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More than 40 foreign nationals attempted to leave Greece on fake passports

August 13, 2018 Very Mix 1

Dozens of foreign nationals have been arrested at two airports of western Greece this year while attempting to use fake passports to travel outside the country. More than 40 people traveling with counterfeit documents have been detained at the port of Kalamata in southwestern Greece since the beginning of this …

Athens: Woman fakes assault and rape attempt to avoid marriage

April 15, 2018 Very Mix 1

A young woman in Athens faked an assault and rape attempt to avoid marriage, Greek police has found. The 34-year-old claimed to police a perpetrator had pushed her to the ground, then pulled and knife and injured her and would attempt sexually assault her by pulling down her panties. She …

Greece tells China to cancel fake trademarks on “Feta” and “Samos wine”

September 22, 2017 Economy Comments Off on Greece tells China to cancel fake trademarks on “Feta” and “Samos wine”

A Greek minister has warned China to cancel fake trademarks of two Greek products including feta cheese in order for a future deal with Brussels on geographical indications to move on. Brussels and Beijing agreed in June to publish a list of 200 geographical indications (GIs) – 100 from each …

Shop-owner beats tax officer conducting audits on Patmos island

July 23, 2017 Economy 4

A local shop-owner beat tax officers conducting audits on the island of Patmos, Dodecanese, on Saturday. It needed the intervention of two ministers so that local authorities detain the perpetrator. The three tax auditors had arrived on the island of Apocalypse in the context a ‘tax evasion safari’ launched by …

Greek Parliament Speaker fires 7 employees hired on fake or forged education documents

January 15, 2016 Politics Comments Off on Greek Parliament Speaker fires 7 employees hired on fake or forged education documents

Seven employees at the Greek Parliament have been dismissed after it was found out that they were hired with fake or forged school degrees. Among them is a “scientific adviser” to former Prime Minister Costa Simitis, two permanent employees and four members of the Special Guard of the parliament. In …

Paris Attacks: FBI believes, Syrian passport registered in Greece is probably fake

November 15, 2015 Very Mix 3

US intelligence sources told a US broadcaster that the Syrian passport found in Paris attack site was probably fake. “The passport passport number did not correspond to legitimate Syrian passports and the picture did not match the name,” the sources stressed. While it is still not clear whether the passport …

Varoufake? German Satire Magazine claims to have manipulated the “Finger”-Video

March 19, 2015 Politics 5

Now the confusion is perfect! A German satirical magazine on public ZDF claimed on Wednesday that it was program presenter Jan Boehmermann who manipulated the controversial “Finger”-video with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. A real manipulation or just a satirical claim pointing out to the manipulation possibilities through visual effects? …

Controversial video: did Varoufakis raise middle finger to Germany?

March 16, 2015 Politics 13

Did Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis raised his middle finger against the country’s lenders or not? A video from a speech Varoufakis held at an international conference in Zagreb in 2013 was aired at a television talk show of German broadcaster ARD on Sunday evening, while the Greek Finance Minister …

Inspections reveal civil servants with fake or forged high school diplomas

July 22, 2014 Society Comments Off on Inspections reveal civil servants with fake or forged high school diplomas

If nothing else worth exporting, we are at least a country that produces laughter. Controls conducted by the Ministry of Administrative Reform reportedly revealed that a good number of civil servants had submitted fake or forged diplomas either during the recruitment or during the promotion process. 10% of the controlled …

Fake Social Benefits: Greek “Party” Worth €111 Million

March 19, 2012 Society 7

It seems that it needed the Troika and two loan agreements with strict conditions to force Greece to finally proceed to a thorough control of the exploitation of social welfare benefits and allowances. In the recent census by the Health ministry that concluded last Friday, 37,000 beneficiaries did not participated in the state …

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