May 15, 2019
World
A crisis erupted between Cyprus and UK after Europe Minister Alan Duncan disputes Cyprus sovereign right on its own Exclusive Economic Zone. “The Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus is a disputed area,” Duncan said in his speech in the House of Commons. Duncan said “I met with the Turkish ambassador …
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September 12, 2018
Greece, Politics
Did Berlin think that Greece forgot the issue of German War Reparations? Berlin may have forgotten the issue thinking it had scared off Athens with its multiple rejections of Greek claims. But the Greeks did not forget. The Parliament’s special committee report on the German war reparations will have been …
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August 21, 2018
Economy
The total of initial insurance payouts for the deadly fires in Attica on July 23 amount to 33.7 million euros at least, the Association of Insurance Companies of Greece (EAEE) announced on Tuesday. According to data provided by member insurance companies, EAEE said that compensation on property claims (homes and …
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August 10, 2017
Greece
The crisis between the Greek government Canadian mining Eldorado Gold and its Greek subsidiary Hellas Gold moved to a new level of escalation on Thursday, when the junior partner of the coalition government accused the Greek subsidiary of “fraud” and “money laundering.” The claims came from other than the leader …
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June 1, 2017
Refugees
US-based international aid agency Mercy Corps suspended two employees until an investigation conducted by Greek authorities concludes. The investigation follows claims that workers at the NGO had sexually harassed migrants in Greece’s reception centers and had misused funds aiming to the welfare of refugees and migrants. “Mercy Corps is investigating …
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May 30, 2017
Politics, World
Albania has discovered “grey zones” in the Ionian Sea and claims Greece needs to ask permission from Tirana in order to conduct hydrocarbon exploitation. Following the tactics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Albanian prime minister Edi Rama tears bilateral Treaties apart and challenges the Greek sovereignty in the Ionian …
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May 28, 2017
Tourism, Travel
A British couple face losing their home after a five-star Greek hotel counter-sues them for £170,000. The couple had made a £10,000 claim that the resort’s food and drink made them ill. The five-star hotel has made a counter-claim against them alleging the claim was ‘fake’ and for ‘damaging its …
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March 24, 2017
Greece, Politics
Greece’s corruption prosecutor Eleni Raikou submitted her resignation on Friday claiming she was being targeted by “unofficial power centres” due to her investigation of alleged extensive bribery of state officials by the pharmaceutical firm Novartis. Eleni Raikou has been holding this position since 213. Greece’s Corruption Prosecutor Eleni Raikou resigned …
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March 24, 2017
Economy
Greeece will need at least twenty years to have its GDP return to pre-crisis levels. This message full of … spring optimism was transmitted by Poul Thomsen, in charge of the European program of the International Monetary Fund. Speaking at a conference in the University of Oxford, Poul Thomsen said …
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November 7, 2016
Very Mix
Imprisoned leader of terror organization 17. November, Alexandros Gioropoulos, claims that 8 members were still on the run. In an 8-page letter sent from the prison cell to daily To Ethnos, Giotopoulos claims among others that: important documents found in a hide-out in 2002 have disappeared together with a 45-revolver …
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November 1, 2016
Politics
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama had to dig deep in the home-cooked history of his country in order to counter the call by Greek Foreign Ministry to refrain from demolishing the homes of Greek minority members in Chimara. Fantasist Edi Rama claimed that it was the Albanians who saved Acropolis …
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October 11, 2016
Politics
I don’t know if the World Mental Health Day on October 9th had an “inspiring” effect on some people who used to govern Greece. But today a current financial official and a former politician with high profile, both PASOK, claimed that Greece is and has being ruled by people with …
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September 26, 2016
Politics
It is the first time that the leader of a political party makes such a denouncement. Vassilis Leventis, the founder and chairman of Union of Centrists, claimed that a pollster asked from him €10,000 in order to show better rates for the party in the next public opinion poll. Speaking …
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April 25, 2016
Economy
German media know apparently better. And they claim today that finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and one more member of the Greek government intend to resign. Leading in this role is Bild newspaper that sees “a dramatic escalation in Greece’s government and financial crisis as two cabinet members are threatening to resign …
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February 27, 2016
Economy
With this – Refugee Crisis – and that – borders closure, EU’s inability to solve the issue -, we, the Greeks, forgot the economic crisis, and the lenders. Forgot? Not exactly. We just focused on another, equally important tissue that makes the economic dead-end even worse. But here comes the …
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January 29, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
We have wondered many times why Turkey does not implement what it has agreed upon with the European Union, after it signed the deal: 3 billion euro vs halting the refugees and migrants flow to Europe. KTG also often expressed the suspicion that Brussels most probably had not handed out …
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September 11, 2015
Politics
Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis got really angry. And he decided to reward with his own Yamaha motorcycle those who can prove that the claims his former partner in coalition government alleged were true. So he tweeted: Όποιος αποδείξει ότι έχω δουλέψει έστω για 1'σε fund (κι όχι μόνο …
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July 1, 2015
Very Mix
There is a hurricane of rumors and leakages to local and international press about the “negotiations” between Greece and its creditors, about what’s next on economic level, after the country missed its payment to the IMF and the bailout program expired at midnight. One journalist claims this, another something different, …
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June 30, 2015
Economy, Politics
Greece is one minute before 12. Midnight sharp we will not all turn into pumpkins but rather into default, should we believe local and foreign media. As the whole reporting about “Greece’s Doomsday” is strongly influenced by the pro or contra propaganda with regards to Referendum on upcoming Sunday, I …
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June 2, 2015
Economy
The rumor and speculation mill is working overtime as usual when negotiations between Greece and its creditors are at a crucial point. After Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras revealed that Greece sent a draft plan to the Troika-Institutions on Monday night, national and international media started to upload on their websites …
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