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Few Greeks were impressed by the statements of German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her two-day visit in Athens on Jan 10-11. Apart from the political leadership and the financial sector officials and interest parties, majority of Greeks complained about the traffic disruptions and closed metro stations. They didn’t even seem …
Read More »Greece’s Youth still champion in unemployment at 38.5% rate
German Chancellor Angela Merkel came for a two-day visit in Athens, just as the Greek Statistics Authority published the latest data on unemployment. Unemployment rate in October 2018 was 18.6 percent. “Great!” Merkel may have thought as she stepped Greek soil. “A year before, in October 2017, the rate was …
Read More »Merkel in Athens: 4 Metro stations close, traffic disruption, high security
Four metro stations in downtown Athens will be closed for several hours, Metro and Proastiakos lines to/from Airport will be disrupted during the two-day visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Greece. On Thursday, Jan 10, Metro station closes for the public at 4: 00 pm, stations , and as …
Read More »“Crete belongs to Turkey”: Historical unfounded claims and fake maps
Turkey’s propaganda and unfounded claims towards Greece have reached a new level: no need to try a geopolitical analysis or bring historical facts to dismiss such claims. The case of the Turkish nationalist mindset must now be handed over to psychiatrists. Turkish newspaper Sozcu published an article claiming that only …
Read More »Pressure for reforms? Merkel to visit Greece with wrong agenda in her luggage
“German Chancellor Angela Merkel will urge Greece to press on with tough economic reforms and maintain strict fiscal discipline when she visits Athens on Thursday for the first time in nearly five years,” reuters reports a day before she arrives in Athens. Moreover, Merkel will encourage Greek politicians to support …
Read More »Greek Orthodox Church prepares to recognize the autocephalus Church of Ukraine
Less than a week after Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I signed a tomos of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, formally recognizing the Church’s independence, the Greek orthodox Church has launched the procedure needed for the recognition of the Church of Ukraine. The tomos was signed on January 5 at …
Read More »Man dies in snowed-in Evia village as medical help would not reach area
A 72-year-old man in one of the snowed-in villages in Evia suffered and stroke and died early Wednesday morning because medical help or transfer to a hospital was impossible due to harsh weather conditions. The man was living with his family in Stropones village where snow has reached a height …
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