Pages
▼
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Ancient wine cup found in Greek grave
A cup believed to have been used by Classical Greek statesman Pericles has been found in a pauper's grave in north Athens, Greece's top daily reports. The ceramic wine cup, smashed in 12 pieces, was found during building construction in the northern Athens ...
On Louis Cristal cruise, Greek cuisine a delight
ABOARD THE LOUIS CRISTAL - I’ll admit it. One of the things I enjoy most on a cruise is getting to try various foods. Even a standard steak can taste different according to which chef created the recipe. So I am excited to learn that my Louis Cristal ...
Greek court acquits farmers who shot 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers
A Greek court's decision to acquit local farmers who admitted shooting 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers when they dared to ask for months of back pay has sparked outrage in the country. Politicians, unionists and anti-racist groups roundly condemned the ...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Greece School Board votes against re-appointing longtime soccer coach
There was another vote, but it was the same result as the first. For the second time, the Greece Central School Board voted against letting a longtime soccer coach keep his job...
Hikers spot large fish kill at mouth of Spercheios River
Dozens of dead fish have been found floating at the mouth of Spercheios River, near the city of Lamia in central Greece, in what is believed to be the result of pollution from farm, urban and industrial waste.
The fish kill was first spotted on Friday by ... ...
Thousands of TV viewers to lose analogue signal Friday
Thousands of TV viewers in Attica, the Saronic islands, central and northern Evia and some parts of the Cyclades will receive a digital signal for the first time on Friday, when analogue broadcasts to these parts of Greece stop.
The switch is also set to ... ...
Central Macedonia police arrest Serb wanted in Croatia for war crimes
A Serbian man wanted in Croatia for alleged war crimes has been arrested in northern Greece.
Police said the unnamed man was arrested on Monday night near Kilkis, Central Macedonia, by officers from a local precinct.
Subsequent checks confirmed that there... ...
Nimetz in Athens without concrete ideas on name dispute
A day after visiting the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) where he called for a swift solution to the lingering name dispute with Greece, United Nations’ special mediator Matthew Nimetz arrives in Athens on Wednesday for talks at 1p.m. with F... ...
Troika review in Athens unaffected by Paris meeting
A meeting between troika and Greek government officials in Paris at the beginning of September does not mean that representatives of Greece’s lenders will not then travel to Athens to carry out the fifth review of the country’s economic adjustment program... ...
Industry asks for gov’t intervention
Greek industrialists requested on Tuesday a settlement of bad corporate loans to avoid moral hazard and create an environment of fair competition, during a meeting between leaders of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) and the inner cabinet.
SEV ... ...
Trainose sale is not on track
The issue of state subsidies to Greek railway operator Trainose is a long way from being resolved, according to Vladimir Yakunin, the president of Russian Railways, which has expressed an interest in acquiring the firm.
Yakunin told Russian news agency In... ...
IMF Chief: Jury’s Still Out On Whether Greece Debt Relief Needed
Top IMF officials have repeatedly said over the past two years that Greece’s debt levels were too high and could overwhelm the country’s fragile economy without some sort of debt relief. The fund pointed to a promise by Europe to help cut Greece’s ...