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Bob Menendez, US Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sharply criticized Turkey on its stance towards NATO enlargement, its relations with Greece and Cyprus, and its human rights record, saying it does not “deserve” to acquire new fighter jets from the United States. The comment was made …

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A Tae Kwon Do coach has been arrested in Athens on charges of serial rape of at least five underage female athletes in his gym in Ilioupolis, eastern Athens, from 2009 until 2020. The victims, now adults, filed against the 44-year-old coach, emphasizing that the man continues his actions even today …

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Traffic restrictions will be implemented in downtown Athens for the military and students’ parades celebrating Greek Independence Day on March 25, the Greek Police said on Wednesday. The schools parade takes place on Friday morning, while the military parade takes place on Saturday. March 24-25, 2023. On Friday, stopping and …

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Τaxi union SATA has announced a 24-hour taxi strike for Thursday, March 23, 2023. The strike will begin at 06:00 on Thursday morning and will end at 06.00 on Friday morning. According to the announcement of the union, there will be a gathering on Kavala Avenue at 11:00 in the …

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Intensive Care Units for Covid-19 patients will be abolished in Greece’s hospitals. This was decided unanimously by the large committee of experts of the Ministry of Health, which consists of more than 30 scientists. According to media information, the suggestion was made by the Director of the Evangelical ICU at …

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U.S. and Greek national, Artemis Seaford, who worked on Meta’s security and trust team while based in Greece was placed under a yearlong wiretap by the Greek national intelligence service and hacked with a powerful cyberespionage tool, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and officials with knowledge …

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Greece received tens of thousands of comments by tourists who visited the country for vacations in 2022. Greece maintained the satisfactory score of 2019 in both infrastructure and services. However, not all of the comments were positive. What are their main complaints? “Good Grades” seem to have been given by …

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A group of hooligans attacked and injured a man outside the Athens Court of Appeal on Wednesday morning. The attackers were not even bothered by the presence of police squads in the area, which is supposed to be one of the most protected in downtown Athens.. According to media, a …

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Twenty-nine Greek antiquities, products of looting and smuggling from Macedonia, Epirus, Central Greece, the Cyclades and Crete, were handed over by the Manhattan Prosecutor’s office in USA to Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni. The antiquities ended up in the USA, through the criminal networks of illegal trafficking of cultural goods. …

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Some train services in Greece resumed on Wednesday for the first time since the deadly train collision that killed 57 people and injured dozens on February 28. The first train started at 4:45 a.m. from Larissis central train station in Athens for the village of Oinoi in north-western Attica. Even …

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Greece’s government is taking measures against construction builders and mafia-gangs on the island of Mykonos after an archaeologist was brutally beaten for refusing to give the green light for an illegal construction. “In Mykonos the law will be applied. The State is not blackmailed”, said the Minister of Environment and …

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Greece was among seven out of 30 allies to meet NATO’s military spending target of 2% of GDP in 2022, one country less than in 2021 before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the alliance’s annual report for 2022. Speaking ahead of the launch, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urged allies …

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