Politics

Greece announced on Wednesday that it has joined the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children as a full member state. Through this participation Greece will actively contribute to the international mobilization for the safe return of Ukrainian children who have been illegally deported or forcibly displaced by Russian …

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Socialist PASOK-KINAL has suspended the party status of two of its members named in a gang extorting ‘protection” money from business owners in downtown Athens. “Due to their alleged involvement in a criminal case that came to light, the Statute and Certification Ethics Committee has suspended the party status of …

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Reports about the 6-day working week is “Fake News,” Labor Minister Niki Kerameos said on Friday. “The rule of 5-day week does not change at all, it is just that the possibility is given exceptionally in very specific cases for one day of extraordinary work.” The Minister’s statement that is …

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Greece’s conservative prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated Keir Starmer after the Labour party achieved a landslide victory in the UK’s general election, ending 14 years of the conservative Tory government. “Congratulations to Keir Starmer on winning the UK general election. The Greek government is ready to work together to further …

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Α 35-year-old man, the operator of a drone, was arrested  and has been accused of causing the wildfire in Glyka Nera village in North-East Attica on Wednesday. According to an announcement by the Fire Service received an administrative fine of 4,675 euros and will appear before an Athens prosecutor later …

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The Greek Ministry of Education announced on Thursday it will hire 10,000 teachers of all specialties at all levels of school education before the start of the 2024-2025 school year, aiming at upgrading the quality of public education and enhancing inclusive education. The 4,451 appointments will cover vacancies due to …

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Ruling New Democracy lawmaker who served as minister of Mitsotakis government since 2019, Lefteris Avgenakis, was caught by security camera to get physical against an employee of the Athens International airport. Prior to the CCTV footage released on Wednesday, there was an official denouncement by the Athens Airport Employees union …

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Former Prime Ministers Antonis Samaras and Kostas Karamanlis sharply criticized PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, an all-out verbal attack so to say, during an event organized for a book presentation. The PM was also invited but he preferred to be represented by the government spokesman as it was already known that he …

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Greece spends over 2% of its GDP for defense, and this is a ticket to survival, National Defense Minister Nikos Dendias told the 28th Annual Economist Government Round table in a panel on Tuesday. “We are not simply spending. We are reforming,” Dendias said at the conference. “We call it …

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Once again, socialist PASOK is contested by several “wannabe leaders” ahead of the October 6th internal party elections as proposed by current leader Nikos Androulakis over the weekend. It is not the first time and, most likely, it will not be the last that PASOK officials take the opportunity for …

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They all presented themselves as ‘winners’ in the European elections beginning of the month, but the basis of the three major political parties in Greece is boiling. Then conservative New Democracy rules with less than 28% of the voters preference and this a year after the parliamentary elections that granted …

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One police officer was injured and a patrol car went on fire outside the residence of the President of the Supreme Court when a group of unknown individuals hurled petrol bombs in the early morning hours of Thursday. The police officer suffered injuries on his face and hands and was …

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The sudden death of a historic newspaper of the Greek Left, of daily Avgi, was announced on Tuesday. The newspaper politically affiliated with SYRIZA and its predecessor will operate only as Sunday newspaper. The decision was announced to Avgi employees by the Board of Directors of the company that publishes …

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A court of appeals in Tirana on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Fredi Beleri, the mayor-elect of the ethnic Greek city of Himare and an elected MEP with New Democracy for Greece. Under the court’s ruling, Beleri will have to stay in prison until October, following his conviction earlier this …

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“Greece does not accept recommendations on how to exercise its policy and protect its national interests,” diplomatic sources stressed on Tuesday, in response to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan statements that “Cyprus, Greece should ‘stay away’ from Middle East matters.” “During the Middle East crisis, Greece has maintained a stance …

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The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah threatened Cyprus for the first time on Wednesday, saying Hezbollah could consider it “a part of the war” if it continued to allow Israel to use its airports and bases for military exercises. It is widely believed that Nasrallah’s mention of Cyprus’ …

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Statements by the CEO of Enterprise Greece, Marinos Giannopoulos, on “Greece-Turkey energy cooperation in the Aegean and Southern Mediterranean” have raised question marks, reported diplomacy journalist Nikos Meletis on news website liberal.gr In an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu, Galanopoulos presented investment opportunities in Greece and referred to pipelines …

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Europe has a duty to host children hurt and traumatised by war in Gaza for as long as the conflict continues, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis told Reuters on Wednesday. Gerapetritis is seeking partners in what he hopes would be a project to temporarily bring the children to the European …

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The nationalist party Greek Solution expelled MP Pavlos Sarakis on Tuesday. The party, which won fourth place in the recent European Parliament elections, issued a statement citing “arrogance, ingratitude, lack of moderation, and disparaging behavior towards colleagues” as reasons for Sarakis’ expulsion. The 55-year-old lawyer was ousted following a disagreement …

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SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis requested on Tuesday the intervention of a public prosecutor after the law office of prominent lawyer Alexis Kougias issued a  homophobic statement. The issue started on the occasion of the severe beating of a 37-year-old lawyer by her husband, also a lawyer, Apostolos Lytras. Kougias appeared …

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