April 18, 2018
Archeology, Culture
A German national has returned an antique artifact to Greece. The antique ‘cup’ painted in black and with remains of decoration is in perfect form and dated back to the classical times of Ancient Greece. It was handed over to the Greek Embassy in Berlin by a German citizen. According …
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March 29, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Greek government has submitted an amendment that abolishes rent subsidies to ministers and deputy ministers that do not have seats in the Parliament. The amendment has been submitted on Wednesday evening and will be voted later on Thursday. The abolishing of the rent subsidies will go into effect retrospective …
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February 6, 2018
Archeology, Culture
A most probably American tourist who stole a handful of stones from the ancient site of the Acropolis many years ago, returned them per mail to the Greek National Tourism Organization in New York. The four small stones were put in a plastic bag and had a handwritten note in …
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January 5, 2018
Social
Some employers made their threats come true: they fired employees who refused to return the Christmas bonus. This unprecedented case occurred in Larissa, Central Greece. Five workers filed complaint to the local Labor Inspection department saying that they were fired because they did not comply with the employer’s demand to …
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December 28, 2017
Social
Several employers found a “recipe” to fill their cash registers over the Christmas days: they demanded back the Christmas bonus they are obliged by law to pay to employees. The employees’ complains landed at the unions offices one after the other. In Patras, workers at retail shops, restaurants and cleaning …
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November 23, 2017
Economy
The Dutch super market chain Spar will apparently return to the Greek market year through its participation in a consortium with local retailer Asteras, a year after the former ended its agreement with the Veropoulos group. The latter, in fact, sold its Greece operation to Metro S.A., but retained units …
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November 12, 2017
Greece, Politics
Dimitris Koufodinas, the convicted gunman of terror organization 17 November, returned to prison following a 48-hour-furlough. Koufodinas arrived at Korydallos prison an hour and a half ahead of the Saturday noon deadline, accompanied by his wife and son. He looked relaxed and waved to the press. Koufodinas, 59, is serving …
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August 25, 2017
Refugees
European Union member states like Germany, UK and others to send asylum seekers back to where they first sought refuge, despite the continued economic strife in Greece. European countries are poised to begin the process of returning refugees to Greece, as migrants seeking reunification with their family members – mostly …
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July 24, 2017
Economy
The much anticipated return to the bond markets is on. Greece’s government is returning to the financial markets for the first time since 2014. The bond sale started at 1 p.m. Monday noon July 24th. 2017. The government aims to raise some 4.03 billion euros from the auction, while the …
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July 20, 2017
Economy
The Greek government is keen and determined to return to the bond markets for the first time again after a test exit in 2014. For Athens the return to the capital markets is important in order to show that the reforms under the current bailout program are working and that …
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June 30, 2017
Economy
The yield of Greece’s 10-year bonds continued to slide this week, in spite of a significant rise in bond yields throughout the Eurozone. As a result, the yield spread between the Greek and German benchmark bonds dropped below 5 pct during trading on Friday morning, with the Greek bond yielding …
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April 4, 2017
Archeology, Culture
The Parthenon Marbles could be apart of the Brexit deal between UK and the European Union. In the mind of Geoffrey Robertson, the Marbles “are, of course, priceless, and a UK offer to return them should be accepted in return for major concessions.” Geoffrey who? Geoffrey Robertson is head of …
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February 20, 2017
Politics
More than four million euros in “kickbacks” money have been transferred to a bank account of the Greek government in January. The money is part of kickbacks paid for procurement of armament programs. Minister of Justice Stavros Kontonis said that the total amount of €4,313,675 has been transferred to the …
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January 19, 2017
Politics
Hundreds of thousands of elderly Britons living in Europe may be forced to return to the UK unless the government guarantees that their healthcare will continue to be reimbursed by the NHS, campaigners for British people settled in Spain and France have warned. The House of Commons Brexit select committee …
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July 17, 2016
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish pilots arrived in Greece and flew the military Black Hawk helicopter back to Turkey on Saturday night, while the 8 passengers, the alleged Coup supporters who fled into the neighboring country and sought political asylum, were taken before the prosecutor on Sunday morning. The three majors, the captains …
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July 11, 2016
Culture
British lawmakers will submit a bill asking the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Campaigners for the return of the famous marbles are 12 MPs belonging to several political parties. The “Return of the Parthenon Marbles” Bill proposes that the Parliament should annul what it did 200 years ago, …
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May 11, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Tired of hanging around in poor living conditions and with no future in Europe, many refugees and migrants want to leave Greece. As the border to their promised lands remain close, they want to be sent back to Turkey. According to local media on the island of Chios, a total …
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May 15, 2015
Economy
The Greek government has reportedly sent a circular to all its embassies and consulates abroad calling them to send back to Athens any cash reserves that they have not used as well as revenues from consular operations. The money should be sent directly to tax offices. The -frankly- surprise move …
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April 2, 2015
Politics
They remove dust from their suits, iron shirts and ties and put their bets on the failure of SYRIZA-led coalition government. They offer themselves to a noble cause: to save the country. Main opposition leader and former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said that he was ready to join a unity …
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March 24, 2015
Economy
Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem has reportedly wrote to European Financial Stability Fund chief Klaus Regling and Euro Working Group chief Thomas Wiser urgently examine the Greek request for return of €1.2 billion, Greek media report on Tuesday. The amount was sent by the FSF by mistake to the temporary rescue …
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