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Sudden death of Avgi: Kasselakis closes historic daily of SYRIZA

June 25, 2024 FEATURED, Greece, Politics Comments Off on Sudden death of Avgi: Kasselakis closes historic daily of SYRIZA

The sudden death of a historic newspaper of the Greek Left, of daily Avgi, was announced on Tuesday. The newspaper politically affiliated with SYRIZA and its predecessor will operate only as Sunday newspaper. The decision was announced to Avgi employees by the Board of Directors of the company that publishes …

1,843 refugees have left Moria hotspot for the mainland in June

June 26, 2020 Refugees Comments Off on 1,843 refugees have left Moria hotspot for the mainland in June

A total of 1,843 recognized refugees who were provided with documents of free movement in Greece have left the island of Lesvos from June 5 to June 25, officials said on Thursday. The last 56 of the total boarded a ship to Piraeus on Thursday night. The process will be …

Tsipras tries alliance of Social-Democrats, Greens and the Left ahead of EU elections

November 13, 2018 Greece Comments Off on Tsipras tries alliance of Social-Democrats, Greens and the Left ahead of EU elections

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras tries to build a broader alliance among the progressive forces of Europe, ahead of the EU elections in May 2019. “Social Democrats and the Left must meet on the basis of a progressive plan for the 21st century in Europe,”Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said addressing the …

UPD Two fugitive Turkish military attaches left Greece, a Rear Admiral asked political asylum in USA,

August 10, 2016 Turkey-GR 1

The two Turkish military attaches assigned at the Turkish Embassy in Athens have allegedly fled Greece to Italy and form there possibly to another European country. Indications have it that the two left Greece together with their families per ferry boat to Italy. Military affairs website Onalert.gr identifies the Land …

One Year SYRIZA governance: Tsipras grows up but society cannot wait

January 25, 2016 Editor, Politics 2

SYRIZA celebrates one year in power. SYRIZA finds itself confronted with almost the whole of Greek professionals who are on the streets and highways to protest the upcoming hikes in social security contributions and the pensions reform. The farmers lead the protests followed by lawyers, doctors and engineers. Also winemakers …

€120bn left Greece’s banks during the years of the crisis

November 24, 2015 Economy 4

The “dizzying” amount of 120 bullion euro left the Greek banks during the years of the crisis. Moreover, 45 billion euro left the banks during the last year. 80% of this amount, that is some €36 billion are been kept in homes, company safes or in bank lockers. These revelations …

Breakdown in talks, as Greece walks out in Brussels. Now what?

June 14, 2015 Economy 17

The Greek delegation walked out the negotiations with creditors representatives in Brussels on Sunday afternoon. During the meeting that lasted 46 minutes, the Greek side submitted revised proposals but they were considered as “insufficient” by the creditors. A difference gap of 2.6 billion euro remain between the two sides. According …

EU top officials call Greece a “cow” and a “gambler” as the IMF leaves negotiations

June 12, 2015 Economy 23

The smiles and hugs and optimism in Brussels on Wednesday. The next day.. the bomb. The International Monetary Fund delegation left the Greek negotiations “upon a decision of IMF Europe director Poul Thomsen” as Skai TV reported this morning. A little later IMF‘s spokesman Gerry Rice was telling media in …

Sexism in Parliament: MP “sniffs” the coat of a female colleague

December 18, 2014 Politics Comments Off on Sexism in Parliament: MP “sniffs” the coat of a female colleague

Tough guys in the Greek Parliament. Machos with a fetish of a special kind: a woman’s coat. One of the real manly lawmakers has stuck his ugly nose in the coat of MP Rachel Makri. Independent MP Grigoris Psarianos “sniffs” the coat and gets probably high as his equally sexism-ridden …

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