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Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said that European Union member-states failed to respond to the Greek request to take in 3,000 unaccompanied minors currently living in refugee camps and other facilities around the country. Speaking in the Parliament on Friday, Mitsotakis said on the distribution of 3,000 unaccompanied children in the …
Read More »Shipowners donate 10 high-speed boats Rafnar to Greek Coast Guard
The Union of Greek Shipowners has said it will donate high-speed boats to the Greek Coast Guard in order to enhance patrols in the country’s maritime borders and effectively control the inflows from Turkey. Donated will be 10 Rafnar 1100 Cabin Bulletproof boats. The boats will be built in Greece …
Read More »NASA tests robots in submerged Santorini volcano
An international oceanographic seabed survey of the submerged Columbus volcano, a submarine volcano about seven kilometers northeast of Santorini, was launched on Wednesday night at the port of Lavrion and will last until November 27. The survey is funded by NASA. The international mission consists of 30 scientists from the …
Read More »Storms flood Halkidiki, Kavala, Thassos, thunderbolt strikes house (videos)
Storms have flooded areas in Halkidiki, Kavala and the island of Thassos in northern Greece. At least two municipalities have been declared in “state of emergency. A thunderbolt opened a hole in a house on the island of Limnos house. Limnos A thunderbolt stroke a home on the island of …
Read More »Chios: “Patriot” trafficker hides migrants under huge Greek flag
Port authorities on Chios have arrested a Greek for attempting to transport ten migrants from the island in the eastern Aegean Sea to the port of Piraeus in the mainland. The “patriot” had carefully hidden the migrants under a huge Greek flag. The 42-year-old human trafficker was caught during controls …
Read More »Development Minister tells farmers “You sowed under Tsipras, ask money from SYRIZA”
Greece’s bigmouth Development Minister dared telling a farmer that if he sowed under the government of Alexis Tsipras he has to ask money from SYRIZA! Development Minister, Adonis Georgiadis, was visiting a sugar factory in Plati, Imathias, West Macedonia. A meeting was also arranged with sugar beet growers. Minister and …
Read More »Thessaloniki: Driver creates havoc, abandons car and …leaves the spot
Bystanders were stunned to see what was happening on a street in Thessaloniki at 7 o’ clock Friday morning. They saw a car driving into a garbage bin, hitting parked vehicles. As if this was not enough, the driver parked the car vertically on the road, opened the door, abandoned …
Read More »Tsipras calls PM Mitsotakis “liar and coward” during Parliament debate
With harsh expressions and personal attacks against the Prime Minister, main opposition leader and former PM Alexis Tsipras started his speech in the Greek Palriament on Friday morning. In the debated on “Hour of the Prime Minister” Tsipras called Kyriakos Mitsotakis “liar” and “coward.” “Last time we were in this …
Read More »Will Greece set up pre-departure centers on uninhabited islands?
A faux pas or a picture from the near future? Stage II of Greek government plans to tackle the Migration problem? Will Greece set up closed pre-departure or detentions center for migrants on uninhabited islands? Maybe intention and a trick to scare off future arrivals from Turkey? Or just a …
Read More »Greek Budget 2020: Economy to grow 2.8% with investment, tax cuts
Greece expects its economy to grow by 2.8% next year, driven by higher investments, improving domestic demand and tax cuts as the country recovers from a decade-long debt crisis. Data from the 2020 budget, formally submitted to parliament for approval on Thursday, also forecast a primary surplus of 3.56% of …
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