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No postal vote, eligibility for those who have been living abroad for maximum 35 years but who had lived in Greece for two years and can prove it with public documents. The inter-party committee of the Greek Parliament has reached an agreement on the vote of Greeks living abroad, Interior …
Read More »Hooligans attack Bayern fans ahead of Youth League match with Olympiacos
Olympiacos hooligans attacked Bayern Munich fans with sticks and fireworks ahead of the youth game between the two teams in Piraeus on Tuesday evening. At least four German fans of Bayern Munich were injured when dozens of men barged into Olympiacos’ training center in Rendi, Athens, during a game between …
Read More »Thessaloniki: Hour-old newborn abandoned outside apartment building
A young mother abandoned her new born baby outside an apartment building in Thessaloniki, North Greece, on Tuesday. The baby girl was just a couple of hours old and had still the umbilical cord attached. Police quickly managed to identify the mother and arrest her. She was transferred to a …
Read More »Greek Gov’t spokesman: Prespes “Agreement is harmful as we said in the beginning”
“We signed an agreement whose implementation depends on the volition of others. This aspect proves that this agreement is harmful, as we have said from the beginning,” government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Tuesday commenting on the Prespes Agreement and the French veto to accession talks between North Macedonia and …
Read More »Greece’s Asylum bill: Drastic changes to facilitate “fast track” deportations
The new Asylum bill is heading to the Greek Parliament by the conservative New Democracy government despite objections by human rights organizations. The bill introduces a series of measures and drastic changes aiming to restrict access to asylum, reduce asylum procedure times or terminate stages of procedures and proceed with …
Read More »Garbage piling up due to municipality workers’ 48-hour strike
Municipality workers across Greece have launched a 48-hour strike in order to protest government plans to hand over to private investors part of municipality services. The strike on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 22-23, 2019, already shows its first impact with garbage bags to piling up especially in the big cities …
Read More »Golden Dawn trial: “Hitler was demonized, salute has good energy,” says ex MP
“Hitler was inspired by us. How do you greet the flag or a honored person? They have demonized Hitler. I like that greeting, it has good energy,” former Golden Dawn MP Konstantinos Barbarousis told the court on Monday. When asked in court about the Nazi symbols the party was using, …
Read More »Greek authorities on high alert for jihadists escaping from Syrian prisons
Greek security officials have been placed on high alert due to concerns that Islamic State jihadists who have escaped from North Syrian prison may seek their repatriation in Europe, using Greece as a bridge. In cooperation with the Europol, the Greeks will try to tighten security in the country’s land …
Read More »Statue of Athena Parthenos back to life at the Acropolis Museum
The gold and ivory statue of goddess Athena once installed in the Parthenon of the Acropolis of Athens will be brought back to life in the Acropolis Museum on October 28, 2019, the Museum announced in a statement. “On the occasion of the Greek National Holiday of the 28th October, …
Read More »Minister for Public Order: I will watch the Joker with my 15-year-old son
Minister for Public Order, Michalis Chrisohoidis, announced that he will go to the moves with his 15-year-old son and watch the Joker. The film is restricted for children under 18. The Minister posted his decision that defies the law on Twitter on Monday morning, hours after the outcry over the …
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