March 28, 2023
17-year-old stabs, seriously injures his mother in south Athens
A 17-year-old boy stabbed his mother and went to the street half-naked shouting “I killed them…
March 28, 2023
“Panic Button” App for women facing violence in Greece
A digital application for mobile phones to support women facing violence at home, called ‘Pani…
March 28, 2023
“General elections on May 21” Greece’s PM announced
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis finally announced the date for the parliamentary e…
March 27, 2023
Weather Greece: Rainfalls, storms, temperature drop, gusty winds
Meteorologists in Greece have been warning of a weather deterioration with strong rainfalls and stor…
March 27, 2023
Chief traffic manager of OSE dies in traffic accident VIDEO
The chief traffic manager at the Greek Railways Organization (OSE), Konstantinos Chrysagis, died fol…
March 27, 2023
Parthenon Marbles: Fundraising initiative to repay the £35,000 used by UK Parliament to buy them from Elgin
The British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles and the Greek community are see…
March 27, 2023
Apartment prices in Greece keep soaring
Apartment purchasing prices in Greece grew by 12.2% in the fourth quarter of 2022 and at an average …
March 27, 2023
Greece ends use of masks in public transport-Exceptions, tests
Greece’s Health Ministry ends the compulsory use of face masks against Covid-19 on public tran…
March 26, 2023
Varoufakis: “Let the banks burn”
Secretary General of MeRA25 Yanis Varoufakis greeted the party’s 5th anniversary with an artic…
March 26, 2023
Greece to locate tax evaders via their social media posts
Greece’s Finance Ministry will scan social media and specifically Facebook and Instagram to lo…
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A 17-year-old boy stabbed his mother and went to the street half-naked shouting “I killed them all!” The 45-year-old mother was found seriously injured in the family apartment and was transferred with an ambulance in a hospital in Athens. Citing preliminary information by the Police media reported that the teenager …
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“Panic Button” App for women facing violence in Greece
A digital application for mobile phones to support women facing violence at home, called ‘Panic Button’, has been introduced in Athens and Thessaloniki. The free app is downloaded on a smartphone and activates the service by pressing on a button which sends a text message (sms) to the operational center …
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Professors at Ioannina University resign en masse
Professors in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Ioannina, western Greece, submitted their resignations en masse to the rector in order to show support to students. Reason for the mass resignations is that faculty graduates are not being granted professional rights. The decision was taken at the General …
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“General elections on May 21” Greece’s PM announced
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis finally announced the date for the parliamentary elections on Tuesday. “2023 elections will be held at the end of the four-year legislative period, on May 21,” Mitsotakis said in a live broadcast from a meeting with the Council of Ministers, the last one before the …
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Weather Greece: Rainfalls, storms, temperature drop, gusty winds
Meteorologists in Greece have been warning of a weather deterioration with strong rainfalls and storms locally, a significant temperature drop and stormy north-west winds up to 8 and 9 Beaufort in the seas and in continental areas. The bad weather front will hit Greece from the West from Monday afternoon, …
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Chief traffic manager of OSE dies in traffic accident VIDEO
The chief traffic manager at the Greek Railways Organization (OSE), Konstantinos Chrysagis, died following a motorcycle crash on Sunday. The 66-year-old died instantly on the spot. he was a key person in investigations for the deadly train collision in Tempi. According to traffic police, the accident took place at the …
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Athens Metro workers cancel their 24h strike on March 28
Athens metro workers have cancelled on Monday afternoon their 24-hour strike initially scheduled on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. All public transport mean will operate as usual. Earlier KTG wrote: Athens metro workers’ union SELMA will launch a 24-hour strike οn Tuesday, March 28, 2023 to protest problems that hamper the …
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Parthenon Marbles: Fundraising initiative to repay the £35,000 used by UK Parliament to buy them from Elgin
The British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles and the Greek community are seeking to raise £35,000 to symbolically repay the UK Parliament. The amount is the one the UK Parliament paid to Lord Elgin to buy the Marbles. Fundraising – Press Release Over two hundred years ago …
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Apartment prices in Greece keep soaring
Apartment purchasing prices in Greece grew by 12.2% in the fourth quarter of 2022 and at an average annual rate of 11.1% in 2022, the Bank of Greece said in a report last week. Broken down by age of property, the annual rate of change in prices of new apartments …
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Cyprus not bound by Greece’s decision to support Turkey’s IMO candidacy
Cyprus said new efforts by Greece and Turkey to improve their relations is positive, but Greek Cypriots cannot support Ankara’s IMO bid. Government Spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis told state radio on Monday morning that Nicosia was not bound in any way by Greece’s decision to support the Turkish candidacy for the …
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Greece ends use of masks in public transport-Exceptions, tests
Greece’s Health Ministry ends the compulsory use of face masks against Covid-19 on public transport means that was obligatory since April 2020. The measure goes into effect on Monday, March 27, 2023. Note that many passengers stopped wearing the obligatory masks in public transport since the government relaxed general protection …
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Varoufakis: “Let the banks burn”
Secretary General of MeRA25 Yanis Varoufakis greeted the party’s 5th anniversary with an article entitled “Let the banks burn.” In his article in the monthly column in Project Syndicate, the former finance minister referred to the shocks of the banking system, judging that it cannot be corrected. “That’s the bad …
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Professors at Ioannina University resign en masse
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“General elections on May 21” Greece’s PM announced
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Cyprus not bound by Greece’s decision to support Turkey’s IMO candidacy
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State Department “Greece Human Rights Report”: A slap to Mitsotakis govt
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US Senator Menendez: Turkey doesn’t deserve to get F-16 jets
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META Manager was hacked with spyware and wiretapped in Greece
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Greece among 7 allies to meet NATO spending target in 2022
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Turkey will vote for Greece’s bid for “non-permanent member of UN Security Council
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Memorial march for Thessaloniki Jews murdered in Auschwitz
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Injured victim of train crash files criminal complaint also against politicians
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Regulatory Authority finds serious deficiencies in training of OSE stationmasters
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Apartment prices in Greece keep soaring
Apartment purchasing prices in Greece grew by 12.2% in the fourth quarter of 2022 and … Read More » -
Varoufakis: “Let the banks burn”
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Greece to locate tax evaders via their social media posts
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Inflation, price hikes change Greeks’ coffee habits
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Energy Ministry reduces electricity subsidy to €15/MWh