March 4, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Hardly had the conservative Greek government established a 3-member committee tasked with the investigation of the deadly train disaster and one member resigned after it came under fire by opposition parties and large part of the social media society. Thanassis Ziliaskopoulos, a professor of production and transportation at the University …
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November 28, 2022
Greece, Politics
Former general secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office and nephew of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Grigoris Dimitriadis, testified on Monday at the Institutions and Transparency Committee over the wiretapping scandal and the Predator malware. Invited were also three businessmen allegedly involved in the companies Krikell and Intellexa who, however, were not present …
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October 31, 2022
Greece, Politics
A group of the PEGA Committee of inquiry of the European Parliament will travel to Cyprus and Greece November 1-4, 2022 to investigate the situation regarding the development and use of spyware on the ground. 🇨🇾🇬🇷 This week, a group of @EP_PegaInquiry MEPs travel to Cyprus (1-2 Nov) and Greece …
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August 29, 2022
Greece, Politics
Members of the Greek Parliament voted on Monday evening to set up a committee of inquiry into the wiretapping of the mobile phone of PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis. The motion received the backing of 142 opposition MPs of the total 299 lawmakers present at the voting procedure. All 157 MPs …
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August 9, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
A picture from the iconic shipwreck beach, the Navagio on the island of Zakynthos is stirring the spirits in Greece on Tuesday. The picture shows a pile of trash, including water bottles, beer cans and God knows what else on top of each other or next to each other is …
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June 23, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, Editor, FEATURED, Opinion
Greece’s health authorities triggered a big confusion on Thursday afternoon, when they announced people as young as 30 years old could be administered the 4th dose (2nd booster shot) of vaccination against Covid-19. First it was the National Vaccination Committee that announced its decision to allow the 4th dose for …
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June 23, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee proposes 4th dose of vaccination against Covid-19 for all over 30 years old and a strong recommendation for the 4th dose (second booster shot) for all over 60. The online platform for the 4th dose appointments is expected to open soon, in the next days, media …
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January 11, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee has given the green light for the 4th dose of vaccines against Covid-19, media report early Tuesday afternoon. Earlier today health officials had said that the 4th dose is currently not aiming at the general population or any age group but only a specific group of …
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June 23, 2021
Greece, Politics
The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved the bipartisan bill to bolster the United States’ defense partnership with Greece, the US-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act of 2021. The bipartisan legislation boosts support for Greek military modernization by authorizing new transfers of American military equipment and fostering increased multilateral …
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January 8, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, Economy, FEATURED
Greek epidemiologists have reportedly spoke out against the return of the click away service in retail shops as of next Monday, January 11, 2021, as the government was planning. At the same time, it seems that the suggestion regarding hairdressers and bookstores will be similar. According to media information, the …
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July 7, 2020
Greece, Politics
Three Greek ministers were grilled with a storm of questions at the European Palriament on Monday regarding pushbacks of illegal migrants at the land and the sea borders and cases of probable lethal shootings at the Evros border with Turkey. Minister for Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis, Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis, …
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November 24, 2019
Archeology
Presidents of all Bar Associations in Greece have formed a National Committee to Reclaim the Parthenon Sculptures, the Athens Bar Association said on Friday. In their statement, the group said that in recognition of the national nature of the effort and the need for the greatest possible contribution to the …
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November 6, 2019
Greece, Politics
Greek Minister for Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis, described with the grimiest colors the situation of the migration problem is Greece. The problem on the islands is “explosive and beyond any manageable capacity,” Chrysochoidis told the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament on Wednesday. “Even …
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July 31, 2019
Greece
Greek businesswoman Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki was assigned to head the committee for “Greece 2021” a fiesta to celebrate the 200 years of liberation from the Ottoman occupation. Known as the Greek Iron Lady, Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki was the head of the committee that organized the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens with magnificent …
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January 22, 2019
Greece
With a majority of votes, the Committee of National Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Greek Parliament approved the Prespes Agreement on Tuesday afternoon. The deal between Greece and FYROM will be now submitted to the Plenary for voting and ratification. The discussion and processing of the draft law ratifying …
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May 25, 2018
Turkey-GR
A U.S. Senate committee passed its version of a $716 billion defense policy bill on Thursday, including a measure to prevent Turkey from purchasing Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets. The amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, from Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Senator Thom …
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April 19, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Greek Parliament has halted probe into Novartis bribes case in which ten politicians are allegedly involved. The Parliamentary investigation committee consisting of coalition government lawmakers decided that the Parliament does not have the jurisdiction to investigate the money laundering and bribery claims. The case file was sent back to …
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March 5, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Novartis scandal brought changes in Greece’s political balances, as the majority of Greeks appear to demand full “catharsis” in Novartis case and changes in the law on ministers’ responsibility. According to a survey conducted by Pulse for the Sunday newspaper “Dimokratia” 78% of respondents want cleansing 73% want change …
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November 10, 2017
Economy
“We had a banking crisis, a fiscal crisis and we spent lot of the tax-payers’ money – in the wrong way, in my opinion – to save the banks” outgoing Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem said adding “so that the people criticizing us and saying that everything was being done for …
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May 19, 2017
Very Mix
High speed was the cause for the train accident on Athens-Thessaloniki route, an accident that cost the lives of three people and the injury of thirteen. According to the preliminary report of a committee investigating the cause for the accident the train driver had developed a speed of 144.3 km/hour, …
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