October 30, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Vaccinations against the flu and thus without medical prescription start in Greece on Wednesday, November 1st, 2023. The flu vaccine is free of charge to citizens who can seek directly the pharmacy with their social security number (AMKA). The conventional flu vaccine will be administered without a medical prescription. This …
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October 30, 2023
FEATURED, More, Tech
A real cringe child leads the students’ parade on Greece’s National Day on October 28. The boy has a deformed face and fingers and is holding a fake Greek flag on a bent pole.A bad joke combining Greece’s National Day and American Halloween? Or just a reckless product created by …
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October 30, 2023
FEATURED
Greece’s Development Ministry will investigate the commercial practices used by influencers on their social media in order to protect consumers from misleading commercial practices.in the coming weeks Investigation will start in the coming weeks and with the assistance of digital tools from the European Commission. According to an announcement of …
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October 30, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Commuters in Greek capital Athens will not be able to use the Tram for at least three hours on Tuesday, October 31, due to a meeting of Tram employees. The Board of Directors of the Electric Tram Conductors Association of Attica announced that they will hold a General Assembly meeting …
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October 30, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Α draft bill that will specifically target self-employed who systematically declare extremely low annual incomes is underway by the Finance Ministry. Minister Kostis Hatzidakis reportedly plans to present the bill to the cabinet next week with the aim to crack down tax evasion. Speaking to media, finance ministry sources said …
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October 30, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Thousands of protesters marched to the Israeli Embassy in Athens on Sunday calling for an end to hostilities and the killing of Palestinians in Gaza. Chanting “Freedom for Palestine”, protesters passed in front of the Israeli Embassy for about half an hour, demanding a “Stop to the slaughter of the …
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October 30, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A woman was injured on Saturday when a Coast Guard helicopter flew much too low along the popular beachfront of Platamonas in Central Macedonia, sweeping away umbrellas and sunbeds. Video: The 42-year-old foreign national was injured by flying objects and had to be treated at the health center of the …
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October 27, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“I aspire to be the next prime minister of the country for all Greeks – domestically and internationally – but my faith is above all in the people who embraced me and propelled me,” Stefanos Kasselakis, the leader of main opposition, left-wing SYRIZA said speaking at the 27th Annual Economist Government …
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October 27, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Public transport means in Athens will change their regular schedules and routes on Saturday, October 28, due to the parades for the national holiday of OHI Day. According to police announcement, the following measures will apply on Saturday: -Metro station “Syntagma” will close at 08:00 and trains will pass through …
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October 27, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Clocks in Greece will be set an hour back in the night from Saturday to Sunday as the country abandons the Summer Daylight Saving Time and returns to ‘standard’ Winter Time. The change will take places at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning. October 29, 2023, when the automatic clocks will …
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October 27, 2023
animals, FEATURED, News
A white dog is being filmed tied with a rope on the back of a farm vehicle driving on a street of Xylokastro of Corinth on northern Peloponnese. The poor animal is literally struggling as hard as it can to keep pace with the car’s speed and to avoid falling …
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October 27, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated Greece’s position that Hamas is a terrorist organization and that it does not represent the Palestinian people. In a telephone conversation on Thursday with the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas the Greek Premier pointed out that the only legitimate representative of the Palestinian …
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October 26, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
A recent public opinion poll has showed that main opposition party, left-wing SYRIZA keeps falling in voters’ preference to levels below the 18% of the summer elections. One of the reasons is that the new leader Stefanos Kasselakis has turned into a rather a-politic life-style figure, while the open “civil …
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October 26, 2023
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Hospitalizations due to Covid-19 were up, while intubations and deaths over the week October 16-22 were down compared to the previous week, according to the weekly report by the National Public Health Organisation (EODY), published on Thursday. Course of Covid-Infections Covid-19 data Oct 16-22 Infections+Reinfections: 25,342* (-2,595)⚠️ Deaths: 37,798* (+50)⚠️ …
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October 26, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Τhere was some chaos at the international airport of Athens “Eleftherios Venizelos” at noon on Thursday, when the passport control machines stopped working. Passengers formed very long queues and tension at times was high. Affected were passport control machines at the arrivals and for travelers reportedly from non-Schengen countries. According …
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October 26, 2023
Earthquake, FEATURED, Society
Two earthquakes measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale were recorded on Thursday off the island of Kassos in the southern Aegean Sea, the Athens National Observatory’s Geodynamics Institute said. The tremors were recorded at 10.18 a.m. and 10.24 a.m. The first quake’s epicenter was located in the sea region 28km …
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October 26, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Experienced officers of the Land Mine Clearance Battalion (LAND Clearance Battalion) neutralized a 500-lb WWII bomb found in Glyfada suburb of southern Athens on Thursday morning. At 10:15 on Thursday morning, with the use of thermite bomb was successfully defused without requiring an explosion.the neutralization of the World War II …
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October 25, 2023
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
The Marcia Callas Museum was inaugurated in Athens on Wednesday, just a few weeks before the 100th birthday of the great Greek soprano. The idea of the museum was conceived 24 years ago. The collection was brought together through through auction purchases, donations from private collections and negotiations for display …
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October 25, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
The ‘Fofi Gennimata’ Breast Cancer free mammogram programme will be extended to women aged 45-74, from 50-69 years so far, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday on the occasion of World Breast Cancer Day. The “Fofi Gennimata” programme is currently addressed to 1.3 million women aged 50-69 and provides …
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October 25, 2023
Culture, FEATURED
Giorgos Grammatikakis, renowned Greek physicist, writer and former member of the European Parliament, passed away at the age of 84 on Wednesday morning. He was briefly hospitalized and receiving medical care in the intensive care unit of the University General Hospital of Iraklio in Crete due to respiratory failure. Grammatikakis …
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