November 6, 2018 Greece
Greece and Poland should join forces also with other countries and demand together WWII reparations from Germany from damages they suffered during the Nazi occupation. “Germany has an obligation to pay,” says German historian Karl Heinz Roth who has also published a book on the German WWII debt to Greece. …
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October 29, 2018
World
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she would not seek re-election as party chairwoman and that her fourth term as chancellor would be her last, heralding the end of a 13-year era in which she has dominated European politics. Merkel, 64, has been chairwoman of her conservative Christian Democrats …
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October 11, 2018
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s war reparation demands from Germany are “legally active and judicially enforceable,” President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said in his address at the official dinner held in honor of visiting German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Budenbender. Pavlopoulos said that Greece’s demands were not unilateral or …
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October 11, 2018
Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a reference about the thorny issue of War Reparations to Greece but German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier bypassed the subject by apologizing for the “atrocities” committed by the Nazis during the WWII. The two EU partners should not ignore any differences arising from the distant past, …
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October 11, 2018
Greece, Politics
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Athens on Wednesday with his luggage full of nicely ironed and folded “Neins.” Steinmeier is considered to be a friend of Greece but when it comes to WWII reparations by the Nazis Berlin has a clear and steady position. Hours before the German president …
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October 5, 2018
Economy, FEATURED
Germany says Nein to freezing of further pension cuts and calls on Greece to stick to the reforms path as agreed in summer with the completion of the third bailout program. It was the press office of Chancellor Angela Merkel that sent the dry message following a question by Greek …
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August 30, 2018
Refugees
German authorities allege that a number of Indian nationals sought residency in Germany using falsified Greek visas and fake marriage certificates claiming they had Romanian brides. The key suspect faces serious charges. Authorities allege that a number of Indian nationals sought residency in Germany using falsified Greek visas and fake …
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August 28, 2018
Economy
Belgium will pay a total of 221.8 million euros to Greece in the context of profit central banks made from Greek bonds, Belgian business newspaper L ‘Echo reports. The money is from the ECB and EZ central banks Security Markets Program. “In the midst of a crisis, the European Central …
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August 26, 2018
Economy
“Greece was never bailed out – it remains a debtor’s prison and the EU won’t let go of the keys,” writes former SYRIZA finance minister Yanis Varoufakis on the occasion of creditors and the Greke government to have cheered the exit from bailout. Punitive conditions attached to the ‘rescue’ package …
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August 20, 2018
Greece
All Greece’s creditors added their spice and herb to the August 20 celebration sauce. Except Germany. Berlin chose to keep low profile and refrained from joining the European fanfare. Instead, the master of the eurozone and the merciless judge and ruthless accountant came forward with a statement even the technocrat …
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August 17, 2018
Politics, Refugees
Berlin and Athens have reached an agreement that will allow Germany to return asylum seekers to Greece, a German Interior Ministry spokesperson said on Friday. The agreement will extend to asylum seekers registered in the Eurodac system the spokesperson said. “We have reached an agreement with Greece, the interior ministries …
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August 16, 2018
Very Mix
A Boeing 753 of Condor Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Chania airport on the island of Crete on Thursday night. There was information that a bomb was on the plane. 281 people on board and the crew have been evacuated. Condor flight DE69 was flying from the tourist …
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August 14, 2018
Greece, Politics
Talks between Germany and Greece on a deal for refugees returns are fairly advanced, said Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday, highlighting that an agreement with Italy still has some time yet. “We are in the process of negotiations,” she said during a joint press conference she gave in Berlin with …
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August 2, 2018
Economy
The budget committee of the German Parliament approved on Wednesday the disbursement of the last loan installment for Greece. Berlin has blocked the disbursement of 15 billion euros in July after the Greek government had announced the postponement of Value Added Tax hikes for five islands hit by the migration …
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July 13, 2018
Economy
The European Stability Mechanism said that it has approved “in principle” the disbursement of the €15 billion to Greece. Ignoring the approval by 18 eurozone member state, Germany blocked the last bailout tranche at the Eurogroup on Thursday, expressing reservations about a fiscal hole of 28 million euros that will …
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July 12, 2018
Economy
Germany expressed reservations for the disbursement of the €15 billion tranche due to Greek government’s unilateral action to postpone Value Added Tax hikes on five islands hit by the refugee crisis. Also the planned discussion about freezing of the further pension cuts was blocked by Berlin at the Eurogroup on …
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July 12, 2018
World
A German court found neo-Nazi NSU member Beate Zschäpe guilty of murder on ten people and sentenced her to life in prison. The surviving member of the neo-Nazi terrorist group the National Socialist Underground (NSU), Beate Zschäpe, has been found guilty of 10 counts of murder. Nine of the terror-organization …
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July 11, 2018
Politics, World
U.S. President Donald Trump told NATO leaders they should increase their defense spending to 4% of GDP, that is to double the current goal of 2 percent. NATO allies shrugged off the demand as part and parcel of Trump’s brash push for allies to spend more on their own defense …
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July 1, 2018
Greece, Politics
German Ambassador to Greece Jens Ploetner has vehemently rejected speculations that Berlin traded with Athens to accept migrants’ returns in exchange of suspension of VAT hikes on islands hit by the Refugee crisis. In an interview with Kathimerini, Ploetner vehemently denied speculation that the name deal signed between Greece and …
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June 29, 2018
Politics, World
Greece and Spain have agreed to accept returns of migrants registered via the Eurodac system and who have reached later Germany, Chancellor, Angela Merkel, announced on Friday in Brussels after meetings with prime ministers Alexis Tsipras and Pedro Sanchez. In return, Germany will gradually step up family reunifications. Migrants registered …
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