Onassis’ famous yacht for sale for 90 million euros
Once again in its 82-year history, the emblematic yacht of Aristotle Onassis, the Christina O, is going up for sale.
How Friday’s rioting after the Tempe rally developed
A group of 500-800 people from the anti-authoritarian space, who approached Syntagma Square immediately after the speeches by the relatives of the Tempe railway disaster victims had concluded, were the main protagonists in Friday’s riots in the center of Athens that led to the break-up of the mass demonstration commemorating the deadly train collision.
Prominent diaspora businessman scolds Greek FM for Archbishop snub on US visit
John Catsimatidis, a prominent Greek-American businessman and Vice Chairman of the Archdiocesan Council of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, berated Greece’s Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis for not meeting with Archbishop Elpidophoros of America or visiting the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America during his two-day visit to the US this week.
Rubio reaffirms US-Greek strategic importance in meeting with Gerapetritis
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reaffirmed the strategic importance of the US-Greece partnership in a meeting with his Greek counterpart, George Gerapetritis.
New witnesses called following crash report
Greek investigators are reopening key aspects of the probe into the Tempe deadly train crash following new findings that suggest critical evidence may have been tampered with.
Environment Ministry hires 340 employees to manage Natura 2000 areas
The Environment and Energy Ministry is for the first time hiring 340 permanent employees for the management of protected Natura 2000 areas in Greece, following an initiative by Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis, the ministry announced on Thursday.
People united in grief, and anger
Hundreds of thousands of Greeks took to the streets across the country on Friday, marking two years since the tragic Tempe train disaster that claimed 57 lives.
PKK says it will heed Ocalan’s peace call and declare ceasefire
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia will heed its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call for disarmament and declare an immediate ceasefire, a news agency close to the group has cited it as saying, in a major step toward ending a 40-year conflict with the Turkish state.
Gov’t spokesperson says food inflation has been reduced to zero
Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said on Thursday that food inflation in Greece has been hovering around zero in recent months and is, according to official data released by Eurostat, the lowest in the eurozone.
Cyprus gets €72 million EIB loan for new museum
The European Investment Bank is providing the Cypriot government with a 72-million-euro loan for a new national archaeological museum in the capital Nicosia.