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US President Donald Trump and wife Melania took a break from head-aching policies and charities and made a short visit to Greece over the weekend. As the trip was strictly private, they avoided Greek capital Athens and landed directly at the port city of Patras in West Peloponnese. Although the …
Read More »187 books of Greek authors and poets at Athens airport passengers’ lounge
187 books of important Greek writers and poets are waiting to be read at the passengers’ lounge of the International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos in Athens. The books to be read by passengers while waiting for their flight are in Greek and in English. The action “Athens as a Book” was …
Read More »Apokries: The Carnival season revives old customs across Greece
Greece’s Carnival season, the Apokries, reaches its peak over the weekend with the biggest Carnival Parade, the Carnival of Patras, to take place on Sunday. The weekend marks the end of masquerading, eating, drinking and dancing and opens the way for the 40-day fasting until the Greek orthodox Easter. Staring …
Read More »Dodecanese celebrate unification with Greece after end of British occupation
The island group of Dodecanes came under a brief occupation by the British from 1945 until 1947, when they were ceded to Greece with the Treaty of Peace. Τhe British occupation ended formally on 7. March 1948, the Dodecanese were untied with the Motherland. Reason for the islanders to celebrate …
Read More »Greece expands range of investments for Golden Visa Program
A new draft bill prepared by the Economy and Development ministry will add intangible investments into Greece’s Golden Visa program for third country, that is non-EU, citizens. The draft law on harmonising Greek legislation with an EU directive on commercial secrecy includes a regulation aiming to improve and to add …
Read More »EU Commission warns Greece over waste management on Corfu
The European Commission has sent a stern warning to Greece claiming it is violating European Union environmental laws with regard to waste management on the Ionian island of Corfu. “The Commission is calling on Greece to ensure that EU waste legislation is implemented on the ground in Corfu Island,” the …
Read More »First Greek Feminist Strike on International Women’s Day
For the first time in Greece, women organizations and unions launch a Feminist Strike and are calling on female workers and students to refrain from their obligations on March 8th. Feminist organizations, women’s collectives, trade unions and women branches of political parties call on workers in the private and public …
Read More »Olympiakos hooligans brutally beat and stab young woman, a PAO fan (video)
A group of men are seen to brutally beat a woman. They throw her on the ground. three of them hold her hands and two beat her. One of the perpetrators stabs her in the leg. The attackers grab her bag containing a small amount of money and flee. The …
Read More »Fu death toll in Greece rises to 111, as another 20 people died in a week
Twenty more people contracted with the flu virus lost their lives in the week February 25-March 5, 2019, Greece’s Disease control and Prevention Center KEELPNO announced on Thursday. The flu death toll has increased to 111 since the beginning of the flu season in October. A total of 337 people …
Read More »Mikis Theodorakis hospitalized with heart condition, doctors cautious
Famous Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has been hospitalized since last week after suffering a a heart condition. Initial media information speak of atrial fibrillation. The 94-year-old remains in a private hospital in the North suburbs of Athens on Thursday, where doctor treat the heart condition with medication. Doctors reportedly remain …
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