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Greek Deputy Transport Minister Resigns Over Offensive Twitter Messages
Greek Deputy Transport Minister, Dimitris Kammenos, announced his resignation on Wednesday just hours after he had assumed the position.
Kammenos, who is MP from the junior coalition party Independent Greeks (ANEL), resigned after a scandal over numerous offensive messages on his Twitter account, daily Kathimerini informs.
Was the lady who exposed the VW scandal Greek?
Anna Stefanopoulou, the Greek mechanical-engineering professor and engine expert at the University of Michigan, who reportedly exposed the Volkswagen emmissions scandal burst the Greek media bubble with a statement on her site:
I was not involved in the research or data analysis that exposed the VW issue as some Greek language articles and blogs stated.
Unbelievable! Ex-employer pours coffee over toddler, causes serious burns
Bulgarian Georgia Ratka Georgieva, aged 60, who lives and works in the region of Pyrgos, southern Greece, visited her former employer to demand 120 euros in wages that were owed to her. Angered by this, the man poured a pot of stinging hot coffee over the woman causing damage to herself and her grandson, aged 2, who had accompanied her on the visit.
Armageddon for Greece’s elderly – Sweeping 7% pension slashes
Labor Minister George Katrougalos returned to his old post after 27 days of absence with renewed zeal in efforts to find a solution to the cash-strapped social security funds. No sooner did he receive his portfolio on Wednesday that he hinted that new cuts to the already butchered main and auxiliary pensions are inevitable.
EU refugee-sharing plan causes rift between east, west Europe
The European Commission has warned 19 EU member-states against failure to implement rules on handling waves of asylum seekers now flooding Europe.
European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans issued the warning as EU leaders gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit on the refugee/migrant crisis on Wednesday.
Bulgaria Names New Consuls General in Edirne, Toronto
Vasil Valchev will be Bulgaria's new consul general in Edirne, Turkey, the government in Sofia announced on Wednesday.
Valchev has been Bulgaria's consul general in Thessaloniki, Greece from 2011 to 2015. He will take over from Lyubomir Popov, whose term of office as the consul general in Edirne has expired, the government said in a statement following a weekly meeting.