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For one more time this winter Greece is in the grip of a bad weather front with powerful rainfalls, storms and snow. At the same time the National Meteorological Service (EMY) warns of gusty winds up to 8 Beaufort. Meteorologists warn of floods. According to National Observatory in Athens, although …
Read More »“Macedonia protesters are far-right populists” Tsipras tells foreign leaders (video)
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras described protesters of Prespes Agreement “as far-right populists with no brain.” Tsipras was talking to a few European leaders at the EuroMed Summit and was not aware that a devil’s device, a microphone, was open. Asked by French President about the Macedonia protests on January 20 …
Read More »Protesting farmers summoned to prosecutor for obstructing traffic
Ten farmers have summoned to prosecutor in Larissa to be tried on charges of obstructing traffic due to the highway blockade in Nikaia inter-junction on Tuesday. Dozens of farmers moved their tractors to Athens-Thessaloniki highway since Monday demanding better labor conditions. The persecution has triggered an outrage. Unionists from the …
Read More »Medical Cannabis investment of €185million to create 770 jobs in Greece
Greece aims to create new business opportunities thanks to its nascent cannabis economy. The use of medical cannabis in Greece was legalised in 2017, while the prohibition of its production was lifted in early 2018. In late 2018, the first two licences were granted to private companies for growing medicinal …
Read More »EU measures to crackdown illegal Golden Visa schemes not adequate, say critics
Golden Visa schemes that sell citizenship and residency to the super rich threaten the EU’s collective security and integrity and attract criminals, the European Commission has warned. Twenty states, including Greece, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain, sell residency permits while Malta, Cyprus and Bulgaria currently offer “citizenship for sale” …
Read More »NATO rushes to invite FYROM under its new name “North Macedonia”
FYROM Foreign Minister Nikolai Dimitrov received an invitation by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to join the North Atlantic Alliance. The letter addressed to the Republic of North Macedonia was received late Monday afternoon, media report. The invitation of North Macedonia’s accession to the NATO came just three days after …
Read More »Protesting farmers block lanes in Athens-Thessaloniki motorway
Protesting farmers have been blocking with their tractors lanes on the Athens-Thessaloniki highway since Monday morning. Some 200 farmer tractors arrived at the Nikaia inter junction in the morning and block the lane to Athens. The first tractors arrived at Nikaia from Farsala, as organizers are expecting more and more …
Read More »Employer in Patras shot for demanding return of Christmas bonus
A local businessman in Patras, Peloponnese, was shot in the head with an air gun, after he allegedly demanded back the Christmas bonus he was obliged to give to his employees according to the Greek Labor Law. The perpetrator was not one employee though but a friend of an employee. …
Read More »The ‘Sweet-Kiss’ 5
The “Glyfofilousa 5” is an amphipolar vehicle-ferry, open type, made from start to finish in the shipyard of the Theodoropoulos Group, at Ambelakia, Salamina, exclusively by Greek craftsmen, to plans drawn up by a Greek shipbuilding office. Its specifications are such that it can move in seas with ice up …
Read More »Snakes out of hibernation?
It seems that climate changes have caused snakes to come out of hibernation in Kefalonia. Panagis Kavallieratos (Παναγής Καβαλλιεράτος) uploaded some photos on his FB profile of two different types of snakes that he managed to capture on lens. Of course conversation was along the lines of climate change and …
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