Graphic Nazi crimes video shown at Athens metro pushes Greek war claims
(CNN) Greece is stepping up pressure on Germany to pay billions in compensation for war damages by running a video depicting Nazi crimes. The 50-second […]
Financially strapped Greeks quietly prepare for the worst
(Deutsche Welle ) Pantelis Chatzisinakis is not prone to panic. For the past 14 years, the 38-year-old accountant in Athens has been trying the balance […]
FB Lato on its way to the scrapyard
ANEK lines FB Lato was towed out of Souda port yesterday, on its way to the Perama Shipyards. Lato was decommissioned in Febrouaty 2014 and […]
Tourist bus drivers on strike over pay and conditions
The association of Cretan tourist bus drivers ‘Hermes’ have started their strike this morning. Their action will mean that passengers arriving at Heraklion airport heading […]
Bundesbank – ECB rift opens over QE, Greece
(The Guardian, City AM) Draghi, who was in Washington on Thursday to deliver a lecture on monetary policy, received a rapturous welcome from Christine Lagarde, […]
Greece invites bids for Piraeus port
(Reuters) Greece has asked three firms to submit binding bids by September for a majority stake in the country’s biggest port, Piraeus, a senior privatization […]
Varoufakis will refuse any bailout plan that would send Greece into ‘death spiral’
(The Guardian) Greece’s embattled finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, stepped up his war of words with eurozone policymakers on Thursday, saying he wished his country still […]
Former PM’s testimony at the Tsochatzopoulos trial: “I didn’t know anything… Akis’s recommendations were decisive”
(The TOC.gr) Tempers flared on Wednesday during the trial of former defence minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos on charges of corruption linked to arms procurement contracts during […]
Government pressure on Greek Central Bank said to rile ECB
(Bloomberg) The European Central Bank is increasingly concerned by a deteriorating relationship between the Greek government and the country’s central bank, people familiar with the […]
Der Spiegel: Moscow draws Greece away from IMF
Russia proposed that Greece becomes a member of the New Development Bank founded by the BRICS countries. Prime Minister Tsipras, who is in need of […]
Ben Needham’s mum issues direct appeal to find him
(ITV NEWS) A major appeal is to be made on Greek television by both South Yorkshire police and the family of Ben Needham to try […]
Blue Flag awards – Crete comes top for another year
The Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (EEPF), the national operator of the international Blue Flag program, on Wednesday announced the 395 beaches (down […]
Emergency services rescue 70 walkers trapped by flash flood at Samaria gorge
A huge rescue operation at Samaria Gorge was successfully completed yesterday, when around 70 walkers got trapped at various points of the 16 km gorge […]
In Your Pocket travel guide’s top 10 unknown Greek islands
In Your Pocket, the European city guide publisher and online tourist information provider travel guide, has in response to its reader’s requests refreshed its ‘Unknown […]
Moscow invites Greece to join the BRICS-sponsored growth bank
(Sputniknews, To Vima) Russia’s Deputy Minister of Finances Sergei Storchak has invited Greece to join the under-development new growth bank that Brazil, Russia, India, China […]