The municipality of Lesvos, the Chamber of Commerce, the Trade Association of the island and the Union of hoteliers have invited for this yearr's Valentine's Day 2017, couples in Love from all around the world to marry in the "capital" city of solidarity and love as well as couples who celebrate their 25,30 and 50-year anniversary to participate in a competition. Guests are entitled to free travel tickets, three-night accommodation, food and guided tours.
Religious and cultural events have also been planned on the island for the celebration of St Valentine, among them alitany of St Valentine's relics that are kept in the Catholic Church downtown Mytilene, the capital of Lesv
Health authorities sound the alarm as Greece enters the main phase of the influenza outbreak.
According to the Official Influenza surveillance report of the Greek CDC during the first week of the New Year
the outpatient visits for patients with flu-like showed a further increase ...
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A spike of gastroenteritis cases has been recently noticed in Greece, the Greek CDC (Hellenic Cennter of Disease Control and Prevention ) said on a press release on Wedneday December 28.
According to the Greek CDC (HCDCP/ KEELPNO) epidemiological surveillance, there are sings of sporadic outbreaks... Read Full Post »
Hailing
from a village in Ileia in the Peloponnese, Theodoros Masouras moved to
Achaia some years ago and worked as a farmer, while in his spare time
was known to write poetry.
Most significantly, during his long life he bore witness to some of the most significant events in the history of modern Greece, ...
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A Rio de Janeiro police officer confessed to murdering Greece's ambassador to Brazil, possibly at the direction of the diplomat's Brazilian wife with whom the policeman was romantically involved...
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Greece's own armed forces were put on high alert over the development, but it seems the Greek Navy was on preparedness for such an incident, especially after the Turkish President's and Foreign Minister's rough statements on the two countries bilate... Read Full Post »
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his displeasure at the Greek government for not keeping its word, revealing to press
that the Greek prime MInister Alexis Tsipras had promised since July to have the soldiers extradited within "two to three weeks" in a conversation they had after the failed coup attempt...
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The Greek Supreme Court denied the extradition of the soldiers, stating that their rights were at risk of “being violated or reduced regardless of the degree of guilt or the gravity of the crimes they are accused of.”
The Turkish Authorities issued new demands to Greece for the extradition of the eight Turkish officers
"They're not just petty criminals" Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said, adding that the soldiers attempted to kill President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The foreign minister continued by saying that Turkey cannot have a positive view about a country which supports terrorists and coup supporters, and will take concrete action to express its reaction. find that
The implications on our bilateral relations, our cooperation against terrorism and other common cooperation in bilateral/multilateral matters of this decision, which we consider has been taken for political motives, will also be comprehensively evaluated
Greece’s performance in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index worsened last year with the country rising to 69th place out of 167 countries, compared to 58th the year before.
The annual index, whose findings were made public this week, ranks countries from 0 to 100 (where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 very transparent), and Greece gets 44, read full post
According to Bank of Greece data regarding the buying and selling of gold English pounds, Greeks sold twice as many coins in ...
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One in three families in Greece has at least one unemployed member, while the middle class is dwindling, a new survey which also showed that one in four households live with the fear that their assets will evaporate under the new tax and security contribution burdens and high cost of living....
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While Greek PM saw "light in the end of the tunnel", as said on his New Years Eve message, Greeks showed to be more pessimistic than ever for the country' s and their personal next days..
Before and After Have a look on our 2014-2015 Austerity2Left gov
special Page when Tsipras had maximised Hope and the Greek Expectations
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Ιs it elections? Alexis Tsipras was present this year at the Epiphany ceremony for the blessing of the waters , reminding to the Greeks the days before his election two years earlier, when he had released the dove, rising the hopes of the Greek people back then, symbolically , by his promises to release Greece from ... Read Full Post »
#Eurogroup meeting - Departure and doorstep #GR @tsakalotos #aidprogramme #Greece https://t.co/7ujRwWPJ0t
— EU Council TV News (@EUCouncilTVNews) January 26, 2017
Greek Finance Minister officially declared the country's "adherence", "compliance" and "faithfulness" to Greece's creditors by his apology letter sent to promise that Tsipras' government will never give any relief to the poorest of the country without the creditors permission.
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White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus praised the Greek Orthodox community and promised that the issue of religious freedom in Turkey will be a concern of the new U.S. administration during his speech on the eve of the inauguration of the 45th U.S. president Donald Trump and accepted an award from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese and Archbishop of America Demetrios for the recognition of his services,
The Chief of Staff in the White House was informed by the Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos about the situation in the Aegean Sea , and the issues relating to the "rough neighborhood" of Eastern Mediterranean, giving special focus on that on the dangerous activity of Islamic extremists.
The conversation took place on the reception that Mr. Priebous gave to relatives and friends, one day Trump's inauguration at the Hay-Adams Hotel, which is located just a...Read Full Post »
FROM BREXIT TO GREXIT:
WILL TRUMP FORCE A COLLAPSE OF THE EUROZONE?
Trump’s presidency is likely to face its first Eurozone test within a few months with an imminent default by Greece on its outstanding obligations...
January 19, 2017
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More on the US Trump Administration and the Greek government relationships
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