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A Turkish official at the Foreign Ministry challenged Greece’s sovereignty around the island of Kastelorizo and thus defying all norms of the International Law of the Sea. Acting director at the Turkish foreign ministry, Cagatay Erciyes posted Ankara’s totally unfounded and reality-twisting claims on Twitter, thus adding a map indicating …
Read More »Greeks in outrage over €2mn annual grant to Theology School in Boston
The Greek government will grant 2 million euros on annual basis to the Holy Cross School of Theology in Boston in an effort to strengthen its programs and stimulate the Greek character of the school. The grant was promised by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his visit to USA, meetings …
Read More »Greek ferry companies increase tickets by 6% due to IMO sulfur regulation
Some of the biggest Greek ferries companies increased the prices of the tickets by 6% on Wednesday, January 8, claiming that they are trying to cope with the rising transportation cost due to the new fuels regulation that limit sulfur content. According to the ferry companies, the new regulation by …
Read More »Gusts bring down several turbines in Karystos wind park
Several turbines in a wind farm on Karystos collapsed as if they were made of paper. Wind gusts blowing with intensity of 160 km/hour brought down the turbines that were supposed to withstand against extreme weather phenomena. According to local media Star TV, several wind turbines were found broken and …
Read More »US State Dept: “TurkStream undermines the European energy security”
The US State Department expressed its strong opposition to the Turkish-Russian TurkStream gas pipeline saying that together with the Nord Stream 2 they undermine the European energy security and serves only the Russian interests. “The United States continue to oppose the Nord Stream 2 and the second line of TurkStream,” …
Read More »Vandals destroy 3,000-year-old rock carvings in Northern Greece
Archaeologists and historians are lamenting the destruction of several 3,000-year-old rock carvings on the Pangaion Hills near Kavala in northern Greece and calling for measures to protect the remaining samples of this ancient art. According to state-run news agency amna, unknown vandals have scraped several carvings depicting human figures, animals, …
Read More »Unemployment in Greece falls to 16.6% in Oct 2019
Unemployment in Greece declined further in October 2019 compared to the corresponding month of 2018, according to data released by Greek Statistics Authority ELSTAT on Thursday. According to ELSTAT, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in October 2019 stood at 16.6% against the revised downward 18.5% in October 2018 and 16.8% …
Read More »Greece to acquire 24 F-35 at a cost of $3billion, Defense Minister reveals
Defense Minister, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, revealed Greece’s armament plans following the official visit of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the White House. Greece plans to acquire 24 F-35 aircraft at a total cost of 3 billion USD including the infrastructure, proceed with the upgrade of 82 F-16 and possible purchase war …
Read More »Greek business opportunity: Snowballs at the spot price of 0.50 euro
A snap business opportunity when the market demands for … snowballs. A local man in Xanthi, took advantage of the snowfall and decided to sell snowballs to the lazy locals willing to start a snow-war without much of an effort. The smart businessman loaded his farm truck with snow and …
Read More »Greece, Egypt, Cyprus, France & Italy condemn Turkey-Libya Agreement
The Foreign Ministers of Egypt, France, Cyprus, Greece and Italy met in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss latest regional developments and the situation in East Mediterranean Sea. the five foreign Ministers issued a communique in which they condemned the Turkey-Libya Agreement. A day earlier, EU’s foreign policy chief and the …
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