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7th Olive & Olive Oil Festival | Athens | March 31 - April 2
The Ministry of Rural Development and Food presents the 7th annual Olive and Olive Oil Festival, featuring products from olive producers across Greece. Many different kinds of olives and olive oils, including medicinal olive oil for heart health, will be on display to taste and to buy.
ECHR condemns Greece over Manolada forced labour plantation
A group of strawberry pickers from Bangladesh has won a case against Greece at Europe’s highest human rights court, after being shot at by employers for demanding unpaid wages.
Greek police free 23 captive migrants
Greek police say they have freed 23 migrants held captive by smugglers until their relatives paid a fee for smuggling the men into Greece from neighboring Turkey.
Police said Thursday that the 21 Pakistani and two Bangladeshi men were in good health despite being imprisoned for a week in a Roma camp near the northern city of Thessaloniki.
As austerity digs in, Greek courts are battleground on foreclosures
Crowds of protesters gathered outside court chamber 7 in central Athens one recent Wednesday, unfurling a huge banner before they moved swiftly to block the entrance.
"No House in the Hands of Bankers" the banner read. In the court a property auction was underway.
Syrian refugee in critical condition after setting himself on fire
A 29-year-old Syrian man was in critical condition on Thursday after dousing himself in flammable liquid and setting it alight at a refugee and migrant camp on the Aegean island of Chios.
Telegraph: 18 Greek hidden gems (photos)
As summer approaches the beautiful Greek landscape, and especially its idyllic isles are becoming the focus of media coverage from around the globe. Editors from British Telegraph picked out 18 of what they consider to be the best “hidden” gems of Greece in a feature entitled “Secret Greece: 18 hidden gems you’d never thought to visit (but really should). This is their list:
Dijsselbloem: No staff level agreement with Greece
EuroGroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said that no agreement had been reached between the Greek government and the institutions on the second review. Speaking in the Dutch Parliament, Thursday, Mr. Dijsselbloem denied a Reuters report published on Wednesday that claimed Greece and its creditors had reached a staff level deal.
Council of Europe team in Greece to address soccer violence
A team of experts from the Standing Committee of the European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehavior at Sports Events (T-RV) of the Council of Europe will be in Greece from Thursday through Monday to consult with authorities, particularly in regards to violence in soccer.
Restart of Cyprus talks possible if Greek side establishes confidence: Turkey's top security board
Turkey's top security board has stated that talks for the reunification of the Cyprus can only resume in the event that Greek Cyprus "takes steps to restore confidence."
Migrant fruit pickers win European court case against Greece
A group of strawberry pickers from Bangladesh have won a case against Greece at Europe's highest human rights court, after being shot at by employers for demanding unpaid wages.
24.000 complains resolved through the EU’s Online Dispute Resolution platform
More than 24.000 complains have been submitted to the EU’s Online Dispute Resolution platform in 2016. More than one third of the complains are about trans-boundary transactions within the EU. The Greek Consumer Ombudsman released some data on the one year anniversary since the establishment of the platform.
Greece's OPAP to conclude video lotto roll-out next year, says CEO
Greece's OPAP, Europe's fourth-biggest betting firm, will conclude the roll-out of a new business of video lottery terminals (VLTs) next year, it said on Thursday.
‘Abyss’ scans and reveals the secrets of Santorini and Kolumbo volcanoes
The research vessel RV Poseidon of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research of Kiel in cooperation with the Geology Department of Kapodistrian University of Athens are examining the seabed and the underseas volcanoes of the islands of Cyclades with focus on the volcano of Santorini and the submarine volcano Kolumbo.
The three ladies of Europe
The leaders of the European Union came together last Saturday on the Capitoline Hill to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome in what was a symbolic display of unity at a time that can only be described as complicated.
Applauding bad behavior
There is a significant section of the ruling SYRIZA party that continues to believe that everything should be allowed in the country's schools and universities. This is a twisted philosophy and a fixation that belongs in a part of the past when personal freedoms were indeed at stake.