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Down with COVID – News must wait

I was tested COVId-Positive last week for the first time since the pandemic started 3.5 years ago and despite having kept all protection measures as before. I have mild symptoms and no fever, but an empty head and need endless hours of sleep and rest. I spend three days in …

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Christmas 2023: Stores opening hours in Athens

The Trade Association of Athens proposed the schedule and opening hours of stores in the Greek capital during the Christmas holidays 2023. Starting on December 12, the association proposes that stores stay open from 09:00 until 21:00 on week days and from 09:00 until 18:00 on Saturdays. Shops will be …

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Earthquake rattles with 4.3R the island of Zakynthos

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale rattled the island of Zakynthos earlier on Thursday. Its preliminary magnitude was initially given as 4.4R. Seismologists appear reassuring even though they are concerned about the earthquake impact on the famous sightseeing Navagio – Shipwreck- . According to the Geodynamic Institute of …

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Greece to introduce “postal vote” starting at EU elections

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday that Greeks living abroad who are enrolled in the voting registry in Greece, will be able to vote by mail. The postal vote will also be possible for those living in Greece who are away of their registered area on the day …

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Vassilis Vassilikos: Internationally acclaimed Greek author passes away

Internationally acclaimed and widely translated Greek author Vassilis Vassilikos, a former MP and Ambassador of Greece to UNESCO, passed away at the age of 89 it was announced on Thursday. Vassilikos was one of Greece’s most prolific writers, who published more than 100 works of literature, including novels, plays and …

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Taxi drivers & owners on 48-strike to protest new tax bill

Taxi drivers and owners in Athens mobilize again against the new tax bill and announced on Wednesday a 48-hour strike on December 5 and 6, 2023. The Board of Directors of tax owners and drivers of Athens union (SATA) decided to escalate the mobilizations, expressing “the anger and indignation of …

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Greece’s natural gas export potential will be quadrupled, says Minister

Greece’s natural gas export potential will be quadrupled by the end of the decade, with new infrastructure projects such as the Alexandroupolis floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy Alexandra Sdoukou said on Wednesday. This will happen due to an increase in the capacity of …

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Hospital doctors on 48h strike due to collapse of Greece’s NHS

Highly frustrated about the ongoing deterioration of the National Health System, the dramatic working conditions that set patients at risk and the shortage of staff,  Greece’s public hospital doctors and staff launched a 48-hour strike. The Federation of Hospital Doctors of Greece (OENGE) launched a 48-hour strike across the country …

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Crete: Students found semi-conscious in high school toilet

Alarm for high school students who were found semi-unconscious in a school toilet in Heraklion on the island of Crete on Wednesday morning. Possible scenario is the use of an unknown substances. According to local media information, the students reported that they are dizzy and not well, possibly after using …

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