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Students have occupied more than 30 university departments across the country to protest the abolition of the “university asylum” and the police intervention to the Economic University in Athens on Monday. Ahead off the 17. November commemoration of the Students’ Uprising in 1973, police is on high alert and prepares …
Read More »EU Migration management in Greece & Italy has not reached full potential
The European union should step up action on asylum, relocation and return of migrants to better meet the objectives of its support, said the Migration report on Greece and Italy published by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published on Wednesday. The Migration report states among others that emergency relocation …
Read More »Floods and landslides as storm “Victoria” strikes Greece (videos)
Home and businesses were flooded and landslides have trapped people in theirs homes as thunderstorm Victoria hit several regions of Greece. Gale-force winds caused power outages and halted sea traffic between mainland and the islands in the Ionian Sea. #Storm #Victoria approaching #Athens now pic.twitter.com/u3u3egrAD4 — Christina Themelis (@tinathemelis) November …
Read More »Turkish allegations stir atmosphere between former & current Greek FM
The Turkish military had allegedly prepared to bring back the eight soldiers who fled to Greece in the aftermath of a failed coup in Turkey, the website of Nordic Monitor Research Center claims. Having obtained secret documents, the Center that is run by Turkish journalists in exile, claims further that …
Read More »Blasphemy Laws withdrawn following …”blasphemies” against the Law
Justice Minister Costas Tsiaras announced the withdrawal of the Blasphemy Laws following widespread opposition and a public outcry, especially on social media. The laws would punish those committing “malicious blasphemy” with up to two years in prison. Speaking to Skai TV on Tuesday, Tsiaras said that the proposal has been …
Read More »Crete: 16-year-old student goes to school with a gun
Unprecedented incident in a high school in Messaras Central Crete: a 16-year-old student went to school with a gun in his bag. He reportedly showed the gun to a classmate. Police investigates. The incident took place short before the morning prayer. It was a parent who denounced the incident to …
Read More »Corfu: Power outages, sea traffic to Igoumenitsa halted due to gale-force winds
Barometric low “Victoria” has been striking the islands of Corfu and Othonoi as well as Epirus in Western Greece since Tuesday morning. Torrential rains and gale-force winds of up to 11 Beaufort have left several areas without electricity, halted ferry traffic and isolated villages from the rest of the world. …
Read More »Rhodes: Police fines two smokers, cafe owner for violating Smoking ban
Greek Police has fined two people with 50 euros each for having violated the smoking ban. The two people were customers in a cafeteria of Ialyssos on the island of Rhodes. A third customer, a lawyer and a non-smoker, called the police after he was disturbed by the cigarette smoke. …
Read More »Novartis scandal: Felony charges ordered against ex Health Minister
Greece’s top corruption prosecutor ordered bribery charges against Movement for Change (KINAL) MP and former Health Minister, Andreas Loverdos. The charges part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged bribery scandal involving Swiss drugmaker Novartis. The felony charge follows a request submitted by the public prosecutor in August for Parliament …
Read More »Police raids Athens club: 300 young people kneel, hands on the head
A shocking surprise for 300 people in an Athens night-club on Saturday night: Police officers raided the entertainment facility and ordered the young customers to get on their knees with the hands behind their head. A group of ten police officers of anti-drugs department reportedly entered the club in Gazi …
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