Refugee claims girl’s ‘death’ was set up
One of the 38 refugees stranded on an islet along the Greek-Turkish border last summer has come forward to claim that the alleged death of a 5-year-old Syrian girl on the islet was meticulously stage-managed.
Turkish UAV flies over eastern Aegean islet
A Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) violated Greek airspace on Sunday by entering the Flight Information Region of Athens without submitting a flight plan and flying over the eastern Aegean islet of Kandelioussa at 11.39 p.m.
Tax incentives luring Greeks from abroad
A new, favorable tax regime with lower rates has attracted more than 4,500 workers from abroad to work in Greece, many of whom are Greeks who left during the financial crisis in the previous decade.
Export democracy to the Greek diaspora – an oxymoron!
The cosmopolitan city of Melbourne in Australia, which also happens to be the capital of the Greek diaspora, is currently hosting the recreation of the Parthenon on the Acropolis as “The Temple of Boom.” Australia is a beacon of democracy, and has embedded similar values and an institutional framework to those of the ancient Athenian…
Wargaming to hold stake in Hellenic
Wargaming Group, a Cypriot technology company, intends to remain a shareholder in Hellenic Bank, Cyprus’ second largest lender.
Balkan mayors gather in Athens
Mayors from 44 Balkan cities have arrived in Athens to attend the second gathering of the B40 Balkan Cities Network on Monday and Tuesday.
Turkey and the West: Who’s calling the shots?
Turkey has been in a process of democratization since the early 1950s. The launch of this process coincided with the country’s accession to NATO, which was obviously driven by the exigencies of the Cold War period and the need to contain the Soviet threat.
Industrialists send out SOS
Greek industry has sent a distress signal to the prime minister through a letter, asking for a meeting with him and for his immediate intervention to deal with the effects of soaring energy costs.
Democratic divergence
It’s become par for the course: The government continuously pretends it has good reason to toot its own horn while the data, assessments and recommendations would give any other reasonable person pause.
PAOK thrashes Panathinaikos as AEK gets to one point from the top
PAOK outplayed Panathinaikos in Sunday’s crunch game to force the Greens’ first home loss and throw the Super League wide open.