uploaded a footage of the blond four-legged protester in action. What else should the dog do except running, jumping and barking? BBC wrote on its page: One committed protester was at …
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