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The Albanian government may has removed from the website of the Official Gazette the decision to arbitrarily expropriate properties belonging to members of the Greek minority in Himara. But Greece is closely monitoring the next steps of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama,as taking down the decision, does not mean that …
Read More »Karpathos and Kassos in “state of emergency” after torrential rains strike the islands
Heavy rainfalls that keep falling for hours on the islands of Kassos and Karpathos largely damaged the infrastructure in these two islands in the south Dodecanese. The extreme rainfalls started on Thursday midnight and continued until Friday, March 29. Tonnes of water came down mountains and hills, passed through the …
Read More »Impressive! The moment lights go off as Acropolis joins Earth Hour
It was a moment of magic to see Greece’s famous landmark sinking in the dark. At 8:30 sharp on Saturday night, lights went off in Acropolis as in many other buildings of the Greek capital as Greece joined the global initiative Earth Hour. The Acropolis was not the only building …
Read More »Edi Rama to expropriate land belonging to Greek minority in Albania
Albanian prime minister Edi Rama plans to expropriate properties belonging to members of the Greek minority in Himara, Agioi Saranta and Avlona and utilize the coastal area in South Albania area for touristic purposes. The relevant decision was published in the official Gazette as well as online on Friday and …
Read More »Earthquake 5.3R strikes Galaxidi, shakes half Greece
An earthquake measuring 5.3R occurred at 12:48 Saturday noon with its epicenter in Galaxidi at the Gulf of Corinth. Although of moderate power, the earthquake was felt almost in half Greece as well as in Athens, 130 km East from the epicenter. The epicenter was 8 km West-South-West from the …
Read More »Masterchef UK 2019
Irini Tzortzoglou, emerged the winner, on Friday night – 29/03-, in the biggest cooking show production of the BBC, MasterChef for 2019. A retired banker Irini, the 60-year ‘yiayia – grandmother’, originating from Crete, and now a resident of Kartmel in the county of Cumbria in northwestern England, from …
Read More »Daylight saving time: Greeks set their clocks back one hour
That’s the usual tradition over the last weekend of March: one hour less sleep, one hour longer day light. Clocks in Greece will need to be set one hour forward in the night from Saturday to Sunday, March 30th to 31st 2019. With or without human aid, clocks suddenly show …
Read More »Barcelona FC offers soccer training to refugee children in Lesvos hotspots
The charity arm of Barcelona FC has been offering refugee children living in the hotspots of the island of Lesvos free soccer training. Organizers say the soccer training sessions for children hosted at two refugee camps on the Greek island promote dialogue, respect and tolerance among the young participants, helping …
Read More »Economic prosecutor asks charges against 115 for loans of ND and PASOK
The economic prosecutors in Athens have pressed felony charges against 115 people, party officials and bank executives, for the loans conservative New Democracy and socialist PASOK received during 2005-2011. The non serving loans amount over 400 million euros and were handed out without sufficient collateral, the prosecutors have found. They …
Read More »Ferries docked at Piraeus, no ferry to Cyclades from Rafina and Lavrio
Greek authorities ordered ferries to remain docked at the ports of Piraeus on Friday noon due to powerful winds blowing with intensity of up to 9 and 10 Beaufort in the South and the East. The ferries ban from Piraeus will be in power until 6:00 p.m. at least. No …
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