September 23, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
The European Commission has approved the funding of the Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal in Alexandroupolis, north-eastern Greece. The European Commission has approved the EU financial contribution for the implementation of the project “Alexandroupolis Independent Natural Gas System (INGS)”, in the context of the Operational Program EPANEK 2014-2020, Alternate Minister …
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August 6, 2024
environment, FEATURED
Greece’s Interior Ministry is allocating a funding totaling 11,250,000 euros to address water shortages. The funding will be allocated to municipalities and to Municipal Water Supply & Sewerage Enterprises (DEYA), it was announced on Tuesday. Interior Minister Thodoris Livanios signed an invitation for proposals which aim to improve management of …
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October 31, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The Greek government will fund TV stations with an amount of 6.8 million euros in total for financial losses due to the war in Ukraine, so the official version. Beneficiaries are the seven TV station broadcasting nationwide with: Star Channel: 1,175,000 Open: 400,926 ΑΝΤ1: 1,878,000 Alpha: 1,304,000 ΣΚΑΪ: 1,045.000 Mega: …
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January 19, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Social
The Culture Ministry has announced plans to repeal a decision accepting a donation from a private foundation that has recently become the subject of controversy following a high-profile gang-rape case in the northern port city of Thessaloniki. The donation was aiming to revamp the museum on the island of Delos. …
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October 11, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greece’s main opposition left-wing SYRIZA demands the establishment of a Parliamentary commission that will investigate the funding of media by the conservative government and thus with taxpayers money. The Committee should investigate “repeated acts of manipulation of public opinion by the Mitsotakis government with money of taxpayers, who on their …
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October 7, 2021
Economy
Greece’s Agricultural Minister has urged banks to increase the funding of primary sector investments. Speaking at the annual AgriBusiness International Forum in Athens, Agriculture Development & Food Minister Spilios Livanos told the banking sector that it should assume its responsibilities. “It would be a historic mistake if the banking system …
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April 2, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, Economy, FEATURED
Greece’s food service sector will be boosted with working capital totalling 330 million euros to buy raw materials when it reopens, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said after a meeting with ministers and sector representatives on Thursday. Coffee shops, bars and restaurants will be funded through the EU’s National Strategic Reference …
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January 19, 2021
Sports
Deputy Minister of Sports Lefteris Avgenakis announced on Tuesday that he was suspending all funding to the Greek Sailing Federation and ordering an audit of its board members’ assets, as part of an investigation into allegations of sexual assault, mismanagement and corruption by senior officials. The suspension will last until …
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October 29, 2020
Greece
Right after the health authorities announced the record breaking jump of daily coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the Greek Govrnment rushed to take the first and urgent measure to contain the spread of the virus: 2 million euros for the media. I’m kind of kidding here. Fact is that with a …
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June 26, 2020
Refugees
Denmark will offer approximately three million euros to Greece to support unaccompanied refugee minors the funding will follow an agreement Alternate Minister of Migration and Asylum George Koumoutsakos and Danish Minister for Development Cooperation Rasmus Prehn signed on Friday According to the text of the agreement, “the decision to make …
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February 18, 2019
Greece, Politics
Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou ordered a preliminary inquiry into allegations of exorbitant private funding to political parties, Athens news agency amna reports late on Monday. Τhe inquiry takes aim at media reports quoting from the deposition of former PASOK official Theodoros Tsoukatos on a case of SIEMENS bribery scandal. …
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August 23, 2018
Archeology, Culture
Excavations at the archaeological site believed to be the Palace of Homer’s epic hero Odysseus on the island of Ithaca are to resume after the Prime Minister promised the necessary funding. “The Prime Minister has assured us that the excavations at the Palace of Odysseus will resume,” the mayor of …
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July 13, 2018
Greece, Politics
The United States support Greece in its decision to expel Russian diplomats who involved in actions against the Macedonia Agreement with FYROM. US State Department spokesperson, Heather Nauert, communicated the position of Washington in a tweet: #Greece expelled two Russian officials and barred entry of two others for attempting to …
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April 3, 2018
Politics, Refugees
The European Commission has announced on Tuesday new funding of €180 million for aid projects in Greece, including to scale up the flagship ‘Emergency Support to Integration & Accommodation’ (ESTIA) programme which helps get refugees into urban accommodation and out of camps and provides them with regular cash assistance. The funding …
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January 27, 2018
Refugees
Greece’s Asylum Service has published its report for the work in 2017. The Asylum Service registered 58,661 asylum applications, of which 26,668 were submitted on the five Aegean islands where Reception and Identification Centers (“hotspots”) are located. The detailed report gives information about countries of origin, approved and rejected application …
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October 25, 2017
Economy
Despite the continuous difficult environment for entrepreneurship in Greece, there are very few Greek companies that have a rapid growth, a vision to go international. Tech start up Douleutaras.gr is one of them. Launched it 2013, it have managed to increase trust and interest from local and international investors. Press …
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August 31, 2017
Economy
In the upcoming period, the Greek economy ministry will launch ten EU funding programs totalling 600 million euros for the support of new business ventures or the upgrade of existing enterprises. The funding – within the “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation” (EPAnEK) Operational Program – are mainly aimed at small and medium-sized (SMEs) …
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June 20, 2017
environment
Tilos is a tiny island in the Dodecanese in East Aegean Sea between the islands of Kos and Rhodes. It has a rich biodiversity and just 780 inhabitants. But also a pioneer for a mayor who turns the tiny paradise on Greek earth into the first Greek green island. The …
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June 1, 2017
Refugees
US-based international aid agency Mercy Corps suspended two employees until an investigation conducted by Greek authorities concludes. The investigation follows claims that workers at the NGO had sexually harassed migrants in Greece’s reception centers and had misused funds aiming to the welfare of refugees and migrants. “Mercy Corps is investigating …
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May 18, 2017
Politics, Refugees
The European Union has suspended funding to a non-government organization (NGO) aiding refugees in Greece pending an investigation into allegations of sexual exploitation and financial corruption, a spokesman for European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides has said. “Although these remain allegations under investigation, the Commission is …
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