May 13, 2022
Greece, Politics
The Greek State will sue big pharmaceutical corporation Novartis, claiming compensation for illegal practices, Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Friday. In a statement Minister Plevris said: “Implementing our government commitment to claim compensation from the company Novartis for all illegal practices and according to the minutes of the NSC, …
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April 11, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Members of the Greek Armed Forces were deployed to act as “supportive crowd” in the production of the Hollywood War Film EXPENDABLES 4 last November in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Now they claim that they have not be paid even one euro for “being used for the purposes of a film …
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March 11, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has urged Turkish authorities to abide by their international obligations and pay the “just satisfaction” awarded by the European Court of Human Rights to relatives of nine Greek Cypriots who disappeared during Turkey’s military invasion of Cyprus in 1974. In September 2009, the …
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January 25, 2022
FEATURED, Very Mix, weather
Dozens of people and vehicles remain stranded on Attiki Odos ring road of Athens still early Tuesday afternoon, as Army, Fire Bridges and Police try to evacuate them. After having been trapped in a car struck in snow for over 26 hours, five people suffered hypothermia and were taken to …
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June 29, 2021
Refugees
The decision last week by the Administrative Court of First Instance of Athens to award compensation to the relatives of a Syrian and an Egyptian man who died of carbon monoxide inhalation in January 2017 at the Moria refugee camp of on the island of Lesvos is seen as a …
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June 16, 2021
Economy
Τhe Greek Finance Ministry has tabled bills to compensate the Athens International Airport managed by German Hochtief and 14 regional airports managed by German Fraport for losses in 2020 due to the pandemic. A bill that will provide 177.9 million euros to 14 regional airports managed by Germany-based Fraport was …
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May 11, 2021
FEATURED, Very Mix
People who can prove they have suffered serious injury or side effects from a vaccine can claim compensation from the State, Greece’s top administrative court the Council of State said on Monday. The Court ruled in favor of a mother who claimed and won compensation for her daughter’s death after …
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December 17, 2020
Economy, FEATURED
Courier delays give citizens the right to receive compensation, the General Secretary of the Center for Consumer Protection (KEPKA), Evangelia Kekeleki said on Wednesday. The issue arose after courier deliveries are being conducted with very long delays following the second lockdown in Greece since November 7 and the Christmas season. …
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October 5, 2020
Social
Residents and business people of Karditsa went to the streets on Monday to demand compensation for the damages they suffered from Medicane Ianos last month. The protest rally was organized jointly by the Union Federation of Agricultural Associations of Karditsa with the Commercial Association of Karditsa and other local professional …
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July 12, 2019
Tourism
Thousands of passengers who flew to Greece in 2018 can claim compensation from airline companies for flight delays. More than 87,300 passengers who traveled to Greece between 15 June and 15 September 2018 can claim compensation from airline companies in accordance with the European Regulation EC261 on passenger rights for …
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May 22, 2019
Turkey-GR
Bottomless audacity. Turkey wants compensation form Greece for the war of 1918-1922. Attacking Greek politicians for their statements on the Remembrance Day of the Pontic Greek Genocide on May 19, Ankara accuses them of fueling “hatred against Turkey” and “distortion of historical facts.” Calling Greek politicians “radicals” and “irresponsible”, a …
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September 18, 2018
Economy
Hellas Gold, the Greek subsidiary of Canadian Eldorado Gold, has filed an Application of Payment demanding a compensation of 750 million euros from the Greek state for delays in its investment project in Skouries. Prompt was the reaction by the Greek Energy Ministry that said Skouries was only one of …
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August 24, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Greek government offers to hire survivors of the July Athens wildfires in the public sector. With a Ministerial Decree issued on Thursday, exactly one month after the tragedy that cost the life of 96 people, the government offer jobs to relatives of victims and survivors. That is also to …
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February 16, 2018
Turkey-GR
Greece is considering seeking compensation from Turkey for the minor damages caused to the Coast Guard vessel after it was rammed by a Turkish patrol boat near the islets of Imia at around midnight on Monday. “We are considering whether the Turks will have to pay [for the damage],” he was …
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December 20, 2017
Social, Society
An extraordinary social handout from 500 to 2,100 euros, depending on the family size and economic criteria, will be given to islanders in 2018 as a readjustment offset for the abolition of lower VAT scale applied on transactions on the Greek islands. On Tuesday, the government announced that VAT rates …
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September 28, 2017
Economy
The German-Greek consortium FRAPORT plans to claim a compensation of 70 million euros from the Greek state citing “the miserable condition of the 14 regional airports it acquired in April. The unprecedented high amount is almost double than the amount the Greeks received for selling their national railway TRAINOSE to …
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September 26, 2017
Economy
Apparently the Greek Civil Aviation Authority had left the 14 regional airports in the darkness. Therefore, when the German-Greek consortium FRAPORT took over last April, they found a total of 12,000 burned out bulbs in the fourteen regional airports. Fraport claims come just two weeks after the Greek Transportation Minister …
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July 30, 2017
Very Mix
The last act of the brutal murder of US student Bakari Henderson will take place in the court rooms. The victim’s family plans to file a law suit and have perpetrators pay a high price. Lawyer Andreas Patsis told media that he has been assigned by the Henderson family to …
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May 11, 2017
Tourism, Travel
The European Union Court of Justice has ruled in favor of an airline passenger denied compensation after a flight cancelation. The court ruled that airlines are responsible for informing the passengers of the cancelation. Thursday’s decision from the EU court states that an air carrier is responsible for notifying a passenger …
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March 30, 2017
Uncategorized
A group of strawberry pickers from Bangladesh has won a case against Greece at Europe’s highest human rights court. They were shot at by employer’s foremen for demanding unpaid wages after they had worked for 5 month sin Manolada, Peloponnese. The Council of Europe’s Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday …
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