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“No mass return of migrants to Greece,” says gov’t spokesman

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis on Wednesday ruled out the prospect of a mass return of migrants to Greece from Germany, saying that such reports “are unrealistic. Speaking to Skai TV, Marinakis stressed that the government’s policy had succeeded in reducing the numbers of migrants that Greece is called upon to …

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Predator scandal: USA imposes sanctions on Greek enablers of Intellexa spyware

The US has imposed sanctions on five individuals and one entity involved in the Intellexa Consortium, which sold the illegal Predator spyware in Greece, found in dozens of phones, including those belonging politicians, journalists and businesspeople. The sanctioned individuals include key figures involved in Greece’s wiretapping scandal, which became known …

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Ombudsman probes Coast Guard officers over Pylos shipwreck

High-ranking Hellenic Coast Guard officers have been appearing before the Greek Ombudsman since Monday over the fatal shipwreck off southern Greece in June 2023. The process is expected to be completed on September 20, with the examination of the coast guard head himself, Vice Admiral Georgios Alexandrakis. The process is …

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Schools in Greece start with traditional, religious ceremony

Thousands pupils and students gathered in Greece’s school courtyards on Wednesday for the traditional, religious blessing ceremony on the start of the new school year. School year 2024-2025 starts with a novelty that students will have to keep their mobile phones in their bags during classes and breaks otherwise they …

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SYRIZA to elect new leader in November

The Political Secretariat of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance discussed the process for electing the new party leader on Tuesday, after Stefanos Kasselakis was ousted with a vote on Sunday. The Secretariat proposed that the first round of internal elections be held on November 24, with a potential second round on December 1 …

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Train drags woman for 50m; she was trapped between doors during disembarkation

A 39-year-old woman was dragged for several meters between a driving train and the station platform in Livadia, Viotia, on Saturday, raising big questions about the traveling safety in Greece. Together with her three children the woman was traveling on a train from Athens to Thessaloniki. In Livadia station the …

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PM: “Greece in 2027 will be a much better country where Greeks can look forward to a better life”

“Greece in 2027 will be nothing like Greece in 2010 and the country will never return to a reality of big deficits,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday, during the traditional press conference given by the prime minister each year at the Thessaloniki International Fair. The PM was asked …

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SYRIZA falls victim to Kasselakis’ Ego: Greece’s main opposition ousts its leader

A majority of Greece’s main opposition party SYRIZA Central Committee members voted on Sunday in favor of a censure motion against party leader Stefanos Kasselakis. Ιn favor of the censure motion voted 163 members of the Central Committee and 120 against. The CC has a total of  295, SYRIZa-affiliated newspaper …

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Ecumenical Patriarchate proposes Orthodox and Catholics celebrate Easter together

The Ecumenical Patriarchate proposes that Orthodox and Catholics celebrate Easter together. The landmark decision has been announced after the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul on September 3, 2024. In a lengthy statement issued by the Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios mentions, among others, that “the Ecumenical Patriarchate proposes to …

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59% of young doctors want to leave Greece, 56% of citizens dissatisfied with health services as system collapse

Six in ten doctors want to leave Greece and exactly 6 in 10 citizens declare to be dissatisfied with the services of the public health care system that has worsened in the last 2-4 years, two recent surveys conducted in northern Greece have found. The National Health System (ESY) is …

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Poll: Ruling ND flies low, winners are small left and nationalist parties

Ruling conservative party New Democracy keeps flying low in public opinion preference, while main opposition SYRIZA occupies a place after socialist PASOK that comes second, the latest poll conducted by MRB has shown.. However, Greeks’ disapproval of ND policies does not bring wins for the big opposition parties but rather …

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