September 25, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Dozens of passengers of Athens urban train ISAP panicked on Wednesday afternoon when the wagons were filled with smoke. The train stopped, passengers opened the doors with their own hands,got off jumping out of the wagons and started walking on the tracks and next to them to the nearest station. …
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September 17, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Germany’s decision to effectively abolish the Schengen Agreement and to eventually sent migrants and refugees back to the first country of arrival brings tremors throughout the European Union and especially to Greece. Mainstream media said in reports on Tuesday that “Greece will turn into a souls’ warehouse” and noted that …
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February 26, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Social
Hardly has the first confirmed case of coronavirus case in Thessaloniki has been announced and the residents of the second biggest city of Greece quickly found their way to to the supermarkets. They load their carts with staples like pasta, rice, milk, baby and powder milk, toilet paper and detergents. …
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March 2, 2016
Politics, Refugees
Greece’s Minister for Migration Yannis Mouzalas shocked his audience today, representatives of the Greek Municipalities. Mouzalas suggested that the Refugees will stay in Greece for 2-3 years and that the Idomeni-Border to FYROM should be considered as closed. Mouzalas was speaking at the emergency meeting with the Board of the Central …
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July 8, 2015
Refugees, Very Mix
Unbelievable scenes on the island of Lesvos as refugees try to raid food truck. The incident took place when nearly 2,500 migrants hosted in the camp of Lesvos (Mytilene) municipality in Kara Tepe saw the catering truck approaching. They started to run for a plate with food. Reason fro the …
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June 27, 2015
Economy, Society
It started with a false claim and soon spread like wild fire. The claim on Friday evening was that a certain Greek bank had limited cash withdrawals from ATMs. The claim ‘coincided” with the fact that it was a pension payday and people had gone to the ATMs to withdraw …
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June 18, 2015
Economy
The news posted by Reuters shocked! The usual suspects, the “anonymous officials with knowledge of the talks”, the black-tie toussie-moussies had reportedly told the international news agency that “the European Central Bank was not sure if Greek banks would open on Monday”. “The European Central Bank told a meeting of …
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January 26, 2014
Earthquake, Very Mix
Two powerful tremors shook the island of Kefalonia at the Ionian Sea, Western Greece on Sunday. The first earthquake occurred short at 3:56 p.m. on Sunday with 5.9 R, while the second took place at 8:45 p.m. with 5.2R. Dozens of aftershocks have been registered. Seismologists estimate that the first …
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March 16, 2013
Economy
Bank depositors will have to finance 60% of the 10-billion-euro bailout for Cyprus agreed between European Union and International Monetary Fund in Brussels in the early morning hours of Saturday. Eurozone ministers force depositors at Cypriot banks to pay a one time levy to raise 6 billion euros. The so-called “emergency …
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March 30, 2011
Cute Stuff, Economy
When I first read about GreekFinance Ministry plans to collect revenues from the dead, I thought it was a media exaggeration or just a FinMin official suffering a panic attack. However here comes a a Wall Street Journal report confirming the idea is not just a macabre joke or the result …
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