Greece
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Golden Dawn leadership soon to take the stand, six years after the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas
Golden Dawn members will take the stand, six years after rapper Pavlos Fyssas was murdered by Giorgos Roupakias, a self-proclaimed member of the group. Defence lawyers say that the party’s …
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Greek government’s ministerial meeting comes up with migration action plan following riots at refugee camp
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a four-hour interministerial meeting on Monday to examine the increased migratory influx of refugees and asylum seekers on Greek shores following the riots and …
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Refugee riots, fires, deaths as a result of ‘appalling’ conditions at Moria facility in Greece
Greek riot police clashed with angry migrants at the Moria facility on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos following a fire sparked by rioting on Sunday. A woman and a …
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Greek real estate price hikes spark fears in locals
The Greek property market has witnessed a huge spike in rates. Data from online property ads network Spitogatos noted that the asking price of apartments in the Athens CBD posted …
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Capital controls are over – and Greeks are waiting for the promised boom
Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis on 26 August signalled a new era for the country when he announced in the parliament that restrictions on the free flow of money would …
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Greeks empty out stocks of iPhone 11 on day it was launched
In post-crisis Greece, there’s a rush for iPhones with the new iPhone 11 selling out on the same day it was launched on Friday. Greek daily newspaper Kathimerini reports that …
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‘Save Zakynthos paradise from oil companies’: warns WWF
Zakynthos is one of Greece’s most popular tourist attractions. Its blue-green waters and idyllic sand lure thousands of visitors from around the words every summer, often more that the beautiful …
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Getting a foreign divorce… Greek style
Millions of Greeks and people of Greek background live outside the borders of Greece. Many of them are Greek – born, who left the country for a better future several …
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Athens to Thessaloniki in three hours by 2021
The new administration of the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) in association with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has plans to cut travel time between Athens to Thessaloniki from four-and-a-half …
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Greek PM meets with Zaev: “I would not have signed the Prespes deal”
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made his views of the Prespes Agreement loud and clear during a meeting with his North Macedonia counterpart, Zoran Zaev, stating that he would not …