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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY is warning of weather deterioration with strong rainfalls, thunderstorms, locally powerful, and possible hail fall. EMY issued the weather warning on Sunday and is valid for October 7-8, 2019. The barometric low comes from the North and will affect the whole country. Weather Forecast Analytically …
Read More »Greek watchdog: “Hit-and-run drivers should be prosecuted for felony”
“Hit-and-run drivers should be prosecuted for felony,” the SOS-Road Crimes PanHellenic Association said on Friday. More than 25 hit-and-run incidents are reported in the capital Athens alone each year. Drunkenness, uninsured vehicles and lack of driving license are the most important reasons for drivers abandoning their victims, said SOS-Road Crimes, …
Read More »Trains, Proastiakos: Work stoppages, 24-h strike Oct 8-9
The Panhellenic Federation of Train workers will launch work stoppage and one 24-hour strike on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 8-9, 2019. Workers demand the signing of a new collective bargain. Both mobilizations will affect the Metro Line to/from the Athens International Airport, as it will operate until station. Affected are …
Read More »Pompeo in Athens: Turkey’s illegal drilling is “unacceptable”
“There are limits, we cannot let anyone, Turkey, make illegal drilling,” US Secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said during a joint press conference with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias, on Saturday. The Turkish provocation against Greece and Turkey were high on the agenda Athens put on the table during meetings …
Read More »Secrets of Ancient Greek scroll on Plato’s Academy revealed via infrared imagining
The scroll of the history of Plato’s Academy written on a 2,000-year-old papyrus has revealed its last secrets. Applying modern imagining technology, scholars found out that the papyrus had writing also on the back. The scroll is one of more than 1,800 papyri found in the Herculaneum Villa of the …
Read More »Anti-Pompeo protesters clash with police, set American flags on fire.
Greek police fired tear gas at members of Communist party KKE unionists of PAME marching in protest for the visit of US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, in Athens. Protests were held also in Thessaloniki. In both cities, protesters set American flags on fire. The tension rose in Athens, when …
Read More »Skopelos Municipality request “state of emergency” following hail storm
A heavy hail storm that swept over the island of Skopelos on Friday caused severe damages in infrastructure. The Municipality submitted a request to the Civil Protection asking that the “state of emergency.” Especially affected are the areas of Glossas, Klimatos and the settlement of Panormos. “There are problems on …
Read More »€200 fine for smokers violating new anti-smoking Law in Greece
A fine of 200 euros threatens smokers who violate the anti-smoking law, according to a bill submitted by the Greek Health Ministry to the Parliament. The fine is currently at 50 euros. The bill includes new provisions regarding smoking in public places. These are: The possibility of creating smoking areas …
Read More »“Greece’s fiscal gap for 2020 to be reduced,” says Moscovici
Οutgoing European Commissioner for Financial Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, expressed his confidence that the fiscal gap for 2020 would be reduced and this will open the way for the disbursement of SMP-ANFAs form the European banks profits. The Greek government proposal to allocate these funds for investment is being considered, he …
Read More »Head of UNHCR-Greece appeal: Refrain from statements that would trigger hate against refugees
Over the last couple of days, ministers of the Greek government but also Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, have been promoting a new policy claiming the increase of arrivals on the islands of the Eastern Aegean Sea is a migration issue and not a refugee crisis. Furthermore, they claimed that the …
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