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A technical problem in the “Themes Bank” of the Education Ministry has triggered an outrage among thousands of high-school students and teachers on Monday morning. Due to the collapse of the themes bank, the exams for the 1st and 2nd Lyceum-grade have been delayed or postponed to another time. According …

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cemented his place in Turkish politics as the longest-serving leader with a runoff victory on Sunday against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu As millions held their breath in the first runoff he faced, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan left his mark in the history of the Republic of Türkiye with another …

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MP for one day: 300 deputies elected to Parliament in the May 21 general elections were sworn in on Sunday, in the presence of President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Their term will be extremely short, however, as the present Parliament will be dissolved by presidential decree on Monday, …

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A 55-year-old German tourist died in the early hours of Sunday morning after he jumped out of a window in the Omonia Police Station in central Athens. The man reportedly jumped from a window on the second floor of the building and suffered serious head injuries. According to official police …

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Thousands of tourists “besiege” the Acropolis of Athens on daily basis even though the high season for tourism is not at its peak – yet. Thousands of tourists rush to admire the archaeological magnificence of the Acropolis under unimaginable suffering: The dangers for themselves, for the monument and the works …

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Dozens of people were transferred to hospitals in central Greece due to excessive use of alcohol during a mega students party with over 8,000 young participants who traveled to Volos from several parts of Greece. The party was organized by students of the Mechanical Engineering Department and its very popular …

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Eva Kaili is is free to return to her duties in the European Parliament and to exercise her rights as an MEP, her lawyers announced in a statement on Friday. The lawyers statement came a day after Belgian prosecuting authorities remove the electronic bracelet from Eva Kaili who has been …

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New cases of both the coronavirus and the flu slightly increased over the week of May 15-21, according to the weekly report by Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY), published on Thursday. Hospital admissions for coronavirus also went up last week, yet dropping 7% overall compared to the average weekly …

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Three people have died and 12 are missing when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the island of Mykonos early Friday morning. Two migrants have been rescued, so far. The one Syrian and one Palestinian men, were spotted swimming in the area north-eastern of Mykonos. They were transferred to safety …

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Forget all you know about the expensive in vitro fertilization. women on the island of Crete flock to a specific church and eat the wick from the oil lamp burning in front of the icon… According to media, as every year this time hundreds of women flock to the church …

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Hoteliers on the island of Crete threaten employees with an penalty clause of 5,000 euros should they quit job during the tourism season. Note that such a “clause” is illegal, as the Labor Center states. Representatives of the Labor Center of Heraklion have made serious complaints about the “delinquent and …

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More than six million taxpayers in Greece, a total of approximately nine million (a ratio of 7 out of 10), declare to the Tax Office annual incomes of less than 10,000 euros, with the total amount amounting to 18.3 billion euros. € However, due to the fact that approximately two …

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A rare ancient Greek coin fetched a record-breaking six million dollars at an auction held on May 19 at the Numismatica Ars Classica auction house in Zurich. The 2,400-year-old gold stater, minted around 340–25 B.C.E., was bought by a private collector, Artnet Magazine reported. Known as a Panticapaeum stater, after …

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Ιoannis Sarmas, the president of the Court of Audit, has been appointed as the caretaker Prime Minister to form a government that will lead the country to a second round of general elections on June 25, after last weekend’s inconclusive vote and unwillingness of the political parties to form a …

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A Danish couple was arrested on the island of Zakynthos on Wednesday after they left an one-year-old infant locked in the car and went shopping. They face charges for exposing a minor into danger. According to preliminary reports by state broadcaster ERT, the couple on vacations on the island in …

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On the weekend of May 27-28, the Acropolis Museum is to take part in the nationwide anniversary action “Green Cultural Routes” organized by the culture and sports ministry, with four presentations on “Walking in the ancient neighborhood of the Acropolis Museum.” With museum archaeologists as a guide, visitors will be …

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A powerful drama inspired by Homer’s Odyssey and starring Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus and Juliette Binoche as Penelope is wrapping up filming at the end of the month on the Ionian island of Corfu, state broadcaster ERT reported on Tuesday. “The Return” is directed by Uberto Pasolini and written by …

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For one more time. Greek pollsters failed to catch the voters’ pulse ahead of general elections on May 21 and did not come even close to the 21% difference between ruling New Democracy and main opposition SYRIZA. In an effort to justify the unjustifiable, that is they “misled clients and …

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Demosthenis Vergis, founder of Greek Ecologists party, has been surprised to find out that one single voter cast a ballot for his party in his own constituency of Athens A in the North. “I’m looking for my only voter in order to thank him and buy him a dinner,” Vergis …

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Leader of left-wing SYRIZA and main loser of the Sunday elections Alexis Tsipras said “I am not giving up the fight, I am here!” leader of left-wing SYRIZA and main loser of the Sunday elections Alexis Tsipras said on Monday after a meeting of the party’s Executive Office. Instead of …

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