Posts tagged with "Greece"

Nicosia and Athens coordinate ahead of deliberations on Cyprus problem Cyprus Talks

Nicosia and Athens coordinate ahead of deliberations on Cyprus problem

September 12th, 2018 Developments on the Cyprus problem, in the light of the contacts held by the UN Secretary-General’s envoy, Jane Holl Lute, and the forthcoming meetings in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly will be discussed during a meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday in...
Greek PM to promise economic relief after years of austerity Greece

Greek PM to promise economic relief after years of austerity

September 7th, 2018 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to announce on Saturday some economic relief for Greeks who have swallowed the bitter pill of austerity during years of financial crisis, in a keynote policy speech that may be overshadowed by protests. The leftist leader must strike the right balance between an angry public that wants...
Greek seamen strike over wage deal, labour rights (Update) Greece

Greek seamen strike over wage deal, labour rights (Update)

September 3rd, 2018 Greek ships remained docked at the country's ports on Monday as seamen started a strike to demand the restoration of wages and labour rights, following the expiry of Greece's third bailout programme last month. The 24-hour walkout was organised by Greece's seamen federation (PNO), which said in a statement that negotiations with the...
Syrian swimmer who saved refugees arrested in Greece - lawyer Greece

Syrian swimmer who saved refugees arrested in Greece - lawyer

August 31st, 2018 Sarah Mardini, one of two Syrian sisters who saved over a dozen refugees in 2015 by pulling their sinking dinghy to Greece, has been arrested for alleged people smuggling, her lawyer said on Friday. Greek police said on Tuesday they had arrested two members of an aid organisation on the island of Lesbos and were investigating a total...
More aid sent to Greek fire victims Cyprus

More aid sent to Greek fire victims

August 27th, 2018 The Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council has sent more boxes with humanitarian aid to the fire victims of Attica, Greece, it was announced on Monday. The boxes contain medicine, clothes, shoes, food and other items and are part of the ongoing fundraiser of the organisation. The public can donate items and money until...
Lute to travel to Athens and London in early September Cyprus Talks

Lute to travel to Athens and London in early September

August 26th, 2018 Cyprus hopes that developments expected in the Autumn will pave the way for a resumption of talks from where they left off at Crans-Montana last year. Deputy Government Spokesperson Klelia Vassiliou said on Sunday the Greek Cypriot side hoped that the developments would shift Ankara`s stance especially as regards the security aspect...
Donald Trump, Turkey and the Don Pacifico Incident Opinion

Donald Trump, Turkey and the Don Pacifico Incident

August 19th, 2018 By Desmond Smith What do Donald Trump and Lord Palmerston have in common? They both believe in gun boat diplomacy and wielding the Big Stick in the interests of their respective countries. Due to the cyclical nature of history, we can place the current dispute between Turkey and the US in a context we’ve seen before, which links St...
Foreign ministers to meet in Israel, Gaza pier issue resurfaces Cyprus

Foreign ministers to meet in Israel, Gaza pier issue resurfaces

August 18th, 2018 By George Psyllides The foreign ministers of Cyprus and Greece, Nicos Christodoulides and Nicos Kotzias, will have a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 13 in Israel, it was announced on Friday. The Cyprus News Agency said the meeting had been arranged a long time ago and it will focus on the ongoing...
Greece-Russia expulsions ‘nothing to do with Cyprus’ Cyprus

Greece-Russia expulsions ‘nothing to do with Cyprus’

August 7th, 2018 The mutual expulsion of diplomats by Greece and Russia has nothing to do with Cyprus, the government spokesman said on Tuesday. “It is a matter that concerns strictly these two countries,” government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said when contacted by the Cyprus Mail. “Cyprus has no such issues with Russia,” he...
Turkish Cypriots donate aid for Greek fire victims Cyprus

Turkish Cypriots donate aid for Greek fire victims

August 1st, 2018 Dozens of boxes of aid were donated by Turkish Cypriots for the fire victims in Greece which was organised by the Republican Turkish Party (CTP). The items that were collected were passed on to the Greek Cypriot Akel party, which was responsible of sending them to Greece. According to Turkish Cypriot media, during the campaign...
Thousands gather to stand by Greece (Update 1) Cyprus

Thousands gather to stand by Greece (Update 1)

July 31st, 2018 Thousands of people gathered on Tuesday as the sun set over Nicosia municipal gardens to stand by Greece and support the people affected by wildfires that hit the eastern Attica region last Monday, killing scores and leaving dozens missing. Popstars Anna Vissi and Antonis Remos headlined the Stand By Greece concert, kiosks were set up...
‘Fomented by strong winds the heat ignited the air’ Opinion

‘Fomented by strong winds the heat ignited the air’

July 29th, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza I THOUGHT it would be like Nero playing the lyre while Rome burned, to write about the usual subjects this Sunday. Yet only those who witnessed the nightmare fire that engulfed the summer resorts at Attica last week can convey what it really felt like. On the other hand, it does not feel right to go on about...
‘A tsunami of solidarity’ for Greek fire victims Cyprus

