Greece

“Without approval by the UNESCO, the status of world heritage monuments cannot be changed,” the world cultural organization said and took the wind out of the sails of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who keeps heralding that he will turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque. “All decisions concerning the implementation …

Active and retired civil servants cheered when they heard deputy Labor Minister Tassos Petropoulos announcing that they will receive extra money as a one-off Easter bonus. But their joy was of short duration. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos cut their winfs in zero time. Speaking on news247 FM, Petropoulos said that …

American activist Pamela Andersonanis  gave a “Hollywood flair” to the European elections campaign of former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and his party DiEm25. The campaign across Europe named “European Spring” started in Brussels on Monday. As secretary of MEP25 and co-founder of DiEM25, Yanis Varoufakis pointed out “today we are …

90-year-old Suzanna Iliadi was fined 200 euros for selling her handmade bootees without a vendor’s license in Thessaloniki. The amount is much to high for the woman who receives no pension. Despite the public outcry over her arrest last week, authorities most probably thought to create an example and also …

Major Greek museums and archaeological sites will extend their opening hours as of 1. April 2019. Other sites and museums will also gradually extend opening hours as soon as more seasonal staff is hired over the next months, the culture Ministry said on Tuesday. In Athens the opening hours will …

Police has arrested 12 far-rightists, among them 4 minors, for attacking police in Kallithea suburb of south Athens during the parade of 25. March. Among the arrestees is reportedly a 24-year-old man who was arrested a week earlier for a racist attack again a foreigner in Salamina, West Attica. Charges …

Turkish fighter jets harassed the helicopter carrying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the remote island of Agathonisi in north Dodecanese. The jets forced the helicopter of the Greek Air Force to fly at low attitude until they were intercepted by Greek F-16s. Tsipras was visiting the small island in the …

For one more time, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Hagia Sophia, currently a museum, might be converted into a mosque. As if Turkey had no other important problem to solve… In an interview with staged Question and Answer on the specific issue, reporters of state TRT TV asked …

The big military parade on 25. March that marks the Greek Revolution against the Ottoman Empire in 1821 traditionally starts at 11 o’ clock in the morning. The parade starts with the heroes wounded in wars of modern Greek history, i.e. WWII, Cyprus. They are followed by rescue groups of …

The electronic and ‘without paperwork’ completion of real estate transactions brings a  revolution on property transfers, as well as property  transferred through donation, parental donation or inheritance. The ministry of finance presented the relevant application to notaries on 14th March, which will be implemented in the coming months. The planning …