“It is up to Turkey to close the road to the crisis and pave the way for a solution. We are ready to meet it on this second path,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during joint statements with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after a meeting in his office …
Read More »Appalling torture of dog by his owner in Chania triggers society outrage
The appalling torture of a dog in a village in Chania has mobilized hundreds of animal lovers not only in Crete. A local two-legged beast hanged his dog on a tree and cut his testicles. The neighbors did not react to the dog screaming in endless pain. It was a German …
Read More »Maggie Gyllenhaal enjoys relaxing bike ride with husband Peter Sarsgaard in Greece
The actress, 42, looked effortlessly chic in a white cover-up dress with a black swimsuit underneath it.
Read More »Endurance athlete carries mobility-impaired student to Mt Olympus top
A long-distance runner helped a young, mobility-impaired woman to make her dream come true. Marios Giannakou carried biology student Eleftheria Tosiou on his back and to the top of Mount Olympus. Giannakos carried 22-year-old Eleftheria in a specially modified backpack and climbed the mountain with an eight-member support crew. They …
Read More »The Judges’ Hour: Golden Dawn verdict due on Oct 7
One day to go before a court in Athens court will issue the much anticipated verdict in the five-year trial of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party. Judges will rule whether GD party that was in parliament from 2012-2019 operated a criminal organization, carried out attacks and murders on migrants and …
Read More »Passenger traffic down 68% at Athens International Airport in September
The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic were also reflected in air travel in September, with passenger traffic at Athens International Airport (AIA) down 68 pct from the same period last year. According to AIA statistics, passenger traffic reached 861,000 passengers, compared to 2.7 million passengers last year. Passengers on both …
Read More »Italy, Greece and Sweden could be added to UK quarantine list this week
The countries would be added to the ‘red’ list of high-risk destinations, but it comes as the Government is considering slashing quarantine from 14 days to eight days.
Read More »Israeli embassy, Greek officials condemns vandalism on Jewish cemetery
The Israeli embassy in Greece and Greek officials condemned the desecration of Athens’ Jewish cemetery with anti-Semitic graffiti, with posts on social media on Monday. In three separate tweets, the embassy wrote: “The heinous anti-Semitic graffiti found today on the walls of the Athens Jewish Cemetery during Jewish High Holidays …
Read More »Leaked documents reveal ExxonMobil plans to increase emissions 17 percent by 2025
According to leaked documents, ExxonMobil plans to increase greenhouse gasses by 17 percent by 2025. That’s an extra 23 million tons of CO2 annually or the entire output of Greece.
Read More »Coronavirus Greece: 8 deaths, 303 new cases in past 24 hours
Eight Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours in Greece raising the death toll to 417 and the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the first 5 days of October to 26. Health authorities announced 303 new coronavirus cases on Monday and this despite an extraordinary low number of tests. …
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