Monthly Archives: May, 2016
IOM Report on Unaccompanied Minors: Heart-Wrenching Case Studies
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) published a report in Greece, titled Addressing the Needs of Unaccompanied Minors", based on interviews with 1,206 child...
UN Special Rapporteur Stresses Importance of Protection of Cultural Heritage
UN Special Rapporteur for Cultural Rights, Karima Bennoune, stressed that the protection of cultural heritage “is not a luxury item.”
Bennoune was addressing an open...
Athens Ledra Hotel Shutting Down, Staff Unpaid and Guests Turned Away
The Greek capital's Athens Ledra Hotel is shutting down as new arrivals are being turned away and guests already in the hotel are being...
The Remains of 15 Greek Soldiers have been Identified in Cyprus
Photis Photiou, the Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Issues and Overseas Cypriots had announced that the remains of 15 Greeks of the NORATLAS aircraft have been...
Yiannis Mouzalas: Construction of New Settlements with Houses Instead of Tents Begins at the End of June
The construction of new settlements with houses instead of tents on the model of Eleonas will begin at the end of June and the...
Most of the Athens Homeless are Greeks, Victims of Economic Crisis
62 percent of the homeless people in Athens are Greeks and 71 percent of them ended up on the streets in the last five years,...
Greek Gov't Bill on Lawmaker Offshore Companies Repealed After Causing Uproar
A new bill that would allow lawmakers and active politicians to own offshore companies is to be repealed by the government after creating an uproar...
Greek Opposition Leader Mitsotakis Meets with German Chancellor
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the 40-year anniversary of the establishment of the European...
Experience Greece in Toronto: Top Picks of Greek Restaurants on the Danforth
With more than 200,000 people of Greek descent residing in Toronto concentrated mostly in the Greek town district on Danforth Avenue, it is no...
Greece Tells Creditors Some Measures are Too Harsh to Implement
The disbursement of the next loan tranche to Greece is at serious risk after Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos sent a letter to creditors saying...