January 10, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The prosecutor of the Supreme Court Isidoros Dogiakos, threatens the members of the independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) with prison sentences if they continue the checks on mobile phone providers for the surveillance. Independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) no longer has the authority to …
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September 2, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
Unbelievably obscurantist statements by a Greek high-ranking clergyman, the Bishop of Dodoni Chrysostomos: “No woman is raped without consent” and “abortion should not be performed even in the case of rape.” The inadmissible statements triggered an outrage not only among the Greek society but also among ministers of the conservative government. …
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June 26, 2022
animals, FEATURED
An outrage broke out over the killing of a run-away chimpanzee from a private zoo in Attica on Saturday. Animal welfare organizations call for the shut down of Attica Zoological Park, a private zoo in the outskirts of Athens tha has often come under fire for the conditions the captured …
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May 26, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism
A wooden lifeguard tower was installed right in front of Greece’s most famous and most photographed beach, the Navagio, the Shipwreck of Zakynthos. The issue triggered strong reactions among the locals, an outrage on social media and had ministers to intervene to have the tower removed. The wooden construction was …
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April 7, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The presence of a neo-nazi Azov soldier during the address by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Greek Parliament triggered very strong reactions. Sharp criticism came not only from all opposition parties but also by former New Democracy Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. After Zelenskyy’s speech, an Ukrainian man appeared on …
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February 22, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
Τhe still-smoking Euroferry Olympia is being towed to a safe harbor in western mainland since Tuesday morning to facilitate the work of firefighters and rescuers. The removal of the ferry from the north of Corfu to the Astakos on the mainland coast has triggered outrage among the relatives of the …
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November 2, 2021
Arts, Culture, FEATURED, Politics
Survivors and descendants of victims of the Massacre of Kalavryta by the Nazis are furious about the film “Eyewitness – Kalavryta 1943” over a scene showing a supposedly “good Nazi rescuing children.” The Association of Survivors and Victims threaten to sue the film producers with state broadcaster ERT being one …
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October 21, 2021
FEATURED, Sports
Olympics gold medalist, the “lord of the Rings” Lefteris Pretounias shocked the #MeToo movement in Greece on Thursday when he expressed doubt over denounced incidents of sexual abuse in the field of sports. He said that he was not sure “if there were incidents of sexual abuse in the field …
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October 31, 2020
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Greece’s Culture Ministry flooded the Acropolis site with thick, fresh cement paths and blocks covering the ancient rocks and triggering an outrage on social media.The Ministry claims that these cement paths aim to facilitate access for visitors with mobility problems, disabled, seniors and visitors with health problems. Protesting archaeologists and …
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May 10, 2020
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Civil Protection was forced to take down a campaign spot with sexist content in which it was urging Greeks to avoid crowding and socializing outdoors amid the pandemic. The spot broadcast on Saturday triggered an outrage due to its content featuring a young woman as irresponsible, superficial and ignorant. …
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March 22, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Greece
Spokesman of the National Health Organization and Professor for Infectious Diseases, Sotiris Tsiodras, came under fire on Sunday for chanting in a church during the mass that was supposed to be held behind closed doors except for the clergy and the helpers. As if this was not enough to trigger …
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October 20, 2019
Greece
Freaking unbelievable. Police raided a movie theater in down town Athens on Sunday, because minors under 18 were watching the Joker. Aim of the police operation was to remove the minors from the movie theater and also their parents in case they were accompanied their youngsters. According to eyewitnesses, there …
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October 11, 2019
Greece, Politics
The presence of alt-right Steve Bannon at the Athens Democracy Forum has triggered the angry reaction among Greeks and foreigners on social media. The ultra-nationalist, populist and xenophobic Bannon was among the speakers of the Forum on Friday. In association with the New York Times, the Athens Democracy Forum event …
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September 10, 2019
Archeology, Culture
The announcement by Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to remove the antiquities from the ancient archaeological site from the metro station <Venizelos>in Thessaloniki so that the metro works proceed in fast speed has triggered a storm of reactions in the second biggest city of Greece. Citizens have launched a petition to …
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July 12, 2019
Sports
Greek Tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas was obvious angry about the parking skills of some Greek woman. The man who reportedly is spending his summer vacations on the island of Corfu, expressed his anger in a tweet. “Those Wonder “if those who park miserably have dirty dishes,” he wrote. The 21-year-old …
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February 6, 2019
Greece
European Commissioner for Health Vytenis Andriukaitis was outraged at Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis for disregarding legislation banning smoking in public places. Speaking on the sidelines of an event marking World Cancer Day at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on Athens’s southern coast on Monday, Andriukaitis said that he …
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October 16, 2018
Uncategorized
“Mocking of Christ” is a film about a Greek journalist with family roots in Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The film that has won the Innovation Award at the Montreal film Festival 2018 has triggered an outrage not only in Greece but also in FYROM. According to …
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October 14, 2018
Very Mix
Mafia stereotypes that insulted a whole city: Marlon Brandon as The Godfather, a pistol and the phrase “Live dangerously in Naples” on sugar sachets produced and distributed by Greek company “Coffeland Ltd” triggered an outrage in Italy and forced the company owner to stop the advertising campaign. The face of …
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April 26, 2018
Uncategorized
Relaxed, with a string of worry beads – kompoloi – in his hands, a Greek unionist steps one foot on the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Greek Palriament. The unionist from powerful GENOP-DEH of workers at Public Power Corporation (DEH) is obviously tired. Together with his …
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February 26, 2018
Greece, Politics
Alternate Labor Minister Rania Antonopoulou is in the middle of a scandal as she has been receiving a rental allowance of 12,000 euros per year. The allowance has been approved in September 2015, ever since she was appointed Minister in the Greek government. This is a normal procedure if the …
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