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The courts have forwarded to Parliament the case file and formal request to lift the parliamentary immunity of nine Golden Dawn MPs, who are accused of joining and directing a criminal organization, which is a felony charge. A lift on the parliamentary immunity of MPs Michaloliakos, Lagos, Germenis, Boukouras – who are already detained in […]

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has arranged a meeting on Saturday with the Government Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Evangelos Venizelos, at 1pm. The two leaders are expected to discuss current affairs, the immanent return of the troika, as well as Mr. Venizelos’ recent trip to the Balkans and the latest developments in […]

PASOK announced today that it is taking the initiative to begin discussions for a new set of regulations for NGOs, in the aftermath of an NGO scandal revealed the huge extent of corruption and fraud. According to the announcement, PASOK wants to ensure that the new legal framework will bring transparency, meritocracy and security to […]

About 730,000 uninsured vehicles circulate on Greek roads and pose a threat to law-abiding drivers, according to data presented by the president of the Greek Insurance Company U, D. Zorbas. The number of uninsured vehicles currently circulating in Greece was estimated by cross-referencing information from the insurance company vehicle registration database, the road tax database […]

The influenza death toll rose attributed to the latest outbreak of influenza rose to 53 yesterday, with 21 reported casualties in this week alone. Five patients were transferred to Intensive Care Units, for a total of 57 in critical condition. The Center for Disease Prevention and Control (KEELPNO) has warned high risk individuals (elderly, obese, […]

The German Minister of Finances Wolfgang Schäuble gave an interview to the CNBC network and explained that the possible, “limited” financial aid that Greece may receive, should it be deemed necessary, will not include a new debt haircut. Mr. Schäuble noted that Germany is prepared to help Greece out, even after the current rescue program […]

After massive farmer demonstrations took place in Athens, Thessaloniki and Crete, the farmers of Peloponnesus have decided to mobilize and have arranged a Panpeloponnesian rally at the Nestani tolls in Tripoli, on the Athens-Kalamata highway. The farmers who have set up a road block at the Nikea junction about a month ago decided to leave […]

The former Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou told the Greek Harvard Alumni association, which held an event in down town Athens on Thursday evening, that he “never left” and that he “will always be here”, while arguing that he was ousted due to competing political and financial interests. Mr. Papandreou noted that after huge sacrifices, the […]

NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is currently in Athens for an informal conference of European Ministers of Defense and is currently visiting Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Rasmussen condemned the violence ravaging the Ukraine and stressed that the government must ensure that the Army is not involved in the crisis and insisted that “dialog is […]

After a long battle with cancer, the charismatic actor, singer, songwriter and entertainer Sakis Boulas passed away early on Friday morning at the age of 60. Boulas, who was born in Kilkis in 1954 and raised in Piraeus, became known for combining music and acting and had great success both in television and cinema. While […]

The IMF’s Christine Lagarde recently gave an interview to Australian broadcaster ABC, where she expressed her belief that Greece have finally overcome a series of hardships and is now entering a growth phase. During the discussion, a member of the audience raised the issue of austerity, with Mrs. Lagarde admitting that mistakes were made with […]

The ever-increasing rate of unemployment, uninsured employment, slashed budget funding and an influx of retirement are all contributing towards a collapse of the insurance system, despite the numerous attempts to intervene and impose measures. Even though the government and the Ministry of Labor has estimate that revenue for the funds, especially IKA, are going to […]

The oil smuggling ring recently uncovered by the police appears to have extended its reach into professional football, with the intelligence services documenting instances of implicated parties extorting a Super League football player. According to the police information one of the 17 recently arrested suspects and fuel station owner, can be heard over the phone […]

Every now and again we are stunned to discover what goes on with the distribution of public money. Members of Parliament, journalists and the public suddenly discover that everything is kneed deep in it. Unfortunately this NGO business did not come out of the blue. For years there were indications – and some times proof […]

As with every year, the butchers at the Varvakios Agora in down town Athens are celebrating Shrove Thursday by giving out grilled meat to passers by. The Municipality of Athens has provided the wine for the festivities. The president of the Varvakios market Kleanthis Tsironis reported that attendance this year has been higher than ever […]

The Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem was optimistic in his estimation that Greece may not need any further assistance, when he explained that such a decision will be made in the second half of 2014. The Dutch Finance Minister made the assertion at the parliamentary Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, where he stressed that the […]

An officer from the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change has revealed that DEPA has reached an agreement with Russian energy giant Gazprom regarding the retroactive reduction of natural gas prices. According to the Energy Ministry officer’s claims, the retroactive price reduction will affect all natural gas that was sold from June 2013 and […]

The Appellate special investigative judges handling the Golden Dawn investigation have requested that the parliamentary immunity of the party’s entire parliamentary group. Specifically, the judges have requested the immunity lift of Eleni Zaroulia, Nikolaos Kouzilos, Antonios Gregos, Polivios Zisimopoulos, Konstantinos Barbarousis, Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos, Dimitrios Koukoutsis, Artemis Mattheopoulos and Michael Arvanitis. In their application judges Ioanna […]

Farmers from all areas in the north of Greece are demonstrating outside the Ministry of Macedonia-Thrace in Thessaloniki since noon, over the coalition government’s taxation policy in the agricultural sector. Representatives of the demonstrating farmers have requested to meet with the Minister of Macedonia-Thrace Theodoros Karaoglou and are expected to issue a protest resolution with […]

Another four people succumbed to the recent influenza outbreak in Greece over the past 24 hours, which raised the total number of casualties to 49, of whom 30 were men and 19 were women. At present 56 people are being hospitalized in Intensive Care Units. The Center for Disease Prevention and Control (KEELPNO) have urged […]