February 13, 2018
Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the government will not relinquish its right to reimbursement for damage caused to the state by Novartis, as the former coalition government of New Democracy and PASOK “did with the Siemens kickbacks case.” Tsipras was addressed the Parliament on Monday evening, after the coalition …
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November 20, 2017
Greece, Politics
Greece’s central bank governor is under investigation by an anti-corruption prosecutor over the alleged leaking of an auditor’s report on Piraeus Bank, a troubled Greek lender accused of violating capital controls imposed at the height of the country’s financial crisis. Citing “two sources with knowledge of the case,” , a …
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November 17, 2017
Greece, Politics
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Greece to pay damages to relatives of Vodafone executive Costas Tsalikidis who was found dead on the eve of the government’s discovery of a major illegal wiretapping operation that had targeted the country’s political and military leadership. In a statement, the ECHR …
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October 18, 2017
Uncategorized
A Greek member of the European Parliament calls on the EP to send investigators for an independent inquiry into the brutal murder of Maltese journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia. The 53-year-old investigative journalist and member of the Panama Papers team was teared apart when a powerful n explosive device …
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July 23, 2017
Greece, Politics
A political firestorm broke out in Greece over the weekend when several newspapers published excerpts from the book “Adults in the Room” written by former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. In his book Varoufakis revealed some dialogues he held with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and deputy finance minister Giorgos Houliarakis who …
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June 19, 2017
Society, Very Mix
The Belgian tourist found dead last week is victim of a crime, autopsy conducted on Monday morning finds. A bullet was found stuck in his head. The mystery around the man remains as so far no family member has reported him missing to police. The 54-year-old man holder of a …
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June 15, 2017
Earthquake
The prosecutor of Mytilini launched a preliminary investigation into the question of violation of Article 187 of the Penal Code for spreading false news. The investigation concerns rumors about an imminent earthquake, ‘following seismologists’ statements on television stations in recent days’, Greek media report. The statements were made after a …
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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 28, 2017
Politics, World
Scotland Yard agents investigate in refugee camps and migrants’ meeting points in Greece seeking potential collaborators of Salman Abedi, the 23-year-old terrorist who blew himself up killing twenty two people in Manchester Arena. According to a report of daily newspaper Parapolitica, British agents have put under the ‘microscope’ people who …
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May 19, 2017
Very Mix
High speed was the cause for the train accident on Athens-Thessaloniki route, an accident that cost the lives of three people and the injury of thirteen. According to the preliminary report of a committee investigating the cause for the accident the train driver had developed a speed of 144.3 km/hour, …
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May 3, 2017
Refugees
The prosecutor of Greece’s Supreme Court ordered an urgent investigation into claims of genital mutilation in juvenile refugee and migrant girls in the country’s’ reception centers. In a press release issued by the Supreme Court, the prosecutor stresses that this practice is “a barbarity that can not be tolerated by …
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April 10, 2017
Greece, Politics
Greek publisher and journalists Kostas Vaxevanis was briefly detained after the wife of Greece’s central banker Yannis Sournaras filed a lawsuit against him for slander. A day earlier, Vaxevanis newspaper had alleged that Stournaras’ wife was using her husbands’ influence to acquire state contracts for the public relations company. A …
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March 27, 2017
Uncategorized
The cause of the fire that destroyed the historic 15th century Bayezid Ottoman Mosque last week was not arson. According to the findings of fire brigades investigators, the cause was negligence by the workers team involved in the restoration works. According to state broadcaster ERT, investigation showed that the fire …
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March 19, 2017
Society, Very Mix
Scotland Yard units have traveled to the island of Crete and conduct investigation about the death causes of Steven Cook, the Briton who went missing twelve years ago. According to local media, policemen and experts of UK’s Scotland Yard traveled to the village of Malia and conduct thorough investigation in …
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March 16, 2017
Greece, Politics, World
Anarchist terror organization “Conspiracy of Cells of Fire” claimed responsibility for the package with explosives sent from Greece to the German Finance Ministry and Wolfgang Schaeuble. In a website for the anti-authoritarian movement, the organization said that the package was “part II of the plan Nemesis” and hailed more than …
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January 24, 2017
Politics
After nine months of intense debate and impressive revelations, the Parliamentary Committee investigating the legality of bank loans to political parties and media concluded its works. With the exception of New Democracy, the majority of intraparty members voted in favor of sending the findings to Supreme Court prosecutor in order …
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November 5, 2016
Very Mix
Powerful businessman Andreas Vnenopoulos died of heart arrest at 3:30 am on Saturday. He was 63 years old. He was the chairman of Marfin Investment Group and Marfin Popular Bank, Health group Ygeia (Hospital), major shareholder of Panathinaikos FC, owner of Oympic Air and a fencer. He was a lawyer …
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October 22, 2016
Economy
Authorities investigate the capital controls imposed end of June 2015 in Greece. The investigation has been ongoing for the last two months and is being conducted “secretly” [sic]. Dozens of citizens have reportedly filed complaints claiming “economic hardship” due to capital controls as they were unable to cover basic needs …
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October 19, 2016
Politics
The prosecutor of Athens ordered urgent investigation, after the e-mail content and private data of the vice president of the Council of State were partly published in the press. As the Council of State currently deals with constitutional conformity of the TV licenses law, many judges see an attempt to …
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September 27, 2016
Very Mix
British and Greek police teams digging an olive grove on the island of Kos discovered pieces of light coloured fabric. 21-month-old Ben Needham was wearing a white T-shirt when he went missing on the island of Kos in July 1991. According to Daily Mail, Ben was wearing a white buttoned …
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