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More than 30 areas for hydrocarbon exploration have been identified in the Ionian Sea and the sea area West and South of Crete. The map of “plots” was presented by Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management Managing Director Yiannis Basias at an energy conference on the Eastern Mediterranean. The Parliament has ratified …
Read More »Trumps gives Turkey the green light to invade Syria; Impact on Greece
In an unexpected move, the US has given the green light to Turkey to invade north-eastern Syria and launch an operation against Kurdish-led forces YPG that had until now received strong support from the US, which has hundreds of troops in Syria. Washington’s extraordinary move to support to Ankara’s territorial …
Read More »Refugee toddler drowns outside camp in West Peloponnese
A refugee toddler was found to have drowned in the sea outside the refugee camp at LM Village in Myrisini of the municipality Andravida-Kyllini on Sunday. Sharma, the child of a Syrian refugee family, was 2.5 years old. The body of the child was found to be floating in the …
Read More »Weather warning: Strong rainfalls, thunderstorms across Greece Oct 7-8
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY is warning of weather deterioration with strong rainfalls, thunderstorms, locally powerful, and possible hail fall. EMY issued the weather warning on Sunday and is valid for October 7-8, 2019. The barometric low comes from the North and will affect the whole country. Weather Forecast Analytically …
Read More »Greek watchdog: “Hit-and-run drivers should be prosecuted for felony”
“Hit-and-run drivers should be prosecuted for felony,” the SOS-Road Crimes PanHellenic Association said on Friday. More than 25 hit-and-run incidents are reported in the capital Athens alone each year. Drunkenness, uninsured vehicles and lack of driving license are the most important reasons for drivers abandoning their victims, said SOS-Road Crimes, …
Read More »Kefalonia:- Application submitted for state of emergency status.
PRESS RELEASE Declaration of emergency in areas of Kefalonia due to flood disasters The Ionian Regional Governor Rhodes Kratsa Tsagaropoulou addressed a request to the Ministry of Citizen Protection, and in particular to the Secretary General of Civil Protection, to declare the Municipality unity of Pylaros of Sami Municipality and …
Read More »Trains, Proastiakos: Work stoppages, 24-h strike Oct 8-9
The Panhellenic Federation of Train workers will launch work stoppage and one 24-hour strike on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 8-9, 2019. Workers demand the signing of a new collective bargain. Both mobilizations will affect the Metro Line to/from the Athens International Airport, as it will operate until station. Affected are …
Read More »Pompeo in Athens: Turkey’s illegal drilling is “unacceptable”
“There are limits, we cannot let anyone, Turkey, make illegal drilling,” US Secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said during a joint press conference with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias, on Saturday. The Turkish provocation against Greece and Turkey were high on the agenda Athens put on the table during meetings …
Read More »Secrets of Ancient Greek scroll on Plato’s Academy revealed via infrared imagining
The scroll of the history of Plato’s Academy written on a 2,000-year-old papyrus has revealed its last secrets. Applying modern imagining technology, scholars found out that the papyrus had writing also on the back. The scroll is one of more than 1,800 papyri found in the Herculaneum Villa of the …
Read More »Anti-Pompeo protesters clash with police, set American flags on fire.
Greek police fired tear gas at members of Communist party KKE unionists of PAME marching in protest for the visit of US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, in Athens. Protests were held also in Thessaloniki. In both cities, protesters set American flags on fire. The tension rose in Athens, when …
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