‘A tsunami of solidarity’ for Greek fire victims

July 28th, 2018 By Peter Michael ONE thousand boxes of humanitarian aid left on a flight for Greece from Cyprus on Saturday morning, the first flight being sent with donations for people affected by the wildfires outside Athens on Monday that left 88 dead, hundreds injured and some still missing. The first packages, which contained 10,000 kg of...
Animal party appeals for aid for Greece Cyprus

Animal party appeals for aid for Greece

July 27th, 2018 The Animal Party said on Friday that there is great need in Greece for veterinary drugs and feed to care for injured animals affected by the wildfires in Attica. “Many feral animals and pets are roaming the areas affected by the fire, some injured and with serious burn injuries and others looking for their owners,” the party...
Kykkos monastery withdraws from lawsuit against Greece Cyprus

Kykkos monastery withdraws from lawsuit against Greece

July 27th, 2018 Kykkos monastery withdrew from court a lawsuit against the government of Greece over a land dispute which has seen one legal battle after another play out in Nicosia district court. Though the move was merely a formality after it was announced last week that the two parties had reached an out of court settlement, it emerged on Friday...
Volunteer body organises fundraisers for Greece Cyprus

Volunteer body organises fundraisers for Greece

July 27th, 2018 Cyprus’ volunteer commission is bringing together various media, banking institutions, national governing bodies and industries for a Pancyprian fundraising event and concert which will directly for the victims of the devastating wildfires that hit Greece on Monday. The money raised will help towards rebuilding public infrastructure...
Cyprus fire team returning from Greece Cyprus

Cyprus fire team returning from Greece

July 26th, 2018 The 64-member team sent from Cyprus to Greece in order to help extinguish the fires completed its mission on Thursday, said fire department spokesperson Andreas Kettis. The team, composed of members of the Fire Brigade, forestry department, civil defence and ambulance service, arrived in Athens on July 24 and have now begun the...
Cabinet approves €10m in aid for Greece Cyprus

Cabinet approves €10m in aid for Greece

July 25th, 2018 The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a €10m aid to Greece as assistance for those affected by the deadly fires near Athens. The government will also coordinate a collection campaign and appealed to private individuals, groups and companies that are collecting funds to deposit them in special accounts set up by the state...
Volunteer commission takes over huge aid response to Greek fires Cyprus

Volunteer commission takes over huge aid response to Greek fires

July 25th, 2018 By Lizzy Ioannidou The Volunteer Commission on Wednesday sought to dispel confusion among the public eager to send donations to Greece to aid victims of the wildfires that have killed 80 people and left hundreds missing. As the death toll climbed all day Tuesday, the response in Cyprus became overwhelming from organisations,...
Talks must restart immediately say Kyprianou and Tsipras Cyprus Talks

Talks must restart immediately say Kyprianou and Tsipras

July 25th, 2018 Negotiations on the Cyprus problem need to start immediately and they need to end positively, Akel general-secretary Andros Kyprianou and Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday. Speaking after a meeting at Tsipras’ office, Kyprianou said “negotiations have to restart and this time go to the end, not just based...
Wildfires kill dozens in Greece’s tragedy World

Wildfires kill dozens in Greece’s tragedy

July 24th, 2018 A 64-member team from Cyprus’ fire, civil defence, and ambulance services was sent to Greece on Tuesday to aid in battling wildfires that killed at least 74 people, including families with children found clasped in a last embrace as they tried to flee the flames. "Greece is going through an unspeakable tragedy," Greece’s Prime...
Broadcasting watchdog calls for sensitivity in Greece coverage Cyprus

Broadcasting watchdog calls for sensitivity in Greece coverage

July 24th, 2018 The Cyprus Broadcasting Authority on Tuesday called on the media to show some respect and sensitivity in their coverage of the wildfires in Greece that have killed 60 people so far. It said regulations provide that the dead be respected and not have their image broadcast or published. Also, it said, the transmission of any scenes...
Cyprus offers to help with fires in Greece Cyprus

Cyprus offers to help with fires in Greece

July 23rd, 2018 Cyprus has offered to send firemen to Greece to help in operations to tackle the wildfires that are raging out of control near Athens, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Monday. The justice minister has contacted the Greek government and offered to immediately send a crew of 60 firemen, and members of the civil defence...
Greek residents told 'just leave' as wildfire rages (Updated) Greece

Greek residents told 'just leave' as wildfire rages (Updated)

July 23rd, 2018   By Alkis Konstantinidis and Vassilis Triandafyllou Greek authorities urged residents of a coastal region near Athens to abandon their homes as a wildfire raged uncontrolled on Monday, closing one of Greece's busiest motorways, halting train links and sending plumes of smoke over the capital. Authorities deployed...
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