Greece
Greece
Belgians' Interest in Greek Tourist Destinations Sees Huge Uptick
The positive course of early vacation reservations from the Belgian tourist market, as well as the increased interest of thousands of Belgian nationals in all Greek destinations, was reflected at the 62nd International Tourist Exhibition "Salon des Vacances," which...
Greece
Olympiacos Confirm Signing of Belgian Striker Kevin Mirallas
Olympiacos football club have confirmed the signing of Belgian striker Kevin Mirallas from Everton on Sunday.
This will be Mirallas' second stint with the Greek champions. The Everton attacker had moved from Olympiacos to the Tofees in 2012 and played 186...
Greece
Greece to Extradite Belgian Female Terror Suspect
Greece will extradite to Belgium a woman arrested over the weekend, under a Europol terrorism warrant, the Greek police said.
"The extradition procedure has been set in motion by order of an appeals prosecutor," a police source said, without clarifying when...
Greece
Belgian Woman Arrested in Greece over Alleged Link with Terrorists
A 22-year-old Belgian woman was arrested on the Greek island of Corfu late on Friday on suspicion of membership in a terrorist group, according to the Athens News Agency.
The woman - who is reportedly of Moroccan origin - was...
Crime
Authorities: Belgian Tourist Shot in the Head in Athens Result of Foul Play
The death of a 54-year old Belgian tourist that was found last Friday afternoon at a park in the Athens district of Neos Kosmos was the result of foul play, said the coroner on Monday.
The post-mortem examination revealed that...
Greece
Doctors of the World: Recalling Belgian Asylum Experts From Greece Makes the Situation 'Worse for Everyone'
Doctors of the World (Medecins du Monde) on Thursday strongly criticized the Belgian government for recalling its asylum experts from Greek islands, saying that Belgian State Secretary for Migration Theo Francken had made a "totally paradoxical" decision.
"If there are...
Cyprus
Belgian MEP Verhofstadt Thinks Erdogan's Claims on Lausanne Treaty Are Outrageous
Attempts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to dispute the Lausanne Treaty were "outrageous," Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt said on Tuesday at an Economist conference in Nicosia.
According to the head of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and...
Greece
Belgian Doctors Donate 6 Incubators to Thessaloniki Uni Hospital
Belgium's medical community, in a show of solidarity with Greek patients and doctors, has decided to donate six incubators for very premature babies to Thessaloniki University Hospital. Belgian university doctors delivered the gift, which is given in the framework...
Art
Belgian Artist to Head Athens and Epidaurus Festival Amid Reactions
Belgian multidisciplinary artist Jan Fabre has accepted the invitation by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports to be the director of the annual Athens & Epidaurus (International) Festival for the 2016 – 2019 period.
Greek artists expressed outrage on...
Greece
Greek PM Tsipras Expresses Solidarity With the Belgian People
"We express Greece's solidarity with the Belgian people. Fear, religious hatred and racism should not defeat Europe," Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras posted on Twitter following the attacks in Brussels earlier on Tuesday.
"Brussels, our Union's capital is under attack....
Greece
Greek PM Tsipras Meets with Belgian Counterpart in Brussels
“Now is the time to change the policy mix and move forward to those reforms that up until yesterday the previous governments did not have the political will to advance,” Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday said after...
Greece
Belgian PM Calls on Greek Government to Clarify its Program
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel on Monday called on the Greek government to clarify its program while he also expressed his support of European integration.
Addressing the annual meeting of the heads of the country's diplomatic missions, the Belgian Prime...
Greece
No Links Between Men Detained in Greece and Belgian Terrorist Cell
Greek police announced they found no evidence that the four people they detained yesterday, Saturday January 17, were linked to the jihadist cell in Verviers, Belgium.
Greek authorities made the arrest in Pagrati, Athens, Greece, yesterday and collected DNA sample to send...
Greece
Belgian Finance Minister Says Must Help Greece to Avoid Contagion
Greece must be helped to avoid financial contagion on the scale of the Lehman Brothers meltdown in 2008, Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders told a Greek newspaper on Saturday.
"We must help Greece to avoid the repetition of what happened...
Greece
Stolen Rubens Painting to be Returned to Belgian Museum
On Thursday, Greece publicly presented a stolen Rubens painting that was recovered by Greek police a week earlier in an Athens seaside suburb, during a press conference by culture and tourism minister Pavlos Geroulanos, who said that the painting...