Twelve European countries, including Greece, have asked the EU to finance the construction of barriers to prevent the flow of illegal migrants. In their letter to Brussels addressed to the Interior Minister Ilva Johansson and the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margarita Schoinas, on Thursday, the ministers of the interior of 12 countries note that […]
Another failure of Facebook and Instagram
Last night, Downdetector reports, Facebook and Instagram users around the world again complained in large numbers about service outages. Downdetector, which is designed to track outages and outages of online resources, marks the start of complaints at approximately 9:20 pm. Users from Italy, Germany, USA, Russia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Great Britain and other countries […]
Kozani: major overnight police operation in the ammunition depot area in Kapnohori
The alarm for the Greek police sounded at 23:30 on Friday night. Shots rang out near army warehouses, and a fire was reported. At the scene, in and around the military camp, there are employees of DIAS, OPKE, the Security Service and other police and military forces, reports kozanimedia.gr. Access outside and around the camp […]
From Austria with love: humanitarian aid to the victims of the fires in North Evia
According to a press release issued by the Greek Society of Austria, 20 tons of humanitarian aid – essential goods for the victims of the fire in North Evia – arrived by road from the port of Patras to their destination. The humanitarian cargo from Austria was touchingly met by Abbot Geronda (Elder – Ed.) […]
For migrants in Greece, the road to "Paradise" passes through Albania
In the early 1990s, tens of thousands of impoverished Albanian migrants made their way through oak forests near the village of Ieropigi, hiding from Greek border patrols, looking for work in Greece after the collapse of communism in Albania. Thirty years later, the cross-border flow is reversed, albeit on a much smaller scale. Now these […]
Robots speed up Greek postal services
The Greek postal service has new employees: a fleet of yellow robots sorting mail. Fifty-five small, four-wheeled, autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, powered by artificial intelligence, glide through the Hellenic Post sorting center in Athens, speeding up an often difficult process. They scan the zip code, weigh the package and, at the direction of the […]
Greece: vaccinated can move almost without restrictions
The Greek government has decided to lift almost all restrictive measures for vaccinated individuals, even in areas marked as “red” zones. On Wednesday the government decidedthat as of this Saturday there will be no curfew or a ban on music in indoor food service and entertainment venues in red code zones. In addition, there will […]
Turkey asks US to sell 40 F-16 aircraft to modernize air force
Turkey has asked the United States to purchase 40 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters and nearly 80 upgrade kits for its existing combat aircraft, as a NATO ally hopes to modernize its air force after the purchase of F-35 aircraft failed, sources told Reuters. The billion-dollar deal is still underway as part of the overseas sales […]
Greek treasury bills raised € 1 billion
Greece’s sovereign debt agency raised a total of € 1 billion from the issuance of 13-week Treasury bills on Wednesday, including non-competitive bids confirmed on Thursday. The issue provided a negative yield of -0.40%, which is equal to the yield of the previous such issue on August 4. However, the coverage ratio was 1.77, up […]