Following 3 billion years of evolution on Earth, today there are a number of pepper plant strains on the planet. Some are red, some are green and some are resistant…
In a response to a question by a Greek MEP the EU Commissioner for Competition Joaquin Almunia has effectively confirmed that PASOK and New Democracy are unable to service the…
The new loan package to Greece will include strict conditions and penalties; voters will choose MEPs directly in European Parliament elections; a public prosecutor warns finance ministers not to block…
Out of all Europeans, Greeks on minimum wage spend the highest proportion of their income on groceries. Relative to monthly salaries the price of basic goods in Greece is about…
Angry at the recent price rises on national roads, residents of the town of Oropos in eastern Attica converged late yesterday afternoon on the local tolls. After removing an employee…
The 7.2 Richter earthquake that struck the Ionian in 1953 left deep scars on the island of Kefalonia and its residents. As seismologists say that there is still a possibility…
Of the countless articles about the aftermath of the Kefalonia quakes, perhaps none capture the atmospherebetter than a short documentary film by a German family that have made the island…
MEPs call for responsibility and solidarity after the deadly boat incident involving immigrants near the Greek island Farmakonisi.
The government partially backs down on tax requirements for farmers; troika auditors put the primary budget surplus under the microscope; the government is not providing earthquake-hit Kefalonia residents with meaningful…
When the earth started to shake in Kefalonia last week, it couldn’t help but reawaken memories of the catastrophic earthquake that levelled most of the island in 1953, killing 800…