Clik here to view.
Avramopoulos Says No Minaret At Mosque
Although the Greek government will pay for the country’s first official mosque in the Athens neighborhood of Votanikos, it will not allow a minaret, Foreign Minister Avramopoulos stated in a letter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Myrtou St. Panteleimon Monastery In Ruins
The monastery of Saint Panteleimon in the village Myrtou of Cyprus is in terrible condition. It was converted into a Turkish military camp after the Turkish invasion in 1974. A little after the opening...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Less Traffic on Greek Highways
From the beginning of the financial crisis in Greece, traffic on the highways of the country has been reduced by 40 percent, the main reasons being that tolls and gas are very expensive, and also...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cyprus Acquires STARLab
A Memorandum of Cooperation between Cyprus Institute and the Center for Research and Restoration of Museums of France was signed, according to which Cyprus acquainted STARLab, a Mobile Research...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greek Privatization Plans Hit Snags
Despite the recent sale of a 33 percent stake in the gambling monopoly OPAP and the burgeoning sell-off of state gas companies, Greece’s privatization effort is still far behind plans insisted upon by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Panepistimiou Street Completed by 2016
By the end of 2016 the project on the creation of a new city center around Panepistimiou Street is to be completed. It is an ambitious project which is to be funded with 90 million euros from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heraclion School Gets Platinum A’ Design Award
The Platinum A’ Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category was awarded to the project by the Bioclimatic European School Complex or Compass, designed by Office 25...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Attiko Metro Revenues Fall Short
The Attiko Metro (AM), the public company building the underground railway networks in Athens and Thessaloniki has no more revenues after the application of Reppas’ law for urban transport. As AM’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
More Tolls On Greek Roads
It has been reported that 43 new toll stations will be established on the national highways within the next years, a fact that will result in a rapid cost increase for the citizens using the roads. It...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rise in Arrivals at Patras Marina
The Municipality of Patras and the marina office have paid particular attention to servicing tourists who visit Patras by boat, as they believe that the number of vessels can be significantly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greek Isles SOS to Samaras
The Hellenic Small Islands Network (HSIN) is asking Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to send help to keep them going and for a meeting with the General Secretary of Small Island Infrastructure. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TAP Deal Signed in Athens
The official ceremony for the Host Government Agreement for the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline was completed June 26 at the Grande Bretagne Hotel in Athens, signed by Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shaz Deniz Confirms TAP Selection
The Shah Deniz consortium chose the TAP pipeline project to send gas to Europe, as it was confirmed by the regional director of the British BP, Gordon Birrell. The consortium, composed of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chania’s Old Hospital Being Razed
On July 3 the works for the demolition of the building complex of the old hospital of Chania, Crete, began, starting with the old blood donation wing, to be completed in two months, much earlier than...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Two Greek Pools On World Top 10 List
You can’t find a municipal swimming pool in Athens, where the heat beats down ferociously in the summer, but people who can afford luxury hotels have their choice of plenty of beautiful swimming...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greek Building Starts Drop 39.1%
While Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the country will next year begin to recover from a crushing economic crisis, the news hasn’t hit the construction industry yet with reports showing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greece Will Shutter Elementary Schools
Education Minister, Constantine Arvanitopoulos, signed the final decision concerning the closure and merger of elementary schools and preschools all around Greece. From September on, 118 elementary...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Metro Line 2 Ready To Roll
The project of expansion of Line 2 toward Elliniko has added to the Metro network of Athens some 5.5 kilometers of underground rail and four new Stations (Ilioupolis, Alimos, Argyroupoli and Elliniko)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greek Electricity Co. Readies For Privatization
The restructuring and privatization of Public Power Corporation S.A., the biggest electric power company in Greece which is controlled to an extent by the government, will be implemented in three...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tripoli Highway Named For Theodorakis
Noted Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis now has another honor: a major road in the Peloponnesian city of Tripoli will bear his name. It is a section of the newly-constructed highway of the new section...
View Article
