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Three children and one adult have been missing after a migrants boat capsized in Evros River, the natural border between Greece and Turkey. Eight people have been rescued. The inflatable boat was carrying twelve people who were trying to enter Greece illegally early Saturday morning. The boat reportedly busted and …
Read More »Hospital doctor arrested for €3,000 in bribes by pauper cancer patient
A chief surgeon at a big hospital in Athens was arrested on Friday, after a cancer patient filed a complaint to police that the doctor had extorted a total of 3,000 euros. The 50-year-old doctor is well-known in Athens and is working at the Ippokrateio Public Hospital. During a police …
Read More »Moody’s: Greece’s return to bond market is “credit positive”
Greece’s return to international debt markets in January with a issue worth 2.5 billion euros is credit positive for the junk-rated country, ratings agency Moody’s said on Friday. “It was Greece’s first debt issued outside of a programme after almost a decade of reliance on funding from the EU and …
Read More »Corfu is top destination for British tourists but also an expensive one
Corfu is the most popular holiday destination in Europe in 2019 for Britons but also an expensive one, a survey by the Post Office Travel Money has found. The survey is based on the prices of 8 major products purchased by British tourists in the holiday destination.That is the total …
Read More »“Greek banks may need fresh recapitalization,” says Deputy PM Dragasakis
Deputy Prime Minister Giannis Dragasakis dropped a bombshell late on Thursday when he admitted that banks’ red loans may lead to fresh recapitalization for the Greek lender institutions. “If there is no solution with the red loans we may lead banks to demand new capital that the Greek taxpayer will …
Read More »18 people die from flu in Greece, 12 in a single January week
Eighteen people have died in Greece due to health complications caused from a flu infection. Alone in the week January 21-27, a total of twelve people died, the Greek Center for Disease Control and Prevention KEELPNO announced on Thursday. The victims of the flu included 14 men and four women, …
Read More »Visa-free for Britons to enter Greece, in case of No-Deal Brexit
Greece is looking for options to allow British tourists and expats to continue visit and stay in the country visa-free even if there is Brexit without deal. The Greek government aims to allow Britons to enter the country without visa after the UK exits the European Union. “A no-deal Brexit …
Read More »Greece breaks historical record with 33million tourists in 2018
The year 2018 ended with a new historical record for Greek tourism, with 33 million international arrivals and revenues of more than 16 billion euros, Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said in an interview with Alpha TV. € The minister stressed the enormous contribution of tourism as a whole to the …
Read More »Extreme poverty: High-school student does homework under the street light
A high school student was ‘forced’ to do homework outdoors under a street lamp because the family lives in extreme poverty and the Public Power Corporation had cut the electricity supply due to unpaid bills. Both parents are unemployed and they cannot afford much to offer to their three daughters …
Read More »Greece weather: New bad weather front with powerful rainfalls and storms
For one more time this winter Greece is in the grip of a bad weather front with powerful rainfalls, storms and snow. At the same time the National Meteorological Service (EMY) warns of gusty winds up to 8 Beaufort. Meteorologists warn of floods. According to National Observatory in Athens, although …
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