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State Department “Greece Human Rights Report”: A slap to Mitsotakis govt

The U.S. State Department “Greece 2022: Human Rights Report” describes with gloomy colors the situation in our country and gives a sound slap to the face of conservative Mitsotakis government. Wiretapping, corruption, lack of transparency, police brutality, refugees push-backs, freedom of expression, are some of the features listed by the …

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“Βest days of the Greek economy are ahead of us” says PM Mitsotakis

“The best days of Greek economy are ahead of us,” PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis said  arriving at the European Council in Brussels on Thursday. Earlier, he had commented on a Bloomberg article on Greek Economy that there will soon be “more good news to come.” “Greece’s GDP expansion ‘outpacing major economies’ …

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Exorbitant water bills “drown” village residents

Exorbitant water bills up to 500 and even 1,800 euros have brought village residents in northern Greece to stage a protest outside the municipality in charge of the water bills. The residents of the Local Community of Exalofos in Thessaloniki, which consists of two villages, Polydendri and Pentas Vryses, saw …

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US Senator Menendez: Turkey doesn’t deserve to get F-16 jets

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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Tae Kwon Do coach arrested for raping underage female athletes

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 in downtown Athens due to parades

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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Athens Taxis on 24-hour strike, on March 23

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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No more Covid-ICUs in Greece’s hospitals; where patients be treated?

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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META Manager was hacked with spyware and wiretapped in Greece

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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What bugged tourists who visited Greece in 2022

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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