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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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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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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 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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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 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 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’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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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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Greece’s Finance Ministry will scan social media and specifically Facebook and Instagram to locate tax evaders. The social media “safari” aims to identify hidden income of individuals but also  companies that do businesses via the internet, Sunday edition of newspaper realnews.gr reported. Individuals will be checked based on the pictures …

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The precise replica of the Parthenon of the Acropolis of Athens has been created out of …dough. Creators are a group of bakers, the National Baking Team  preparing for an international competition. The bakers behind this unique creation are members of the National Baking Team, which will represent Greece in …

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Inflation and price rises have restricted that quintessential Greek pastime of spending time with friends out of the home, drinking coffee, a new research found. Kapa Reseach found that over half of Greek coffee drinkers (54%) said they have limited the times they go out for coffee due to the …

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