Friction over Strefi Hill spruce-up in central Athens
Friction over Strefi Hill spruce-up in central Athens Police said they detained 19 people on Wednesday morning on Strefi Hill in the Exarchia district of Athens for verbally accosting a crew of surveyors who had gone to the site for measurements, as part of the redevelopment of the hill. The project was assigned by the […]
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EU Commission calls for investigation of phone tapping scandal
EU Commission calls for investigation of phone tapping scandal The European Commission has said that the illegal surveillance of citizens by intelligence services is “unacceptable,” while calling for an investigation into the tapping of a Greek political leader’s phone. Asked during a press briefing on Tuesday, Anitta Hipper, a spokeswoman on home affairs, migration and […]
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Gov’t positive about inquiry committee
Gov’t positive about inquiry committee The government on Friday evening said it accepts the establishment of a committee of inquiry, as well as the reconvening of the Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee on the surveillance issue in the wake of the resignations of the intelligence service chief and a close aide to the prime minister over […]
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Mytilineos sees net profit, turnover more than double
Mytilineos sees net profit, turnover more than double Athens-listed Mytilineos said on Thursday its net profit and turnover more than doubled in the first six months of 2022 and predicted that full-year results will be even better. Net profit after minorities came in at 166 million euros, a 116% increase compared with the corresponding period […]
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Nine arrested on arson charges
Nine arrested on arson charges The Hellenic Fire Service said on Wednesday that since July 22, nine individuals – eight men and one woman – had been arrested by fire investigators on charges of arson with intent or through negligence. It also said that in the last week alone, it was called upon to deal […]
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Dozens detained in downtown Athens clashes after anti-rape rally
Dozens detained in downtown Athens clashes after anti-rape rally Police said on Saturday that it detained 56 people after clashes broke out in the Athens district of Exarchia on Friday night during an anti-rape rally between protestors and riot unit offers. Tension erupted shortly after 8 p.m. when police stopped demonstrators from holding a march […]
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Albania resumes public online services, probes cyberattack
Albania resumes public online services, probes cyberattack The Albanian government said Thursday that most public websites were working again while an investigation to find the source of a cyberattack that disrupted them continues. Prime Minister Edi Rama said the government suspects the attack was “an aggression organized by a country” and not launched by hackers […]
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Cyberattack blocks Albania’s public online services
Cyberattack blocks Albania’s public online services The Albanian government on Monday said its webpage and all those of the public institutions have been shut down following a cyberattack from an undisclosed source. A statement said a “wide and complex” cyberattack started Friday afternoon following which all government infrastructure and systems were isolated. It started as […]
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So be it
So be it The prime minister has said it again and again these past few days: Elections will take place the in spring, as planned, at the end of the government’s four-year term. He said it in Parliament on Wednesday and again in an interview with Skai TV the very next day: “I will not […]
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Teen arrested over Metamorfosi attack
Teen arrested over Metamorfosi attack Police said on Saturday that a 13-year-old boy has been arrested and other young teen of 14 is being sought over their alleged membership in a gang of about 10 boys who are said to have attacked and used an iron first to beat a 17-year-old in the northern Athens […]
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Russia Poses a “Direct Threat” to Europe, NATO Leaders Say
Russia Poses a “Direct Threat” to Europe, NATO Leaders Say NATO leaders said that Russia constitutes a direct threat to European security. Credit: PM press office NATO leaders meeting in Madrid on June 29 are set to label Russia a menace to their security as they overhaul the alliance’s defenses in response to the war […]
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Bulgaria expels 70 Russian diplomatic staff over espionage concerns
Bulgaria expels 70 Russian diplomatic staff over espionage concerns Bulgaria said on Tuesday it was expelling 70 Russian diplomatic staff over espionage concerns and had set a cap on the size of Moscow’s representation as tensions between two countries that were once close allies fractured over Ukraine. The move, announced by the foreign ministry and […]
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Petrides warns of uncertainty
Petrides warns of uncertainty Uncertainty is the only certain thing in the new era we are entering, said Cyprus’ Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides addressing the 14th Congress of the island nation’s Free Trade Unions of Semi-Governmental Organizations last week. “We are entering a new era of uncertainty. The only certainty for the future is uncertainty,” […]
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From the 60s, to the 90s, to the 2020s
From the 60s, to the 90s, to the 2020s The cycles of history remind us that everything has already been said, but also that everything has a way of actually happening. The recent elections in France brought back to the fore issues like developments in European societies that cannot be seen on the surface, the […]
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SYRIZA’s Svigou: We are ready to fight the electoral battle at any moment
SYRIZA’s Svigou: We are ready to fight the electoral battle at any moment Svigou said that the government does not want to take drastic measures against rising prices and is trying to protect the energy suppliers’ excess profits Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance Central Committee Secretary Rania Svigou, in an interview with ethnos.gr, stated that an […]
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Valuable ally, you said?
