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Greece is one of five European Union countries – along with Poland, the United Kingdom, Germany and Slovenia – that is planning to introduce new subsidies for fossil fuels despite scientists’ warnings that the world needs transition to a zero-carbon economy by 2050 in order to control the climate crisis. …
Read More »Greece, Cyprus confirm “common handling” against Turkey’s illegal actions
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiadesissued a joint communique issued after their meeting in Athens on Tuesday. The two leaders confirmed “common handling” in response to turkey’s illegal actions. Anastasiades briefed the Greek premier on the latest developments regarding the Cyprus issue as well as his …
Read More »Greek Commission VP Schinas and his cryptic “Protecting our European way of Life”
The former spokesman of European Commission Presidency, Margaritis Schinas, has been nominated as Vice President in the ‘cabinet’ of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Schinas will have the Portfolio “Protecting our European Way of Life.” The portfolio with the weird and mysterious name covers migration, security, employment and education. …
Read More »Hellinikon Investment: Mammoth loan from recapitalized Greek banks
A “mammoth” bank loan is still due before the Hellinikon investment project can proceed with works after it overcomes the last bureaucratic hurdles and all decisions by ministries and other public bodies give the green light. The Hellenic Development consortium consists of Lamda Development, China’s Fosun and Abu Dhabi’s Eagle …
Read More »Gopa Project: City of Athens trains smokers to not throw butts on streets
Have you seen the big yellow ashtrays in the streets of Athens? The pilot program “Gopa Project” has been operating for about a month, with the primary aim of “training” Athenian smokers in a better attitude towards the public spaces and reduce litter in the city. The yellow ashtrays have …
Read More »Military equipment stolen from Naval Base on Leros; Anti-terror investigates
Military equipment has been stolen from the Naval Technical Facility on the island of Leros in the eastern Aegean sea. The theft has been discovered during a search in the facility’s inventory. The incident is considered as “serious”, teams from the counter-terror department of police to investigate the issue. A …
Read More »Car driver shoots with rifle at touristic bus in downtown Athens
In an unprecedented incident on the streets of Athens, the driver of a private car shot with a rifle at a touristic bus smashing its windows in the middle of the Greek capital early Monday evening. The incident took place at Vassileos Alexandrou Avenue in the area of Caravel Hotel. …
Read More »Prespes Agreement “harmful, yes, but traitorous…” says Greek FM
Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Denias, has stressed the New Democracy government commitment to implement the Prespes Agreement pointing out that it is harmful’ but not traitorous, as ND used to claim when it was in the opposition. “In any case, at this time talking about betrayal, I don’t think it …
Read More »Professor Beaton receives Order of Honor for contribution to Greek Literature & Culture
The President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos honored great philellene Roderick Mcleod Beaton, Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History at the King’s College in London with the Order of Honour at a special ceremony held at the Presidential mansion on Monday. Pavlopoulos honored and praised Professor Beaton for his …
Read More »Erdogan reloaded: He threatens Europe with 5.5mn Syrian refugees
For a third consecutive time in just a couple of days, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to flood the European Union with 5.5 million Syrian refugees. “If they [EU] don’t help us in this struggle of ours, we will not be able to hinder the 3.5 million refugees in …
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