GREECE- Page 13

A legacy of weakness, concessions, and economic disasters

Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who led the country into the European Union’s single currency in 2001, died on Sunday aged 88 at his summer house in the Peloponnese. While most mainstream media are reporting the death of Costas Simitis as…

7 January, 2025

COMMUNITY·GREECE

The Hellenic Initiative Australia, renews grant for SOS family support program in Patras

The Hellenic Initiative Australia has renewed its support for SOS Children’s Villages Greece, providing children from disadvantaged families in the regional city of Patras with critical educational and nutritional support. The €20,000 grant renewal will enable more than 200 children to attend…

10 March, 2020

GREECE

Greece’s Civil Aviation has suspended flights to/from North Italy

Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority has decided to suspend flights from all Greek airports to and from North Italy on Monday. “All flights to and from Northern Italy are suspended from all Greek airports and for all airlines, from today March 9 to…

10 March, 2020

GREECE

Greek Bishop “discovers” drug against coronavirus: Holy Water

Retired Greek Orthodox bishop Amvrosios presented to the faithful the “absolute” medication against the coronavirus: a small spray container full of Holy Water. This is the “eternal and indefinable” protection, he claimed. The former Bishop of Kalavryta and Aegialia, Perloponnese, had a…

10 March, 2020

Corona Virus·GREECE

Athens stock exchange tumbles as world markets get infected by Coronavirus panic

The Athens Stock Exchange plunged 13.39 percent on Monday, as investors worldwide react to the coronavirus and the oil price war launched by Saudi Arabia overnight. OPEC and Russia added to the worst one-day crash in crude prices in nearly 30 years, fuelling…

10 March, 2020

Corona Virus·GREECE

Coronavirus cases reach 84, Greece cancels events with over 1000 people

The number of corona-virus infections in Greece reached 84, after 11 new cases were tested positive, Health authorities announced on Monday. The constantly rising number has forced Greece to take additional measures, like banning events with the participation of more than 1,000…

10 March, 2020

GREECE

Greece’s Migrant Crisis: “A powder keg ready to explode”

“People have seen their properties destroyed, their sheep and goats have been slaughtered, their homes broken into. A few years back, when there were 5,000 migrants on the island, things seemed bad enough. Now there’s a sense that the situation has really…

4 March, 2020

GREECE

Lesvos: Locals mob against migrants boat, attack reporters

Things got out of control in the port of Thermi in the island of Lesvos on Sunday, with locals to block migrants and refugees to disembark from dinghy with a broken engine. Not only did the locals used vulgar expressions and threats…

4 March, 2020

GREECE

Greece upgrades border security to maximum, suspends Asylum, calls Turkey “a trafficker”

Greece has decided to suspend asylum for a month and to activate a series of EU and Frontext mechanisms to protect her land and sea borders, while thousands of migrants are pushing their way to the country in Evros and the Aegean…

4 March, 2020

GREECE

Evros: Greek Army conducted exercise with live ammunition on March 2

Real ammunition were used on Monday, March 2, 2020, across the Evros river, an announcement by the Greek Army said. The 4th Army Corps announced military exercises with live ammunition at all border outposts at Kipoi and Kastanies where thousands of migrants…

4 March, 2020

GREECE

Personal responsibility

The state appears to be making every effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the first cases of which were detected in Greece over the last few days. State services are mobilising, the country’s infrastructure appears prepared to manage the situation,…

4 March, 2020

Corona Virus·GREECE

Coronavirus: Greece on High Alert at Gates from Italy

Greek authorities have put portals from Italy on high alert. More than 100 people are confirmed to have coronavirus in Italy and in the past two days SIX people have died. Greece is taking emergency mea-sures at the ports of Patras and Igoumenitsa, where…

26 February, 2020

GREECE

Staramaki: Straws made of wheat, innovation made in Greece

One hundred thousands unique straws made of wheat. The first large quantity of eco-friendly straws, “staramaki” has been produced in the last few days by a Social Cooperative Enterprise (Koinsep) in Kilkis, northern Greece. Producers have exploited the by-product of the wheat…

26 February, 2020

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GREECE- Page 13

A legacy of weakness, concessions, and economic disasters

The Hellenic Initiative Australia, renews grant for SOS family support program in Patras

Greece’s Civil Aviation has suspended flights to/from North Italy

Greek Bishop “discovers” drug against coronavirus: Holy Water

Athens stock exchange tumbles as world markets get infected by Coronavirus panic

Coronavirus cases reach 84, Greece cancels events with over 1000 people

Greece’s Migrant Crisis: “A powder keg ready to explode”

Lesvos: Locals mob against migrants boat, attack reporters

Greece upgrades border security to maximum, suspends Asylum, calls Turkey “a trafficker”

Evros: Greek Army conducted exercise with live ammunition on March 2

Personal responsibility

Coronavirus: Greece on High Alert at Gates from Italy

Staramaki: Straws made of wheat, innovation made in Greece

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