I live in a country where a very wealthy Prime Minister who seems to have lost contact with reality and society tries to convince Greeks that “if you live in poverty and are barefoot, you can still smile!” During a visit to Ioannina, Epirus in North-West Greece, on Wednesday, PM …
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Turkish drone flies over Kastellorizo, Greek flag smeared red (video)
An unprecedented Turkish provocation: a drone flew over the island of Kastellorizo playing military marches and war sirens causing confusion among the residents of the island close to the Turkish coast. At the same time, it shot pictures of the Greek flag on a rock at the entrance of the …
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“We are Macedonians”: North Macedonia Minister provokes Greece
Labor Minister Rashela Mizrahi in the caretaker government of North Macedonia triggered a storm of reactions after she had a picture in front of a plaque bearing the country’s old name “Republic of Macedonia.” The Labor minister is a member of nationalist VMRO that opposed the Prespes Agreement with Greece. …
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Neo-Nazis detained for hoisting swastika flags at Athens Polytechnic School
Police in Athens has detained three suspected neo-Nazis who were trying to hang two flags with swastikas at the building of the Athens Polytechnic School that will celebrate the anniversary of the Students’ Uprising against the junta, next week. The incident reportedly took place on Monday night. The two men …
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Turkey claims “commandos have removed the Greek flag from an Aegean islet”
The official Ankara claims the Turkish Coast Guard has illegally landed on a Greek islet in the eastern Aegean Sea and took down a Greek flag. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim said “There was an attempt to plant a Greek flag on an uninhabited rocky …
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“Turkey must stop provocations” against EU member-states, says Tsipras
“Turkey must stop provocations” against EU member states, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said during a press conference after the EU Summit in Brussels on Friday. The European Union should send Turkey a clear message that “EU-Turkish relations cannot move forward when member-states’ sovereign rights are violated,” he added. Turkey …
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Greek Coast Guard opens fire at Turkish cargo ship, captain claims
A Greek Coast Guard opened fire at a Turkish cargo ship in the south Aegean Sea on Monday, Turkish media report. They quote the captain of M/V ACT, a Turkish-flagged freighter ship transporting iron steel between two ports in Turkey. Citing CNN Turk and the captain of the ship Sami …
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Turkey provokes Greece big, sends Chief of General Staff to disputed islet of Imia
Tension went high between Greece and Turkey on Sunday, after Ankara sent the Chief of General Staff and the top chiefs of the three Armed Forces to pay a visit to the highly disputed islet of Imia, a small uninhabited island in the Aegean Sea. The provocation took place two …
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Neo-Ottoman Erdogan has Muezzin to call for prayer directly from Hagia Sophia
For the first time after 85 years, the muezzin called Muslims in Istanbul to prayer from inside the Hagia Sofia. On Saturday morning, the call for the morning prayer was performed from inside the symbol for Christian Orthodoxy. The unprecedented move occurs after four weeks of Koran recitations in Hagia …
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Photo shooting with half-naked models on the graves of Greek Cypriots
Appalling pictures of half-naked models sitting on the graves or posing holding the grave cross with the name of the deceased. Place of the provocative photo-shooting is the Greek Cypriot cemetery in the Turkish-occupied Cyprus. The pictures were apparently been shot last August but were released a couple of days …
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(Upd) Hand in Hand? Hoodies and Police… (video)
Greece is shocked by the following video, showing so-called “Hoodies” entering the Parliament building in police escort. No, they are not been detained… They are just taken away froom the crowd. The footage was broadcasted also in private television network ALTER while the police spokesman was on live interview. The …
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Flag of “Independent” Crete sold on e-bay
Is the island of Crete an independent state? Of course, it is not! However an ‘agent provocatuer’ based in Sinzheim-Winden in South Germany, sells ‘Cretan’ flags on e-bay. Sold at the pot price of EUR 9,90 the sneaky entrepreneur has already sold 15 pieces of the flags of a non-existing …
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