The EU Commission is pushing forward with a directive to implement a skilled immigration “blue card” which would allow migrants from non-EU countries to live and work in the European Union on a temporary basis. The blue card would grant a work and residence permit to non-EU citizens and would allow them to move to [...]
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EU Takes Greece to Court for Lake Pollution
The European Commission decided Thursday to take Greece to the European Court of Justice for failing to preserve one of the country’s most important protected wetlands. Lake Koroneia, an internationally important wetland in the North East of Greece, has suffered from pollutant discharges as well as from an extensive illegal water abstraction for irrigation, thus [...]
Deutsche Welle Greek Radio Broadcast Silenced
The Deutsche Welle Greek radio broadcast will no longer continue. It will be silenced within the framework of the restructuring of the radio station for the period 2010-2013, despite the prior decision of DW representatives. This is the second time since 1999 that the forty-seven year running Greek radio broadcast has been in danger. It is well known among [...]
Bullets Sent to Madrid’s Greek Embassy
An envelope containing bullets and a proclamation was found Thursday at Greece’s Embassy in Madrid, Spain. This comes just a day after an identical package was sent to the Greek consulate in Barcelona, Greek officials said. Spanish authorities opened the letter and found a number of small calibre bullets and a proclamation, according to Greece’s Foreign Ministry [...]
Switzerland’s Zeitung Daily Claims Mikis Theodorakis is a Paranoid Nationalist
The Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung published an article titled: “Mikis Theodorakis and the Song of Paranoia”. The article refers to the “Independent Citizens Movement, Spitha”, founded by Mikis Theodorakis in December 2010. The article wrote: “Mikis Theodorakis represented always the right. He was tortured by the fascists during the Greek civil war and during the [...]
Germany’s Eurovision Contest Presents FYROM as Macedonia
Germany is the organizing country of the European song contest Eurovision. The nation has decided to go to profound changes this year concerning political issues. FyrMacedonia is presented as Macedonia, despite the fact that the main Eurovision website uses the word FYR , in accordance with the EU’s radio and TV rules.
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05 / 18 Three Greek Islands On EU Cheap List
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05 / 18 The Greek Who Can Spy On Earth
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05 / 18 Former Consul Tipaldos Died In Italy
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05 / 18 Papandreou Not Welcome In Edinburgh
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05 / 18 Greek Truck Overturns in West Bulgaria
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08 / 04 Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Reportedly Claims Olympic Flame is Turkish
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01 / 24 Intercultural Association Macedonia Cuts Vasilopita
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07 / 28 IOC President Jacques Rogge Calls London Home of The Olympics; Forgets Greece
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05 / 03 Skopje: Streets Renamed With Ancient Greek Names
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05 / 22 Philip II of Macedonia Statue in Skopje Defies NATO
