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Greece
Mayor of Rhodes Awards Couple from Germany for Visiting the Island 65 Times
The mayor of Rhodes Fotis Hatzidiakos honored a couple from Germany within the Repeaters reward programme.
Heide and Armin Buhrle from Stutgart have visited Rhodes 65 times. The couple became acquainted with a Greek couple from Rhodes who own a...
Europe
German Recognition of Armenian Genocide Puts EU-Turkey Deal at Risk
The Turkish government is outraged after German lawmakers voted for the recognition of the Armenian genocide. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the vote would influence relations between the two nations, whereas Turkey has already recalled its ambassador...
Europe
Pontian Greek Remembrance Day in Düsseldorf
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By Aspasia Zontanou
In 1994, the Greek parliament declared that the Pontian Greek Genocide (1914-1923) be remembered every year on May 19. This last Sunday, in Düsseldorf Germany, the Perish of Greek Orthodox Church of Agios Andreas held such a...
Greece
EU Extends Schengen Border Controls for Another Six Months
EU member states of the European Council backed last week's recommendation from the European Commission to extend border controls in the passport-free Schengen zone that were reintroduced in some places as a response to the refugee crisis.
Member states that...
Europe
Dozens of Terrorism Suspects Among Refugees Who Entered Germany
German authorities are investigating 40 cases in which Islamic militants are suspected of having entered the country with the recent flood of refugees from the Middle East, the federal police said on Wednesday.
That represents a doubling of such cases...
Economy
German Fin Min: No Debt Relief Before 2018
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble says that discussion for Greek debt relief can only take place after 2018, despite his optimism that an agreement between Greece and eurozone finance ministers will be reached at the Eurogroup meeting scheduled for...
Economy
Varoufakis: Britain Should Stay in the EU to Stem Germany’s Advance
Britain should stay in the European Union because a Brexit would destroy the continent's unity and Germany will be the new ruler of Europe, said Greece's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, the outspoken economist also...
Greece
Four-Year-Old Greek Boy Needs Financial Help For Medical Expenses
Four-year-old Konstantinos Kotsonis is suffering from a level-four neuroblastoma in the left suprarenal gland with metastasis to the bones and marrow. The diagnosis occurred in June 2014 by Ippokrateio Hospital in Thessaloniki and ever since the boy has been...
Crime
Hellenic Police Uncover Prostitution Network
The department of Prosecution against Organized crime of the Hellenic Police, has uncovered one of the biggest illegal prostitution networks with offices in Athens, Thessaloniki, France and Germany.
The police have arrested 17 members, among which there appears to be the...
Economy
Former Greek PM: I Didn't Want IMF in Bailout, Germany Did
Former Greek prime minister and leader of the Socialist Democrats Movement Giorgos Papandreou said he didn't want the International Monetary Fund in Greece's bailout in 2010, but he accepted upon Germany's insistence.
In an interview on SKAI television, the former...