Greece News 2024

NEWS ARCHIVE - June 2024

Timeless Villages, Scenic Hikes, Local Flavors - Moon's Greek Islands & Athens Travel Guide – Amazon 560 Pages

June 12, 2024

Restart for PASOK?

Story at Protothema [Greek]

The percentage of Greeks who were on the poverty line in 2023

Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

Turkish navy issues NAVTEX for Thracian Sea,

Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

The high heat shuts down Acropolis and schools

Story at NY Times [English]

Discovery of 4,000 year old round building on hilltop in Crete threatens airport development

Ongoing excavation of the site has archeologists puzzled because the structure has no known Minoan parallels.

Story at Associated Press [English] – More Archeology in Greece

Main political parties in "crisis mode" after EU elections

Story at Euractiv [English]

Plan to make early repayment of €8 billion of bailout loans

Story at Reuters [English] – See more at Greece Stats and Ratings

Air force is "streamlining" and will decommission F16s and possibly sell Mirage-2000s to India

Story at Greek Reporter [English]

Apartment block in Athens, Greece - view photo expanded and enlarged

Heat wave has the country "on fire" with high temps

Story at Parapolitika [Greek]

Retired American Police Officer goes missing on Amorgos

Story at Greek Reporter [English]

How much are MEPS at the EU paid?

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

Formal meeting between Archbishop of Athens and the General Police Director of Attica

Story at Bloko [Greek]

Three days of high temps arriving

Story at Skai [Greek]

Turkey's media: Greece panics over our new domestically produced Altay battle tank

Story at Capital [Greek]

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Fodor's Essential Greece: with the Best of the Islands (Full-color Travel Guide) – Amazon

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