Olive oil adds to inflation concerns
Compounding worries that prices of grains and fuels will help drive inflation higher are indications that olive oil, especially, but also sunflower oil will become far more expensive.
PASOK calls for minister’s resignation in wake of leaked police report and soccer fan death
The opposition PASOK party has called for the resignation of Citizen Protection Minister Giannis Oikonomou after leaked police documents showed that authorities possessed prior knowledge of Croatian hooligans’ intentions to travel to Athens, potentially with the malevolent aim of inciting violence.
The tip of the iceberg
The sprawl of loungers on Greece’s beaches is the tip of the iceberg. Taking over beaches with bars and umbrellas is the extension of widespread real estate construction all along the coastline, despite it being strictly prohibited.
FM sends stern message to Albania over mayor-elect’s continued detention
Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis sent a stern message to neighboring Albania on Tuesday, saying that it was “shooting itself in the foot” with the continued detention of the elected mayor of the ethnic Greek city of Himare.
Suspected illegal adoption racket under investigation
Authorities on Crete are investigating a fertility clinic in the city of Hania amid suspicions that it may have operated as a front for an illegal adoption racket.
Coast guard heads to overcrowded migrant sailboat anchored off remote uninhabited island
Greece’s coast guard was mounting a rescue operation Tuesday for dozens of people crammed onto a sailing boat anchored off the coast of an uninhabited island far from the country’s mainland, authorities said.
Fan dies in Greece after clashes between rival supporters
A 29-year-old Greek fan has died after overnight clashes between rival supporters in Athens, with European governing soccer body UEFA announcing it has postponed a Champions League qualifying game scheduled for Tuesday because of the violence.
Greek EU-harmonized inflation rises to 3.5% y/y in July
Greece’s annual EU-harmonized inflation accelerated to +3.5% in July from +2.8% in June, data showed on Tuesday.
Migration minister tours camps on Lesvos
Greek Migration Minister Dimitris Keridis was on his first visit to the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos since being appointed on Tuesday, touring migrant and refugee camps and meeting with local officials.
Investigation under way into police response to deadly hooligan clash in Athens
Investigations are under way to determine how an estimated 100-120 Croatian hooligans traveling on buses and in cars made their way to Athens from Zagreb on Monday and engaged in deadly clashes with local soccer fans despite a ban on supporters traveling to Greece for a match between Dinamo Zagreb and home team AEK on…