Section: Greece
White House: Greece on the agenda of Obama’s meeting with Merkel
related posts Obama: Austerity not effective in Greece without growth (video)White House on Greece, EZ, IMF cooperationAccording to the statements made by White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama is in “close contact” with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a number of issues, including Greece. Earnest announced...
Russian President Putin invited Greek PM Tsipras to visit Russia
The situation in Ukraine and other international issues, among them, “the South Stream and Turkish Stream pipeline projects, dominated a…Putin invited Tsipras to visit Moscow on May 9 when celebrations will take place, commemorating the peoples’ victory over fascism. On his part, the Greek prime minister underlined the importance he...
Koutsoumbas: Real opponent has ‘not gone away’ with SYRIZA victory
Communist Party of Greece (KKE) General Secretary and MP for Athens Dimitris Koutsoumbas on Wednesday addressed the party’s Parliamentary group,…The real opponent, he said, “is still here, more ready and equipped to use the alternation in government for new privileges, for a capitalist recovery.” “KKE’s Parliamentary...
Russians set to call for an estimated 4 tln euros in war reparations from Germany
related posts Foreign Minister Venizelos on comments being made in Germany with regard to war reparationsGerman war reparations report on December 30German reparations brought up at 72nd anniversary of Gorgopotamos Bridge explosion (photos)Russian MPs are creating a task force to estiamte the German damages to Russia during World War 2 with a...
Shocking videos from missile attacks on Mariupol
Shocking images from Mariupol, Ukraine see the light of day. Yesterday, pro-Russian separatists hit the town with missiles. During the barrage 30 people lost their lives while 102 were injured. The videos uploaded on the internet show the size of the destruction while one of them actually shows the moment when a missile hits a central road. These...
United Nations condemn Mariupol attacks
UN’s General Secretary Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the bombing attack against Mariupol in the southeast of Ukraine and spoke against the warmongering statements by pro-Russian separatists. Ban Ki-moon also calls for all interested parties to escalate their peace talks. It should be reminded that the bombing attacks against Mariupol...
Ukraine: At least 20 killed in Mariupol missile attack
related posts Ukraine: 41 victims in the last 24 hoursAt least 20 people, including children, have died during a missile attack in the east Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday, according to international media reports. Ukraine’s interior ministry confirmed the incident earlier in the day and blamed the attack on pro-Russian separatists...
Rebel shelling kills up to 10 people in east Ukrainian city of Mariupol
Ten people were killed in shelling by pro-Russian separatists in the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday, the…The Mariupol city council said it knew of three confirmed deaths in the attack, with many people wounded, while the separatists denied firing at the city. Government-held Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov, lies on a coastal route...
EU calls Moscow to stop supporting the pro-Russian separatists
European Union called Russia to stop providing any kind of support to the pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, who fought with the Ukrainian army. “Time is pressing”, warned the head of European diplomacy and added “We call on Russia to fully assume its responsibilities”. Furthermore the head of European diplomacy called for the immediate...
Ukraine: 41 victims in the last 24 hours
41 people, including both military and civilians, were killed in eastern Ukraine in the last 24 hours, due to the resurgence of clashes between pro-Russian separatists and Ukraine armed forces, according to an AFP report. Thirteen civilians were killed when a shell hit a bus stop in Donetsk. Pro-Russian separatists accused Kiev of this...
