Ethnos

A Greek journalist has revealed the sad plight of refugees who set foot on the island of Lesbos, from getting treated inhumanely to being beaten, mugged and pushed back to Turkish borders.

Greek police say they have arrested a Golden Dawn member over an assault against five people at an anarchist hangout in Piraeus almost three years ago.

Greek journalist and actress Rika Vagiani has died. She was 56.

The sole survivor of a military helicopter crash that killed four army officers has said that the aircraft got tangled in power lines before going down.

The UH-1H helicopter crashed on Wednesday near the village of Sarantaporo in Elassona, central Greece, during a routine patrol flight.

Meteorologists on Wednesday warned that a high-pressure system from Siberia is expected to sweep into Greece on Thursday, bringing freezing temperatures and snow to many parts of the country, including the capital.

Mortgage holders who fail to pay off their mortgage loans face foreclosure. 30,000 owners of non-performing loans received an ultimatum from banks. Specifically they were issued warnings to pay up their loans or else they would receive notification of foreclosure.

The transport of refugees and migrants from eastern Aegean islands to mainland Greece continues unabated, as an additional 2,171 Syrian nationals are expected to disembark from the passenger ferry ‘Eleftherios Venizelos’, which was scheduled to dock at the port of Piraeus on Friday afternoon.

The planned 23% VAT hike to private educational institutions will reportedly be extended to include private schools sending rates exploding. A reportage in daily newspaper, Ethnos, states that parents who send their children to private schools will need to dig their hands deep into their pockets paying an additional 1,500 to 2,000 euros in tuition fees per annum.

The ‘Yes’ camp holds a slim lead in the Greek referendum according to an opinion poll published by ALCO in daily newspaper Ethnos on Friday. The findings put the ‘Yes’ supporters at 44.8 per cent against 43.4 per cent for the ‘No’ vote, with 11.8 per cent still undecided. The pollster said the result is within its 3.1 margin of error.

Greece does not want any more help from the IMF, minister of state Nikos Pappas said on June 21 on the eve of a summit which could determine whether the country crashes out of the eurozone.