Newsflash from Sunday, 19 October 2025: Greece’s Parliament has approved a new labor law permitting 13-hour workdays in limited cases. Learn what the law entails, why it’s controversial, and how […]
Greece Passes Controversial Labor Law Allowing 13-Hour Workdays read more »
Newsflash from Monday, 6 October 2025: Greece’s public debt is projected to drop below 140% of GDP by 2026, according to Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis. The new budget plan signals
Greece’s Debt Set to Drop Below 140% of GDP read more »
A notable political figure just stepped down from her post, caught in the middle of controversy about agricultural financial subsidies. People across Greece are talking about it, and you can
Government official from Crete resigns over OPEKEPE subsidy scandal read more »
There was unrest in Agios Nikolaos yesterday when a passenger on the Israeli cruise ship Crown Iris tore down a banner in a shop. Tensions flared up in Agios Nikolaos
But tensions still yesterday with an Israeli in Agios Nikolaos read more »
The ruling Nea Demokratia party voted against the preliminary investigation last night, while the opposition boycotted parliament. This morning, there was irritation in the corridors of parliament after the unprecedented
Turmoil in the Greek parliament over the OPEKEPE corruption scandal read more »
The Israeli cruise ship Crown Iris pulled into the port of Agios Nikolaos today. Its arrival quickly sparked public protests, with demonstrators accusing the ship of representing serious human rights
Protests and riots as Israeli cruise ship Crown Iris arrives in Agios Nikolaos read more »
Two marine parks are being established north of Crete near the southern Cyclades (around Santorini) and in the Ionian Sea. The Greek Government’s Move to Establish Two New National Marine
Two marine parks established in Greece read more »
Libya is claiming before the UN that its continental shelf extends to the Greek island of Crete and that the sea surrounding Crete should be called the Cretan Sea rather
Libya claims the maritime areas directly south of Crete read more »
Crisis meeting of the Greek government on the refugee problem in Crete, the unprecedented diplomatic affront by eastern Libya’s ruler Haftar, and the huge profits made by Libyan smugglers. More
The latest on the refugee situation in Crete read more »
The city administration must repay nearly 12 million euros for the new cultural and congress centre. The administration of Heraklion is up against some tough challenges after the court tossed
Heraklion city administration under financial pressure read more »
Incidentally, in Crete, “frappes” is the name given to local barons who stand out due to their good connections, political influence or favours, the dubious origins of their wealth, their
The frappe, the sheep and the subsidies read more »
The EU subsidy fraud scandal and its initial consequences in Greece. Even the holy monastery of Odigitria on Crete is involved in the OPEKEPE scandal. The OPEKEPE scandal has gotten
Resignations of government members due to the OPEKEP scandal read more »
Prime Minister Mitsotakis from Brussels on the new migration route to Crete and Turkish-Libyan claims to maritime areas in the region. The Greek Prime Minister has made it clear that
The Greek Prime Minister on migration to Crete and Turkish-Libyan claims read more »
A 26-year-old Azerbaijani man was arrested in Souda, Greece, facing serious espionage charges. He’d been in the country since January and caught attention after buying photographic equipment just before his
The decisions of the Greek Defence Council, increased military movements and spy arrested in Suda, US bombers refuelled off Crete before attacking Iran, and the impact of the Middle East
Crete under the shadow of the Middle East conflict read more »
Tensions in the Middle East have escalated after recent US strikes in Iran. This just piles onto an already fragile, tangled geopolitical situation, and you can almost feel the unease
Greek government on high alert due to US attacks on Iran read more »
Libya claims maritime areas near Crete and Turkey submits a maritime spatial plan to UNESCO, directly challenging Greek sovereignty in the Aegean Sea. Tripoli Claims Disputed Maritime Zones with Libya
Trouble with Libya and Turkey over maritime spatial planning read more »
Deployment of Patriot systems to protect the US base at Souda from missile attacks from Iran. The transfer of Patriot missile systems to Souda Bay is a pretty big deal
Preparations to protect the US base in Souda read more »
Flights between Crete and Israel suspended, impact of the crisis on Greek tourism and the Israeli Prime Minister’s plane in Athens. Flights between Crete and Israel suspended Flights between Heraklion,
Israelis stranded on Crete due to crisis in the Middle East read more »
For the first time, Greece presents a map for maritime spatial planning, while Turkey simultaneously claims half of the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean with the ‘Blue Homeland Doctrine’, deliberately
Greek-Turkish differences over new marine spatial planning maps read more »
