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Tsipras Meets New Defense Minister Apostolakis
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with his new Defense Minister, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, at Maximos Mansion on Monday at noontime.
''The decision to appoint Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis as defense minister was a message to all sides, both within Greece...
Education
Teachers Clash With Riot Police in Central Athens
Teachers and riot police clashed in central Athens on Monday afternoon, following a protest against a new system of hiring educators which the Greek government announced recently.
The protest was organized by D.O.E. and O.L.M.E., the largest teachers' unions in...
Business
Ryanair To Discontinue Direct Athens — Thessaloniki Flights
Ryanair announced on Monday that it will stop its direct flights between the cities of Athens and Thessaloniki beginning on April 1, 2019.
The popular low-cost airline gave no explanation for the move. The announcement noted only that the last...
Greece
Defense Minister Kammenos Sued For Homophobic Verbal Abuse
Greek Minister of National Defense Panos Kammenos was sued on Thursday by the organization "Greek Helsinki Monitor" for his alleged homophobic verbal abuse of Georgios Amyras, an M.P from the centrist party ''To Potami''.
Kammenos reportedly called Amyras ''little bride'' during a heated verbal exchange...
Greece
Merkel Accepts German Responsibility for Nazi Crimes in Greece
Angela Merkel recognized Germany's responsibility for WW II war crimes committed by the Nazis in Greece during her meeting with the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday.
Following her laying a wreath at the Unknown Soldier's Monument at Syntagma square,...
Greece
Merkel Visits Greece Amid Hope — and Protests
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held a face-to-face meeting in Maximos Mansion in Athens on Thursday evening.
Merkel's visit to Greece, the first she has made since 2012, will last for two days, with the Greek...
Diplomacy
Tight Security in Athens for Angela Merkel's Visit
Greek authorities have banned demonstrations near the Parliament and the Prime Minister's residence during the two-day visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which begins on Thursday.
Rallies organized by leftist groups will be confined to areas far removed from Syntagma...
Greece
Coalition's Future at Stake With Tsipras/Kammenos Meeting
The Greek prime minister and president of the ruling left-wing SYRIZA party, Alexis Tsipras, will meet the defense Minister and president of the co-governing right-wing ANEL party, Panos Kammenos, on Friday. The talks will be held in a last-minute...
Greece
Terror Group ''O.L.A.'' Claims Responsibility for SKAI TV Bomb
The terrorist group O.L.A. claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the explosion of a bomb outside of SKAI TV and Kathimerini newspaper headquarters on December 17, 2018.
O.L.A., which is an abbreviation for a Greek phrase meaning ''Group of People's Fighters'', accused...
Greece
A Bird's Eye View of Athens Covered in Snow (video)
The Greek capital is covered by a blanket of snow on Tuesday as a weather system dubbed Tilemachos pushed down temperatures and brought widespread snowfall in many parts of Greece.
Watch this spectacular drone video by Up Drones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=29&v=1_AOknOYZtg