Valuable ally, you said? I have been trying for a long time to understand exactly what various Western officials mean when they monotonously repeat that “Turkey is a valuable ally.” Turkey is obviously a large, strategically important country at a critical geopolitical crossroads. No great power can ignore it. But whether a country is an […]
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PPC to buy e-mobility startup
PPC to buy e-mobility startup Power utility Public Power Corporation (PPC) said on Tuesday it was buying an e-mobility services startup to help upgrade its expanding network of charging stations for electric vehicles. The startup, called Carge, has developed a mobile application that allows electric vehicles drivers to find the quickest route to a charging […]
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Egypt plans to claim antiques seized from The Met
Egypt plans to claim antiques seized from The Met Egypt has said it plans to resort to justice to recover five Egyptian antiques seized from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as part of an investigation involving former Louvre museum President-Director Jean-Luc Martinez, ABC News reported, citing an article in The Art Newspaper […]
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Border police arrest 5 alleged human traffickers
Border police arrest 5 alleged human traffickers Police said Wednesday that five alleged human traffickers were arrested in the last two days and at least 20 migrants were prevented from entering the country from the border with Turkey. Three of the alleged traffickers were arrested on the Alexandroupoli national highway. The car they were travelling […]
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Gov’t in search of fiscal leeway
Gov’t in search of fiscal leeway Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said that his ministry is “seeking to allocate fiscal leeway for new support measures to be taken in July,” speaking to Open TV station on Saturday. By June’s end, he added, “we will know whether we can do more against rising fuel prices,” but he […]
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Cyprus to set up tourism police
Cyprus to set up tourism police Cyprus’ Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios said on Friday the ministry intends to launch a tourism police unit, a project which first arose in 2019 but was put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Source : Newsroom Σύνδεσμος
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Albania to choose chief of defense as president
Albania to choose chief of defense as president Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Friday that his party has picked the country’s chief of defense to be the new president after failing to choose a consensus candidate with the opposition. Major General Bajram Begaj became chief of defense of Albanian armed forces in 2020 […]
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EU Agrees on Partial Ban of Russian Oil Imports
EU Agrees on Partial Ban of Russian Oil Imports Ursula von der Leyen said the ban “will effectively cut around 90% of oil imports from Russia to the EU by the end of the year”. Credit: Twitter/Ursula von der Leyen European Union leaders have agreed on a plan to block more than two-thirds of Russian […]
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Monkeypox: “It is not like Covid-19”, said Prof. Magiorkinis
Monkeypox: “It is not like Covid-19”, said Prof. Magiorkinis Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and member of the Committee of Experts, Gikas Magiorkinis, estimated that the monkeypox cases “will increase in the coming days, but not at a worrying level”, clarifying that the virus “is not like Covid-19 and I do not think there will be […]
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Cyprus caps VAT on electricity, increases pensions to cushion inflation blows
Cyprus caps VAT on electricity, increases pensions to cushion inflation blows Cyprus said on Friday it would extend a lower value added tax (VAT) on electricity bills and a fuel price cap and also boost pensions to cushion the impact of runaway prices that have pushed inflation to its highest rate in more than 40 […]
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Monkeypox can be contained if we act now, WHO says
Monkeypox can be contained if we act now, WHO says A World Health Organization senior official said on Friday that the priority needs to be containing monkeypox in non-endemic countries, saying that this can be achieved through quick action. Monkeypox, typically a mild viral infection, is endemic in the African countries but its spread to […]
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AstraZeneca says EU regulator approves Covid shot as booster
AstraZeneca says EU regulator approves Covid shot as booster Drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Monday its Covid-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria, has been approved in the European Union by the bloc’s drugs regulator as a third-dose booster in adults following a committee endorsement last week. The vaccine can now be used as a booster following the two-dose Vaxzevria […]
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Gov’t may extend fuel pass
Gov’t may extend fuel pass Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis said that the government is examining the possibility of extending the fuel pass, in an interview on Friday with Real FM. Commenting on fuel prices, he underlined that “the situation regarding fuel is very, very difficult and this is the reality. As the Development […]
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Erdogan says to speak to Finland on Saturday
Erdogan says to speak to Finland on Saturday Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he will speak to Finland on Saturday, while maintaining his opposition to Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership bids a week after he first voiced objections to the move. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Erdogan said he had discussed the issue with the […]
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The impact of the Greek-American community
The impact of the Greek-American community A lot is said every so often about the role and influence of the Greek diaspora, and given that the United States is the most powerful nation in the world right now, it’s no surprise that in that context it is the Greek-American community that is getting much of […]
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