Society
Greece
President Pavlopoulos Says The Gravest Danger is Collapse of the Welfare State
One of the biggest reforms linked to U.S. President Barack Obama, due in Athens in two days time, were the efforts to restore the welfare state in the United States, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on...
Crime
Rioters Attack Police with Petrol Bombs in Exarchia
Early Saturday morning clashes between rioters and the police took place near the Athens Polytechnic in Exarchia.
Sources report that following a group of unidentified people throwing petrol bombs at riot police at a unit stationed on the corner of...
Greece
ND Spokesman Koumoutsakos Accuses PM Tsipras of Being Isolated From the People and Destroying the Country
Nothing has changed and nothing will change with this government, stated New Democracy (ND) spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos on Sunday.
He went on to express that the government by recycling the same unreliable politicians can't make a new start. It makes...
Greece
ANEL Votes Against Provisions to Complete Construction of Mosque in Votanikos
Independent Greeks (ANEL), the junior coalition partner, voted against a provision that will speed up the construction of a mosque in Votanikos, an area outside Athens, during a debate in the relevant parliamentary committees on Wednesday.
The provision is included...
Economy
Greek Orthodox Church Will Not Face Tax Hikes
Interim Economy Minister in Greece's caretaker government; Nikos Christodoulakis spoke with Ieronymos II; the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, on Tuesday, assuring him that he had never planned or even considered imposing additional taxes on the Church.
Christodoulakis said there was no...
Cyprus
Cyprus has 9,152 Illiterate Persons
There are 9,152 illiterate people in Cyprus, of which 6,776 are women, according to Yiannis Yiannaki; Commissioner for Volunteerism and NGOs.
Moreover 5,575 have never attended school, while 24,751 did not graduate from primary school, the Commissioner said in a statement for...
Europe
300 Russian Tourists to Greece Stranded in Airports
About 300 Russian tourists cannot fly to Greece due to visa delays that left them stranded in airports, Vladimir Kaganer, head of Russia’s Tez Tour operator, told Interfax on Monday.
The problem occurred late last week, when a Greek visa...
Greek News
Greek-Owned Freighter Auctioned Off to Pay Debts
Authorities in Hong Kong have auctioned off the Russian-flagged "Sakhalin" freighter, four weeks after impounding it on its way from eastern China to southern Russia with a cargo of sheet steel on board. The proceeds will go to pay...