July 19, 2024
FEATURED, Tech
Greece largely remains unaffected by the global digital outage, although there are flight delays and long queues at the big airports of the country. While flights could land, they could not leave as they are part of the system affected by the digital black out of the Microsoft systems. Flights …
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May 5, 2023
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Association of Judges and Prosecutors twice turned down an invitation to discuss problems in the justice sector by the Plenary of Law Associations of Greece, it was announced on Thursday. The bar associations had invited the judicial authorities to a discussion on May 8. The latter rejected it, saying …
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July 13, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Flight delays in Greek airports are far fewer in comparison with the chaotic conditions prevailing in other European airports, Infrastructure and Transport ministry sources said on Wednesday. Problems prevailing in large European airports accounted for at least 80% for any small flight delays occurring in some Greek airports, the sources …
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April 15, 2022
Society, Very Mix
The Disciplinary Plenum of Greece’s Supreme Court fired one judge and one public prosecutor for “inadequacy” in performing their duties, due to massive delays in issuing court rulings. The Plenum also temporarily suspended the presiding judge of a first-instance court for six months for unjustified absences from her post. Since …
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January 3, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Doctors unions in Greece have been denouncing that the mass vaccination program for health personnel in the country’s public hospitals scheduled for Monday has been cancelled and thus without explanation. The government tries to dismiss these denouncements, but doctors insist. Speaking to Ant1 TV on Sunday morning, Matina Pagoni, president …
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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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February 17, 2020
Economy
Chinese nationals who invested at least 250,000 euros in real estate in order to obtain a Golden Visa are angry. 35 of them threaten to sue the Greek state for 10 million euros for delays in issuing the long-awaited precious and highly expensive paper for them and their families. The …
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August 18, 2019
Tourism
The Greek government has issued several urgent measures in an attempt to reduce a growing problem in Greece. On the surface, all is well as the country’s tourism sector continues to grow. According to the European Travel Commission, foreign arrivals in Greece are up 8% so far this year. But …
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April 24, 2018
Economy
Greece is in a hurry to sell some of its state assets, in what is one of the most critical issues for the country as it races to end a bailout program in August. Greece is set to hit lower-than-expected proceeds under a privatization program this year, after it failed …
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March 21, 2018
Economy
Construction of three motorways in Greece cost 1.2 billion euros more than it should. Furthermore the projects were poorly planned and significantly delayed, a report by the European Court of Auditors on public-private partnerships (PPPs) has found. The EU Auditors examined construction projects in four EU member states, that is …
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September 1, 2017
Refugees
For three days, Afghan refugees occupied Sappho Square in the center of Mytilene on the island of Lesvos demanding to have their asylum procedures are accelerated,. Wearing t-shirts with the date of their arrival, they vowed they would not end their protest until they are given a decision on their …
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August 30, 2017
Economy
Τhe ministry of labor submitted in parliament on Tuesday evening a draft bill on a series of measures designed to protect labor rights. The bill aims especially to tackle undeclared, under-declared and unpaid labor as well as the issue of delayed salary and wages payments. among others the bill allows …
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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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April 22, 2017
Economy
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble blames the Greek government for the current delays in the review of the country’s bailout program. “The Greek government bore responsibility for current delays,” Schaeuble told reporters in Washington on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund spring meetings. Greece is to blame that its …
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April 4, 2017
Economy
Managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said that she disagrees with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble over Greece’s financial problems. “I am not aligning myself with Minister Schaeuble who says that Greece’s problem is not debt but productivity,” Lagarde said in an interview to conservative-leaning American Enterprise …
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March 20, 2016
Politics, Refugees
Are you kidding me? Just 36 hours after the EU-Turkey deal that goes in effect today and some international media launched a Blame Greece campaign again. In a report by Agence France Press re-posted by The Guardian, the title is as big as possible. Greece delays sending refugees back to …
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February 10, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
880,000 people arrived in Greece since the beginning of 2015. This is stated in a EU Commission progress report on Greece and the Refugee Crisis. According to the report released today, the country that has received a huge stream of refugees and migrants on its soil has made progress in …
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January 15, 2015
Society
What if the government ministers have laid down their pencils and have heavily promoting Nea Dimocratia and PASOK for the upcoming elections? The tax collection mechanism still works full speed ahead and the General Secretary of Public Revenues keeps issuing the one circular after the other, as if they was …
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July 17, 2013
Economy, Very Mix
Slowly and gradually it looks as if Canadian Eldorado Gold steps backs and reconsiders its plans of gold mining in Greece and Romania. Official justification is the sliding prices of gold.I don’t how if there were protesters in Romanian project, but things are expected to calm down in Halkidiki peninsula …
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March 14, 2013
Economy
Grey smoke rose on Wednesday from the chimney of the headquarters of Greek government. The meeting between prime minister Antonis Samaras and the Troika representatives did not end in agreement. Main issues of dispute are reductions of the numbers of civil servants (lay-offs), extension of the emergency property tax in …
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