Ferries remain in port, trains stand still stay close to the depot and schools and banks. Public life is mostly flat Thursday in Greece. The two largest trade union confederations have called a general strike in protest against even deeper spending cuts and tax increases. Also, the unions do not agree with labor market reforms that would make the government.
A Greek court gave permission Tuesday for extradition of three Turkish soldiers to their homeland. They were part of a group of eight in July with a helicopter flew to Greece after the failed coup in their country.
Mexico City, Paris, Athens and Madrid do not want diesel cars more within their city limits no later than 2025 in order to protect the health of their citizens. That the mayors of the four metropolises Friday on a climate of forty metropolises in Mexico City decided.
A snack bar on Victoria Square in the middle of the Greek capital Athens on Thursday morning, place a heavy explosion.
Greek Bodybuilder Giannis Magkos last weekend at the Bodybuilders Diamond Cup in Athens went berserk when the jury ruled that he was not the best.
Greece on Monday ten Syrians sent back to Turkey in the framework of an agreement on refugees between Turkey and the EU. The ten, seven men, two children and a woman, have withdrawn their request for asylum and voluntarily returned to Turkey. They are flown from the island of Lesbos in the Turkish city of Adana.
More and more Turks to buy houses or land in Greece, in order to hedge against the uncertain political situation in their own country. Especially doctors, lawyers, businessmen and academics looking to buy real estate in the greater Athens say Greek realtors.
A woman and a child were killed by fire in a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Another woman and another child suffered severe burns. Other applicants were slightly injured. Which reported both Greek media as the Dutch Refugee Foundation Boot. A medical team of the organization has provided onsite assistance.
A march in Athens to commemorate the student uprising in 1973, partly out of control. About a hundred Radical activists were made Thursday in the streets of the Greek capital to stick with the police.
The 'birthplace' of democracy, Greece, leaving President Barack Obama Wednesday made the case for strengthening it. It's not a perfect system, Obama said during his farewell visit to Athens, but it is still 'the best form we know.'
The outgoing US President Barack Obama said Tuesday during a visit to Athens underlined the commitment of his country with Greece and the rest of Europe. A strong and prosperous Europe is also good for the world and the US, he said. Also in the future his country will assist the Greeks in their efforts to overcome the financial crisis.
US President Barack Obama begins Tuesday on his last trip to Europe as head of state. Under extremely tight security with the help of 5,000 police officers will visit Obama Tuesday in Athens his Greek counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos and then Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
One grenade warning Thursday in Athens appears to be sufficient to take massive security measures for the upcoming visit of US President Obama. Over 5,000 police officers be placed on the leg to lead Tuesday in the right direction the Obama residence.
In talks to find a solution for the divided island of Cyprus's progress. This said UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday in the Swiss Mont Pelerin, where take place the calls.
Unknowns have the night of Wednesday to Thursday from a motorcycle threw a grenade at the French embassy in Athens. A guard is therefore slightly injured, report the Greek Skai news and public radio.
The arrest of another number of Kurdish politicians in Turkey on Saturday to various protests resulted in not only the country but also in other places. Including in Istanbul and Athens riot police had to bear in sight.
The new Greek government, led by leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, is sworn in Saturday. The restart of the government Tsipras has seven new ministers in key positions, such as the Interior, Labour and Energy.
Scientists and restaurateurs have opened the tomb which is believed that the body of Jesus was laid down after the crucifixion. The Holy Sepulchre is in the namesake church in the old walled city of Jerusalem.
At protests in a camp for refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos was founded Monday fire. Multiple containers in which the camp administration was located, went up in flames.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday remarks of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the borders between the two countries as ' dangerous 'labeled.
Greece wants to get rid of the overcrowded refugee camps on the islands in the eastern Aegean Sea. ' We will soon bring a large number of migrants to the mainland, to relieve the islands, \'said Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Nikos Xydakis Wednesday. He announced that the refugees ' guarded buildings\' be accommodated.
At least two people were killed in a shooting at a factory in the US city of Athens (Tennessee). The body of the gunman was found, according to local media. It would be a male employee.
Greece rejected the asylum applications of three Turkish soldiers. That have sources said Wednesday at the Greek police. The three are part of a group of eight Turkish soldiers who fled their country after the failed coup in July.
On the Greek island of Lesbos is working on the temporary restoration of a large refugee camp was destroyed by fire on Monday. The Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported on Wednesday that now half of the estimated 4,400 migrants from the camp is returned.
In floods caused by heavy rains in Greece four deaths. One person is missing. It notified the Greek authorities Wednesday.
The Greek parliament has lifted the immunity of two MPs from the far-right party Golden Dawn Wednesday. The pair can therefore be prosecuted for the launching of an attack on a community center in Ilioupoli, a suburb of Athens, the Greek newspaper Kathimerini writes.
The Greek government expects that the EU keeps its promise to come up with debt relief. That the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told the Sunday newspaper Real News. According to Tsipras,, EU sleepwalking towards the precipice 'by adhering to strict austerity policies, the gap has widened between the Member States.
Greek firefighters are struggling with a number of large fires. Especially the Peloponnese peninsula has been affected.
The driver of the speedboat on Tuesday at the Greek island of Aegina is suspected of a tourist boat landing manslaughter. The Greek public prosecutor keeps the 77-year-old skipper responsible for the death of four persons on board, including a five-year-old girl, report Greek media.
In came three sailors killed a collision between a tourist boat and a speed boat to the Greek tourist island of Aegina. There were at least three injured.
