January 25, 2023
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
NATO has indefinitely postponed talks with Finland and Sweden at Turkey’s request. The talks were scheduled for February. Their applications have already been approved by 28 alliance countries, but Hungary and Turkey have not ratified them. NATO membership negotiations between Turkey, Sweden and Finland have been postponed indefinitely at Ankara’s …
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September 15, 2022
Greece, Politics
The Greek parliament voted to accept Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership application on Thursday. The bill was supported by ruling New Democracy, main opposition opposition party SYRIZA, and opposition party PASOK. “Thank you, Greece! With a strong majority the Greek parliament today voted in favor of ratifying Sweden’s accession to …
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August 1, 2022
Greece, Politics
Firefighters from France have arrived in Greece to assist their Greek colleagues to combat the numerous wild- and forest-fires ravaging the country. The French contingent consisting of 25 firefighters will be stationed in Attica throughout the month of August. 27 firefighters from Norway and 48 firefighters from Finland are expected …
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June 28, 2022
Turkey-GR
Turkey, Sweden and Finland sign memorandum on Nordic countries’ NATO bids after talks in Madrid on Tuesday evening. Finland, Sweden to take concrete steps on extradition of terrorists, preventing terrorist propaganda against Turkey. Turkey committed to agree to support at Madrid Summit invitation of Finland, Sweden to become NATO members. …
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May 19, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece welcomes the historic decision by Finland and Sweden to submit their applications to join NATO, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “The accession of two additional European partners, with deep-rooted democratic traditions and respect for international law to the NATO family will further strengthen Europe’s collective security, …
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May 15, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece is “ready to welcome Sweden and Finland in the NATO family,” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in Berlin Saturday. Greece has always had “excellent relations” with the two countries, Dendias said on arriving at an informal dinner of foreign ministers of NATO countries at Germany’s foreign ministry. “I am …
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August 19, 2020
Tourism
Finland said it will tighten travel restrictions and reintroduce and step up border checks for arrivals from 10 countries starting Monday due to the worsening pandemic situation in Europe and elsewhere. The Finnish government says border checks will apply for passengers to and from Nordic neighbors Denmark, Iceland and Norway …
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July 9, 2020
Refugees
Forty-nine unaccompanied refugee minors have left Greece for Finland and Portugal in the last two days. The two groups left in the framework of the relocation of a total of 1,600 unaccompanied minors to other european countries. 24 unaccompanied refugee minors departed Athens fro relocation to Finland on Wednesday. The …
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May 21, 2020
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey has increased its provocations by air and at the sea on Thursday, by harassing Greek fishermen and a Frontex vessel from Finland in the eastern Aegean Sea, while fighter jets overflew Greek islets and even the island of Patmos. A Turkish Coast Guard patrol boat entered Greek territorial waters …
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October 16, 2018
Sports
Greece’s national football team lost to Finland 2-0 in Tampere Stadium on Monday night and coach Michael Skibbe finds himself just a step before seeking another job. Local media speak of “national humiliation,” blame the German coach for it and demand his replacement …yesterday. “Unfortunately we were not in the …
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July 15, 2018
Very Mix
The summer vacation for a family from Finland on the island of Rhodes ended premature and in horror. The 10-year-old family child was severely injured in a traffic accident on Friday and had his leg amputated. The family was crossing the main road of Ixia, when a motorcycles dragged away …
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October 10, 2017
environment
The Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE) announced on Tuesday that in the period September 27 – October 5, 2017, small quantities of radioactivity were detected in the atmosphere at Athens. The isotope detected is ruthenium-106 (Ru-106). According to the measurements performed by EEAE and the network of collaborating laboratories, traces …
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May 20, 2017
Very Mix
A Finnish tourist has died after falling into a 2-meter deep private ditch on the side of a road in Platanias holiday village in Chania, Western Crete. The man was found by passersby on Friday morning. Firemen and rescuers recover the body of the man whose age was reported between …
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October 31, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
One hundred ten Syrian refugees among them also 36 unaccompanied minors left Greece for Finland on Monday in the context of the relocation scheme. Families, individual persons and unaccompanied minors boarded on a plane from Athens international airport Eleftherios Venizelos on Monday morning. According to Asylum Office, the group consisted …
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May 14, 2013
Economy
Some KTG-readers may can still recall the secret collateral agreement between Greece and Finland in exchange for the Nordic nation to provide funds for the second bailout for the debt-ridden country. That was back in February 2012. The deal was signed by the finance ministers of Greece, Evangelos Venizelos, and …
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March 19, 2013
Politics
Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras cancelled his official visit to Finland, scheduled for March 22-24rd 2013. No official explanation was given. Greek media speculate the postponement had to do with the developments in Cyprus. Samaras was due to meet the political leadership of Finland and participate in a meeting with …
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January 23, 2013
Tourism
The Finnish Guild of Travel Journalists is proud to award Greece as our Foreign Destination of the Year 2013, Finland’s biggest travel media Rantapallo reports. “Statistics just published by the Association of Finnish Travel Agents confirm that Greece continues to be one of the most popular summer leisure destinations for Finnish tourists …
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January 30, 2012
Economy
(Reuters) – Finnish finance minister Jutta Urpilainen on Sunday expressed her concern over Greece, the troubled euro state which has repeatedly failed to meet the fiscal targets set out by its international lenders. ‘Greece’s situation causes uncertainty, it is like cancer. As long as its own situation is uncertain, it …
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August 19, 2011
Economy
Many economics experts have repeatedly criticized the EU leaders for lack of political vision. For grave delays in resolving the European crisis. Delays that broaden the gap between the North and the South, pushing millions of EU citizens into dramatic economic underworld. Lack of political will and vision push inevitably the member-states of the …
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August 18, 2011
Economy
Greece enters new financial adventures as the loan agreement with Finland created a huge appetite to other EU member countries forced to help out Greece but in fact – and deep in their heart – unwilling raise a single euro for the Hellenes. The Greek-Finish agreement that needs to be approved by …
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