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Pieces of spiced pork meat are stacked on each other on a spit. The meat mountain is slowly grilled on a vertical rotisserie, then sliced into paper-thin bites. This is Gyros, the Greek delicacy served wrapped in pita bread together with tomatoes, onions and tzatziki sauce. But Gyros has competitors: …
Read More »Islands against requisition: Legal measures, “guard teams”, protests
Municipalities on the the islands of Lesvos and Chios decided to take counter-measures as they categorically reject the government plans to requisite public and private properties and land in order to construct the new migration centers. The Regional government went even further and cut the dialogue with Athens. In emergency …
Read More »Outbreak of African Swine Fever in Greece concerns the EU
An outbreak of African Swine Fever, an infectious disease which is usually deadly for pigs but harmless to humans, in the north-east of Greece, has added another headache to EU policymakers in Brussels. Infected by the infectious disease were some 30 animals in a small farm in Serres, Northern Greece. …
Read More »“Varoufakis had agreed with Schaeuble, €80bn for Grexit” says Kammenos
Former coalition partner of the SYRIZA government has claimed that ex Φinance Minister Yanis Varoufakis had agreed with German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble on Grexit. “Greece would receive 80 billion euros and leave the eurozone,” Panos Kammenos said on Monday night in an interview with ANT1 TV. “Varoufakis had agreed with …
Read More »Protests in British Museum: Greek students for the Return of Parthenon Marbles
High school students from Crete and Corinth held peaceful protests in the British Museum demanding the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. The students opened Greek flags in front of the Parthenon sculptures and shouted the slogans and sang popular songs. They handed letters to the Musuem Director and …
Read More »Aegean islands militarized as long as Turkey preserves “casus belli”
Defensive and military shielding of the Aegean islands is Greece’s commitment against Turkey’s provocations as for as long the Turkish casus belli is in effect, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to Ankara’s reiterating calls of demilitarization. “Let Turkey well understand that any form of defensive shielding of our islands in the Aegean …
Read More »“Greek Freak Jr” is home: Giannis Antetokounmpo posts baby’s picture
For the first time, Milwaukee Bucks player and NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo became father to a son on Monday. His long-time girlfriend, Mariah Riddlesprigger, gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Yhe new parents named their son Liam Charles Overwhelmed with happiness, the “Greek Freak” posted a picture of the …
Read More »Xanthi: Car transporting migrants crashes at house entrance
A car transporting illegal migrants crashed in the entrance of a house. The driving trafficker was trying to escape police that was chasing him on a land road near the town of Xanthi in north-eastern Greece. The accident occurred on Monday morning in the town of Xanthi, north-eastern Greece. In …
Read More »“We are Macedonians”: North Macedonia Minister provokes Greece
Labor Minister Rashela Mizrahi in the caretaker government of North Macedonia triggered a storm of reactions after she had a picture in front of a plaque bearing the country’s old name “Republic of Macedonia.” The Labor minister is a member of nationalist VMRO that opposed the Prespes Agreement with Greece. …
Read More »“Plastic-Free Santorini” awareness campaign to be launched
The Tourism Ministry will launch the public awareness campaign “Plastic-Free Santorini” aiming at spreading the message for the reduction of the overuse of plastics throughout Greece. The island with the iconic sunsets and the millions of visiting tourists every year is to be “the first island of the Clyclades free …
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