Insurance claims in the aftermath of storm ‘Daniel’ amount to 6,011, according to the first record, the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies of Greece said on Thursday. Of these, 4,307 losses related to property insurance (1,714 residences, 2,032 businesses, 69 industrial facilities, 116 technical projects and 376 photovoltaic systems). The …
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Train Crash: Station master remanded in custody, investigation targets two more
The station master of Larissa was remanded in custody after a testimony that lasted over seven hours until late on Sunday. The 59-year-old man is being charged with endangering transport safety and multiple counts of negligent homicide and bodily harm. The transport safety charge, a felony, potentially carries a life …
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Turkey continues its lunatic rhetoric and accusations against Greece
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday that Greece continues with its “provocative actions”, despite Turkey’s efforts to ease tensions. He accused Greece for “two-faced” diplomacy, for “deceit and hypocrisy,”Turkish state-run news agency anadolu reported.. “Despite all our well-intentioned efforts, unfortunately, our neighbor Greece continues to increase the tension …
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Greece FM sends letters to UN, NATO over absurd Turkish claims
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will send letters to all members of the UN Security Council and to the UN Secretary General, as well as the secretary general of NATO, in the wake of the unprecedented statements made by Turkish officials’ in recent days. The statements made by the Turkish …
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Turkey claims alleged PKK terrorist was trained in Greece
Turkey claimed a suspected member of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), recently arrested in Istanbul, was trained in Greece. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu claimed on a tweet on Monday that the arrestee was preparing a terrorist attack against the country after receiving training in Lavrio, in south-eastern Attica. Sevgili …
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Seven women sue Bishop over rape and abortion claims
Seven women are suing Bishop of Dodoni, Chrysostomos over his outrageous rape and abortion claims on Friday morning. The women, some of them verbally or sexually abused, will file a lawsuit against the Bishop under the anti -racist law at the First Instance Court in Thessaloniki. “We will sue you …
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Greece dismisses Turkey’s claims “S-300 radar locked Turkish F-16”
Greece dismissed on Sunday Turkey’s claims that a radar of air defense system S-300 locked on Turkish F-16s in the Aegean Sea. The incident allegedly took place on August 23, Ankara claimed. Citing sources from the Turkish Defense Ministry, news agency anadolu reported that “Turkish F-16 fighter jets were harassed …
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“The islands! The islands! Give me the islands! And half Cyprus!”
The Turkish folk, famous for their seafarer skills since their Mongolian past, wants to expand their territories and grab islands. In the West. Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. And half the Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean, they illegally occupies since 1974. Haven’t Turkish politicians often claimed in the 1990’s …
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Greece publishes 16 MAPs exposing Turkey’s illegal and unilateral claims
Greece’s Foreign Ministry uploaded a total of 16 maps “in an effort to increase the wider public’s awareness of Turkish revisionism,” as it said in a statement. “The attached maps depict in a vivid and irrefutable way the Turkish illegal unilateral actions and claims,” the Ministry added. Greece-Turkey borders according …
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Erdogan and his “neo-Ottoman” games to grab Greek and Arab territories
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is under pressure, in his own country due to an inflation that has gone out of control. What does he do? He “sells” to his countrymen expansionist rhetoric and targets Greek and Arab territories for the sake of collapsed Ottoman Empire, a year but a …
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Prosecutor probes unprecedented claims by Bishop of Kythera regarding vaccines
The Prosecutor of Piraeus has ordered an urgent preliminary investigation into inflammatory statement by the Bishop of Kythera Seraphim who claimed that the vaccines against Covid-19 contain “products from abortions.” Authorities investigate whether the Bisho spread fake news regarding the vaccines. During a superstitious delirium on December 27, the Bishop …
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Turkey claims “sovereign rights” over the Greek island of Kastellorizo
Turkey is claiming “sovereign rights” over the Greek island of Kastellorizo and will ‘never compromise on this,” the Foreign Ministry in Ankara said on Saturday. The post of the Turkish Foreign Ministry comes ahead of the EU Summit next week, where EU leaders will discuss sanctions on Turkey due to …
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Erdogan claims “Greece is accepting Turkey-Libya deal”
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that “Greece is slowly accepting the status quo in the Eastern Mediterranean following the Turkey-Libya deal on maritime boundaries. Ankara’s “resolute stance has led the rest of the countries in the region, but mainly Greece,” to accept the status quo that Turkey wants in the …
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Turkey escalates tension with Greece with five claims in the Aegean
Turkey escalates tension with neighboring country and NATO partner Greece and asserts its long-standing claims in the Aegean Sea challenging the Greek sovereignty of several mostly uninhabited islands, the continental shelf and the territorial waters. Just hours after Defense Minister Hulusi Akar demanded demilitarization of 16 Greek islands, a high-ranking …
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Turkey claims Mykonos, Paros and Naxos in the Central Aegean Sea
Turkey continues its provocations and claims and this time has eyed some of the Cyclades islands in the central Aegean Sea. Mykonos, Paros and Naxos are among the islands Ankara would like to name hers according to its plan “Blue Homeland.” Umit Yalim, former Secretary of the Turkish Defense Ministry …
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Erdogan claims to extend Turkey’s borders across half of the Aegean Sea
Turkey believes that half of the Aegean Sea as well as the east part of the east coast of the island of Crete belongs to the neo-ottoman hordes of Erdogan whose target is a so-called “Blue Motherland.” The Turkish President dared to appear with the map of Turkey’s wet dreams …
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Crisis between Cyprus and UK after minister Duncan disputes EEZ
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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Greece’s report of German WWII Reparations to be submitted to Parliament
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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Insurance claims for Athens wildfires amount €33.7 million at least
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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“Hellas Gold is fraud and money laundering”: Minister Kammenos escalates dispute with Eldorado Gold
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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