December 9, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
+++Socialist MEP and Vice President of the European Parliament Eva Kaili has been arrested by Belgian authorities on corruption suspicion related to Qatar, Belgian media,, French AFP and Greek state-run news agency amna report late on Friday. Citing a source with knowledge of the case AFP reported Kaili’s arrest after …
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June 27, 2022
Greece, Politics
Russia expels eight Greek diplomats from the Embassy and the Consulate General in Moscow. Russian decision is “unfounded”, says Athens. The decision to expel the diplomats was announced to the Greek ambassador in Moscow by the Russian Foreign Ministry. media reported. In addition, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Greek …
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April 6, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The Russia embassy in Athens on Wednesday warned of “consequences” after Greece declared 12 Russian diplomats personae non gratae and asked them to leave country. “We have strongly protested against this unjustified and confrontational step which aims to further destroy our bilateral relations,” the Russian embassy said in a statement. …
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April 6, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece has declared 12 Russian diplomats persona non gratae, the Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday. The Russian diplomats will have to leave the country. The ministry’s secretary general has informed about this decision the ambassador of the Russian Federation in Athens “earlier today,” the ministry said in a statement. According …
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May 12, 2021
Economy, FEATURED
Legislative changes to be implemented from June 1 threaten to expel property owners in Greece from short term rental platforms like Airbnb etc if they do not comply with the provisions. Property owners who do not declare their properties in the Register of Short-Term Lease of Real Estate of AADE …
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April 2, 2020
Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotaksi is one of the twelve conservative EU leaders favoring the expulsion of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his party Fidesz from the European People’s Party (EPP). In a letter to EPP president Donald Tusk, signed among others also by Norwegian PM Erna Solberg and …
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December 6, 2019
Greece
Greece has expelled the Libyan ambassador to Athens and gave him 72 hours to leave the country. “This does not mean we break diplomatic ties with Libya,” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday while announcing the expulsion on live broadcast. The ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on …
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July 11, 2018
Greece, Politics
“We don’t accept behaviors that violate the international law,” government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Wednesday confirming in fact media reports that Greece plans to expel two Russian diplomats and ban entrance to Greece for another two. So far no official statement has been issued by the Greek Foreign Ministry …
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July 11, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Greek government has reportedly decided to expel two Russian diplomats, and ban the entry of two more into Greece of two more. The four Russian diplomats are allegedly accused of intrusion into domestic affairs and illegal acts against Greece’s national security. The tension seems to have been brewing between …
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June 8, 2018
Greece, Politics
New Democracy leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, expelled the mayor of Argos from the conservative party over an anti-Semitic rant. For one more time, Mayor Dimitris Kambosos had lashed out at his colleague, the mayor of Thessaloniki, Yannis Boutaris. Criticizing Boutaris over his stance on national issues the Macedonia name dispute as …
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March 27, 2018
Greece, Politics
The United States and its European allies are expelling dozens of Russian diplomats in a co-ordinated response to the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK – and this although there is no solid evidence on who is really behind the attack. It is …
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October 26, 2017
Greece, Politics
The leader of conservative New Democracy, Kyriakos mitsotakis, expelled MP Katerina Papakosta from the parliamentary group for not being loyal to party line. Mitsotakis announced his decision on Twitter on Thursday morning. Πριν από λίγο γνωστοποίησα στον ΠτΒ την απόφασή μου να θέσω την βουλευτή Β´ Αθηνών Κ. Παπακώστα εκτός …
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May 17, 2017
Greece, Politics
The Plenary of the Greek Parliament decided on Wednesday to expel the parliamentary group of extreme right-wing Golden Dawn after the incident two days ago. The Golden Dawn group will not be able to participate in the debates on the omnibus bill containing the new package of austerity measures 2018-2021. …
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October 18, 2016
Society
A local high school in Chortiatis in Thessaloniki and the Greek Federation of Unions of People suffering from Diabetes have been at odds over the Federation describes as a “racist incident” against a student suffering from diabetes. Based on the student’s and the mother’s denouncement the Diabetes Federation issued a …
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May 8, 2016
Politics
The debate on Pensions Reform was interrupted short before 6 o’clock Sunday afternoon just a couple of hours before the voting at midnight. Fierce quarrel with open insults occurred between a Syriza minister and two MPs of the right-extremists of Golden Dawn MPs with the Parliament Speaker to expel one …
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January 27, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
It has been the old European Union strategy since 2010: if something doesn’t work within the EU blame Greece! You can’t go wrong with this. Oh! And stress the “common European interests”. Tou can’t go wrong with this either. And so they did. The College of EU Commissioners discussed a …
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