December 12, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, World
Αn envelope with blood has arrived at the Embassy of Ukraine in Athens on Monday. The envelope was found by a security officer who informed the Greek police. The “bloody envelope” arrived with the embassy’s mail and was located outside the building of the diplomatic mission. The incident has launched …
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November 3, 2022
Greece, Politics
President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos visited Ukraine on Thursday and had a meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. In statement after the meeting with Zelensky, Sakellaropoulou expressed Greece’s undivided support and solidarity to the heroic Ukrainian people who are already facing nine months …
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October 18, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The first six German infantry fighting vehicles Marder 1A3 Armored combat Vehicles (TOMA) arrived on Monday in Greece, according to a Hellenic National Defense General Staff announcement. The first 6 out of 40 in total Marder 1A3 were delivered to Greece in the context of an agreement with Germany, a …
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October 11, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey threatened Greece that it would cut off the natural gas supply and warned that the country could turn into …Ukraine. This is the latest development and escalation of war-mongering and aggressive rhetoric by both the Turkish Foreign Minister and the nationalist government partner of Erdogan, the MHP. MHP leader …
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September 16, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s National Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos and his German counterpart Christine Lambrecht on Friday agreed to facilitate the consignment of armored vehicles to Ukraine. The tank-swap deal provides that Greece will send 40 tanks to Ukraine and receive corresponding number by Germany Greece will supply Ukraine with 40 Soviet-era armored …
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August 24, 2022
Greece, Politics
Revisionism and the lack of respect for fundamental principles of International Law must be stopped at the beginning, otherwise attackers become confident they can promote their agenda, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, in his message to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the second online summit of the …
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August 7, 2022
Politics, World
The first 117 of 600 Ukrainian children aged 6-15 that will be hosted in Greek summer camps arrived in Athens and Thessaloniki on Friday. Greece’s union of privately held camps (Panhellenic Union of Private Initiative Camp Operators) offered to host the children, all of which left Bucha and arrived in …
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July 13, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A fire-fighting helicopter crashed into the sea off the island of Samos on Wednesday afternoon. Four crew member missing. Big Search and Rescue Operation underway. According to preliminary information, the helicopter, type ER-MH4, crashed while it was attempting to collect water from the sea. The helicopter was participating in the …
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May 31, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that during his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis they had agreed that Germany will supply Greece with tanks, so that Greece can send its weapons to Ukraine. Scholz and Mitsotakis met on the sidelines of the extraordinary EU summit in Brussels on Tuesday. …
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May 17, 2022
Greece, Politics
“There is no greater honor for an elected leader of Greece, where democracy was born, to address the representatives of people who have defended democratic ideals strongly since the founding of their country,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during his address at the US Congress on Tuesday. The Greek premier …
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May 16, 2022
Economy
The European Commission has revised its forecasts for the Greek economy downwards, envisaging a GDP growth of 3.5% in 2022 and 3.1% in 2023, from 4.9% and 3.5% respectively in its winter forecasts made in last February. On Monday, the Commission released its spring 2022 report on economic growth in …
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May 10, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
The European Commission has prepared an emergency plan for the case of an energy blackout. According to Spanish daily El Pais the Commission intends to present the plan on May 18. The plan contains several actions to be taken by EU member states for the worst case scenario in which …
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May 9, 2022
Greece, Politics
“In a move of high symbolism, the Greek flag is flying again in Kiev today and the Greek Embassy opened again its doors in the Ukrainian capital,” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias announced on Monday in statements after his meeting with the Foreign Minister of Kenya Reychelle Omamo. Η ελληνική σημαία …
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April 17, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has said that he sent a letter to the International Criminal Court in The Hague asking for the investigation of crimes against the ethnic Greek community committed in Mariupol and two other villages in eastern Ukraine. In an interview with daily kathimerini, Dendias stressed that …
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April 14, 2022
Economy
The Russian invasion of Ukraine will weigh on Greece’s growth rate, have a major impact on inflation, shrink disposable incomes and render the country’s 2022 tourism prospects less rosy, according to a new report by Moody’s Analytics. Deputy Director Michael Grammatikopoulos notes that the military conflict has led Moody’s to …
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April 13, 2022
Greece, Politics
The operation “Nostos 7” for the evacuation of 47 individuals from Ukraine, including one Greek citizen, 25 ethnic Greeks and one Swedish citizen, has been concluded successfully, the Greek foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. The evacuees crossed the Ukrainian-Moldovan border at midnight and were in Bucharest on Wednesday, the ministry …
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April 5, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece has offered to provide treatment to Ukrainian children suffering from cancer. Health Minister Thanos Plevris made this offer to his Ukrainian counterpart Victor Liashko through a teleconference. The main topic of discussion was the transfer of children suffering from cancer, as well as their families, from Ukraine to the …
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April 4, 2022
Greece, Politics
Waving Russian and Greek flags and having the symbol “Z” on their cars, hundreds of demonstrators staged a motorcade in solidarity with Russia in the center of Athens on Sunday afternoon. Honking their horns and making insulting gestures, the pro-Russian demonstrators started at Syggrou-Fix metro station and drove by Syntagma …
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March 30, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Greek households store food due to the war in Ukraine, a market survey has found. Turnover in value of food retail increased by 5.1% in the first week of March. According to NielsenIQ data, in the first week of March, many food categories, such as pasta, showed a very large …
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March 23, 2022
animals
Greece is sending more than 11 tons of pet food and sanitary equipment for the pets of Ukrainian refugees currently at the Polish-Ukranian border. A truck will leave Kalochori, Thessaloniki, and the aid will be distributed to Ukrainian refugees fleeing their homeland with pets: dogs, cats and rabbits. A make-shift …
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