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A Greek Coast Guard vessel fired warning shots and ultimately arrested an 18-year-old smuggler off the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean Sea. According to the Port authority central, the Coast Guard patrol vessel spotted the high-speed boat in the sea off Cape Prassos on Samos. The smuggler refused …
Read More »Forest fires on Zakynthos, Evia and West Greece; 60 fires in 24 hours
A series of forest and wild fires broke out in Greece on Friday mobilizing dozens of firefighters and several aerial means. Two fires broke out on the island of Zakynthos in the areas of Lagadakia and Romiri. Video: Fire in Lagadakia Hardly had the firefighter managed to set the fire …
Read More »West Nile virus in Greece claims 15 lives, infects 158 people
The West Nile virus has claimed a total of 15 lives in the time from beginning of the mosquitoes season 2019 until September 5. All the victims were over 60 years old.During the same period a total of 158 people were infected by the virus across the country. 97 of …
Read More »Germany to help Greece tackle increase of migrants on the islands
The German government says it is closely watching as the number of migrants reaching the Greek islands has seen a jump. Government spokeswoman Martina Fietz said the increase in migrants coming to the islands by sea “needs to be taken seriously.” But she also stressed Friday that the latest arrival …
Read More »Education Minister to rewrite “history textbooks” in order to shape “national conscience””
“Ηistory should be aimed at shaping national consciousness” said arch conservative Education Minister, Niki Keramos introducing a new interpretation on the Science of History. She added that she was “against the sociological approach of history” teaching in schools. She announced that new history textbooks are on the way and thus …
Read More »“Development” law to flood beaches with umbrellas, allow seaside buildings
The New Democracy government and the Development Ministry are bringing major upheavals to the seaside and the beaches in Greece apparently in an effort to attract investors. The monstrous legislation changes will give the green light for the setting up of unlimited number of sun umbrellas along the beaches thus …
Read More »Varoufakis is considering to release his secret Eurogroup recordings
Former finance minister and founder of MeRA25, Yanis Varoufakis, is considering to upload on internet his secret recordings from the Eurogroup meetings while he was negotiating for Greece in the first half of 2015. “I’m thinking of uploading the recordings to the internet. After all, I was the only one …
Read More »13 migrants rescued off Samos, one woman died during crossing
Thirteen migrants sailing from the Turkish coast to the island of Samos were rescued by members of the Greek Coast Guard early Friday morning. On board of the boat was also a woman who had died during the crossing to Greece. Officials said they found the dead 65-year-old woman. Other …
Read More »Ex Estonian president appointed as advisor to Greece’s digital governance
The former president of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who successfully turned his country into the most advanced digital society in the world during his term in office, is to take over as an advisor to Minister of State and Digital Governance Kyriakos Pierrakakis. He will serve on an expert committee …
Read More »Overtaxation imposed by SYRIZA led to tax evasion of €3 bn, says FinMin
The overtaxation of citizens under the previous government led to an increase in tax evasion, which increased by about 3.0 billion euros in the past four years, said Finance Minister Christos Staikouras in a statement on Thursday. Staikouras noted that “in 2014, tax rates fell and the economy returned to …
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