November 4, 2022
Greece, Politics
PEGA, the European parliamentary committee investigating the use of spyware in the 27-country bloc urged Greek officials on Friday to do more to shed light on a phone surveillance scandal that targeted opposition politicians and journalists. “We learnt a lot but we also still feel that a lot of our …
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April 19, 2022
CORONAVIRUS
The leadership of the Greek Health Ministry will hold an extraordinary press conference on Wednesday to inform the public about the course of the pandemic in the country as well as the concern causing situation in Shanghai and the acute hepatitis on children. Next to Minister Thanos Plevris will participate …
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June 30, 2021
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
An unprecedented and at the same time highly ridiculous incident: The priceless Picasso painting, stolen and recovered, slipped and fell on the floor during the press conference held at the Ministry of Civil Protection in the presence of the Culture Minister. The police officer was quick to pick up the …
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February 6, 2019
Greece, Politics
There were a few moments of awkwardness during the press conference by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. The host certainly surprised the guest when he openly demanded the extradition of the 8 Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after the failed coup …
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July 27, 2018
Greece
There is serious evidence of arson for the Athens wildfires in East and West Attica, the Greek government said during a press conference. Friday morning, the chief coroner of the central morgue where the bodies of the people who lost their lives on land or in the sea have been …
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June 28, 2018
Politics, World
The first day of the EU Summit did not go according to plan. The EU Council has cancelled the press conference at the end of Day 1 of the summit and in a very diplomatic statement, make it clear, it’s Italy’s fault… The European Council this afternoon had an exchange …
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October 17, 2017
Greece, Politics
At a joint press conference with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the White House, US President Donald Trump expressed his clear support to Greece. “Greece should get responsible debt relief,” Trump said and millions of Greeks signed in relief. He said further that “Greece is a very reliable ally and …
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April 27, 2017
Economy
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi keeps interest rates at historic low.The low interest rate cause a blow to million of deposits of ordinary people who trust their live savings to the banks. In a statement issued on Thursday, the ECB said: At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the …
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April 22, 2017
Economy
For one more time, the International Monetary Fund admitted it made wrong projections about Greece’s economy. This time it was IMF’s director of the European Department Poul Thomsen. Speaking at a press conference in Washington on Friday, Thomsen said the Fund’s projections for 2015 and 2016 were wrong because the …
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February 2, 2017
Politics
It was a bad moment. A diplomatic faux pas during the joint press conference of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. Speaking about terrorism as a problem both countries have to deal with, Merkel used the expression “Islamistic terror” in German. Her statement was …
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July 19, 2016
Politics, Turkey-GR
Ankara escalates pressure on Athens to have the 8 military personnel that fled Turkey with an helicopter extradited. In an unprecedented move, Turkey’s ambassador to the Greek capital, Kerim Uras, threatened that “bilateral relations would be damaged if Greece does not extradite the 8 Turkish military personnel.” In order to …
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January 12, 2016
Economy
It has been an affair of love and hate: Protagonists are: an investor – Canadian gold-miner Eldorado Gold -, three Greek governments and the locals in Skouries divided over whether to allow gold-mining or not. Lots of tears were shed and lots of anger occurred in the last three years …
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July 16, 2015
Economy
“The European Central Bank will increase Emergency Liquidity Assistance for Greek banks today,” chief Mario Draghi said during a press conference on Thursday. The much expected decision comes after the ECB froze ELA on June 26th 2015 enforcing the Greek government and the Bank of Greece to impose bank holiday …
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June 29, 2015
Economy
The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker is a very engaged man. He is so engaged that he decided to engage also in the Greek Referendum campaign. The self-declared “friend of Greece’ decided in fact not only to engage but to blatantly intervene into Greek internal affairs and open …
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April 8, 2015
Politics
“This meeting is very important for the Greek-Russian relations, it is the begin of a new spring,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said during the joint press conference with Russian president Valdimir Putin. In fact, Tsipras mentioned the word “spring” three times during his joint appearance with Putin. Both leaders assured …
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February 10, 2015
Politics
“Oh… Greece! I forgot, yes!” German chancellor Angela Merkel was talking like a waterfall about the Ukraine crisis, about policies and politicians… and Ops! She forgot Greece, the issue that is currently shaking the European Union, the Eurozone and the markets. I don’t think, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in …
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February 5, 2015
Economy
The crucial meeting between Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis with his German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble started at ten minutes ago in Berlin. The meeting takes place in the shadow of European Central Bank decision Wednesday night to stop accepting Greek bonds as collateral for granting liguidity. The ECB decision prompted …
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January 30, 2015
Economy
I don’t know what the two finance ministers said behind closed doors, but the press conference run wild. Yanis Varoufakis was very clear: “Greek government will not negotiate with the Troika, only with official parters” he said during a joint press conference with the head of Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem in …
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January 29, 2015
Politics
President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz arrived at the office of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras but the timing was bad. It was raining. An obviously disappointed Schulz immediately pointed with the finger towards the sky in front of PM Tsipras’ nose. Martin Schulz complained right away about the shortage …
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December 19, 2014
Politics
During a press conference on Friday, Independent Greeks chairman Panos Kammenos said that the briber has allegedly worked as consultant at the Deutsche Bank and later at the Piraeus Bank until summer 2014. Panos Kammenos said that he cannot publish the taped footage or part of it due to legal …
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